Empty hooks.json causes plugin load failure on Claude Code 2.1+ (financial-analysis, equity-research)

[richardma0530-create]

Bug Description

Two vertical plugins fail to load on Claude Code 2.1+ due to invalid hooks.json schema. The files contain an empty array [], but the current Claude Code plugin loader expects either no hooks/ directory at all or a hooks.json containing a valid object (record keyed by hook event name).

Affected Files

• plugins/vertical-plugins/financial-analysis/hooks/hooks.json
• plugins/vertical-plugins/equity-research/hooks/hooks.json

Both files currently contain:

[]

Error Message

Hook load failed: [
  {
    "expected": "record",
    "code": "invalid_type",
    "path": [],
    "message": "Invalid input: expected object, received array"
  }
]

Reproduction

claude plugin marketplace add anthropics/financial-services
claude plugin install financial-analysis@claude-for-financial-services
claude plugin install equity-research@claude-for-financial-services
claude plugin list

Both plugins show Status: ✘ failed to load.

Environment

• Claude Code version: 2.1.85
• OS: Windows 11

Suggested Fix

Either:

1. Remove the empty hooks/ directories from both plugins (simplest — neither plugin actually defines hooks), or
2. Replace file contents with {} (empty object instead of empty array)

Option 1 is cleaner since there's no reason to ship an empty hooks file.

Workaround

Users can manually delete the directories after install:

rm -rf ~/.claude/plugins/cache/claude-for-financial-services/financial-analysis/0.1.0/hooks
rm -rf ~/.claude/plugins/cache/claude-for-financial-services/equity-research/0.1.0/hooks

After this, both plugins load successfully.