pyproject.toml's version has never moved past the 1.0.0 scaffold value across 368 commits; there was no bump mechanism at all, Claude-driven or otherwise. Add .githooks/pre-commit (stdlib Python, no dependencies) that increments the patch version on every commit and stages it automatically, deferring to a deliberate version edit already staged in the same commit and skipping merge commits. Wire it in via `make install` (git config core.hooksPath .githooks) so it activates for every clone without requiring any change to existing workflows. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01TwLhnueWrsK15wrieXE5m7