diff --git a/plugins/glean/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/glean/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index e0bda4d..6514bba 100644
--- a/plugins/glean/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/glean/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "glean-vnext",
-  "version": "0.2.33",
+  "version": "0.2.34",
   "description": "Glean plugin for discovering skills and running tools.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Glean"
diff --git a/plugins/glean/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/glean/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index f358af1..2e18a5a 100644
--- a/plugins/glean/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/glean/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "glean-vnext",
-  "version": "0.2.33",
+  "version": "0.2.34",
   "description": "Glean Codex plugin for discovering skills and running tools.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Glean"
diff --git a/plugins/glean/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/glean/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index a3428e7..d197d8e 100644
--- a/plugins/glean/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/glean/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "glean-vnext",
   "displayName": "Glean vNext",
-  "version": "0.2.33",
+  "version": "0.2.34",
   "description": "Search and act across your company's apps — Jira, Slack, Salesforce, Google Workspace, and more — without leaving Cursor.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Glean"
diff --git a/plugins/glean/hooks/auto-approve-run-tool.mjs b/plugins/glean/hooks/auto-approve-run-tool.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ef1585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/glean/hooks/auto-approve-run-tool.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// PreToolUse hook for Claude Code.
+//
+// When HITL is enabled, run_tool is gated by the plugin's own elicitation
+// prompt, so Claude Code's separate native "allow this tool?" prompt is
+// redundant (the double-prompt). With ENABLE_HITL=true we auto-approve the
+// run_tool call, leaving the HITL elicitation as the single gate.
+//
+// Safety: run_tool is read-only ONLY while HITL gates it. This hook runs only
+// under Claude Code, which always advertises the elicitation capability, so
+// ENABLE_HITL=true means run_tool's HITL prompt is active — never an ungated
+// write. When ENABLE_HITL is not "true" the hook does nothing and the normal
+// permission flow runs.
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+function readStdin() {
+  try {
+    return fs.readFileSync(0, "utf-8");
+  } catch {
+    return "";
+  }
+}
+
+let input = {};
+try {
+  input = JSON.parse(readStdin());
+} catch {
+  // Malformed/empty input: do nothing, let the normal permission flow run.
+}
+
+const toolName = String(input.tool_name ?? "");
+const bareName = toolName.split("__").pop() ?? "";
+// Scope strictly to this plugin's run_tool — the tool name carries the glean
+// plugin/server prefix (e.g. mcp__plugin_glean-vnext_glean__run_tool).
+if (!toolName.includes("glean") || bareName !== "run_tool") {
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+// The hook process does not inherit the MCP server's env, so read the flag
+// from the plugin's own .mcp.json.
+let env = {};
+try {
+  const root = process.env.CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT ?? ".";
+  const cfg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, ".mcp.json"), "utf-8"));
+  env = cfg?.mcpServers?.glean?.env ?? {};
+} catch {
+  // No readable config: do nothing.
+}
+
+if (env.ENABLE_HITL === "true") {
+  process.stdout.write(
+    JSON.stringify({
+      hookSpecificOutput: {
+        hookEventName: "PreToolUse",
+        permissionDecision: "allow",
+        permissionDecisionReason:
+          "Glean run_tool is gated by its own HITL elicitation prompt; suppressing the redundant native prompt while ENABLE_HITL is on.",
+      },
+    }),
+  );
+}
+process.exit(0);
diff --git a/plugins/glean/hooks/hooks.json b/plugins/glean/hooks/hooks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f135e7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/glean/hooks/hooks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "hooks": {
+    "PreToolUse": [
+      {
+        "matcher": "mcp__.*glean.*run_tool",
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "node \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/auto-approve-run-tool.mjs\""
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto-approve-hook.test.ts b/tests/auto-approve-hook.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbe7cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto-approve-hook.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import fs from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
+import os from "node:os";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+const here = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const HOOK = path.resolve(
+  here,
+  "../plugins/glean/hooks/auto-approve-run-tool.mjs",
+);
+
+async function runHook(
+  toolName: string,
+  env: Record<string, string>,
+): Promise<string> {
+  const root = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "approve-hook-"));
+  await fs.writeFile(
+    path.join(root, ".mcp.json"),
+    JSON.stringify({ mcpServers: { glean: { env } } }),
+  );
+  try {
+    return await new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
+      const child = spawn("node", [HOOK], {
+        env: { ...process.env, CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT: root },
+      });
+      let out = "";
+      child.stdout.on("data", (d) => (out += d.toString()));
+      child.on("error", reject);
+      child.on("close", () => resolve(out));
+      child.stdin.write(JSON.stringify({ tool_name: toolName }));
+      child.stdin.end();
+    });
+  } finally {
+    await fs.rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+}
+
+const glean = (tool: string) => `mcp__plugin_glean-vnext_glean__${tool}`;
+const hitlOn = { ENABLE_HITL: "true" };
+const hitlOff = { ENABLE_HITL: "false" };
+
+describe("auto-approve-run-tool hook (Claude Code PreToolUse)", () => {
+  it("allows glean run_tool when HITL is on", async () => {
+    const out = await runHook(glean("run_tool"), hitlOn);
+    expect(JSON.parse(out).hookSpecificOutput.permissionDecision).toBe("allow");
+  });
+
+  it("never allows when HITL is off (safety)", async () => {
+    const out = await runHook(glean("run_tool"), hitlOff);
+    expect(out.trim()).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("ignores a non-glean run_tool (scoped to this plugin)", async () => {
+    const out = await runHook("mcp__other-server__run_tool", hitlOn);
+    expect(out.trim()).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("ignores glean tools other than run_tool (e.g. find_skills)", async () => {
+    const out = await runHook(glean("find_skills"), hitlOn);
+    expect(out.trim()).toBe("");
+  });
+});