diff --git a/plugins/explanatory-output-style/hooks/hooks.json b/plugins/explanatory-output-style/hooks/hooks.json
index d1fb8a57..32521439 100644
--- a/plugins/explanatory-output-style/hooks/hooks.json
+++ b/plugins/explanatory-output-style/hooks/hooks.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "hooks": {
     "SessionStart": [
       {
+        "matcher": "*",
         "hooks": [
           {
             "type": "command",
diff --git a/plugins/hookify/hooks/hooks.json b/plugins/hookify/hooks/hooks.json
index d65daca7..a246ccf5 100644
--- a/plugins/hookify/hooks/hooks.json
+++ b/plugins/hookify/hooks/hooks.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "hooks": {
     "PreToolUse": [
       {
+        "matcher": "*",
         "hooks": [
           {
             "type": "command",
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
     ],
     "PostToolUse": [
       {
+        "matcher": "*",
         "hooks": [
           {
             "type": "command",
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@
     ],
     "Stop": [
       {
+        "matcher": "*",
         "hooks": [
           {
             "type": "command",
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@
     ],
     "UserPromptSubmit": [
       {
+        "matcher": "*",
         "hooks": [
           {
             "type": "command",
diff --git a/plugins/learning-output-style/hooks/hooks.json b/plugins/learning-output-style/hooks/hooks.json
index b3ab7ce9..e7f7036c 100644
--- a/plugins/learning-output-style/hooks/hooks.json
+++ b/plugins/learning-output-style/hooks/hooks.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "hooks": {
     "SessionStart": [
       {
+        "matcher": "*",
         "hooks": [
           {
             "type": "command",
diff --git a/plugins/plugin-dev/skills/hook-development/scripts/validate-hook-schema.sh b/plugins/plugin-dev/skills/hook-development/scripts/validate-hook-schema.sh
index fed0a1f1..da368bad 100755
--- a/plugins/plugin-dev/skills/hook-development/scripts/validate-hook-schema.sh
+++ b/plugins/plugin-dev/skills/hook-development/scripts/validate-hook-schema.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,27 @@ echo ""
 echo "Checking root structure..."
 VALID_EVENTS=("PreToolUse" "PostToolUse" "UserPromptSubmit" "Stop" "SubagentStop" "SessionStart" "SessionEnd" "PreCompact" "Notification")
 
-for event in $(jq -r 'keys[]' "$HOOKS_FILE"); do
+# Detect format: plugin format has { description?, hooks: {...} } wrapper
+# Settings format has events directly at root level
+is_plugin_format=false
+if jq -e '.hooks' "$HOOKS_FILE" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  is_plugin_format=true
+  HOOKS_PATH=".hooks"
+  echo "Detected plugin format (with 'hooks' wrapper)"
+
+  # Validate allowed root keys for plugin format
+  for key in $(jq -r 'keys[]' "$HOOKS_FILE"); do
+    if [ "$key" != "hooks" ] && [ "$key" != "description" ]; then
+      echo "⚠️  Unknown root key in plugin format: $key (expected: 'hooks', 'description')"
+    fi
+  done
+else
+  HOOKS_PATH="."
+  echo "Detected settings format (events at root)"
+fi
+
+# Validate event types
+for event in $(jq -r "$HOOKS_PATH | keys[]" "$HOOKS_FILE"); do
   found=false
   for valid_event in "${VALID_EVENTS[@]}"; do
     if [ "$event" = "$valid_event" ]; then
@@ -62,12 +82,12 @@ echo "Validating individual hooks..."
 error_count=0
 warning_count=0
 
-for event in $(jq -r 'keys[]' "$HOOKS_FILE"); do
-  hook_count=$(jq -r ".\"$event\" | length" "$HOOKS_FILE")
+for event in $(jq -r "$HOOKS_PATH | keys[]" "$HOOKS_FILE"); do
+  hook_count=$(jq -r "$HOOKS_PATH.\"$event\" | length" "$HOOKS_FILE")
 
   for ((i=0; i<hook_count; i++)); do
     # Check matcher exists
-    matcher=$(jq -r ".\"$event\"[$i].matcher // empty" "$HOOKS_FILE")
+    matcher=$(jq -r "$HOOKS_PATH.\"$event\"[$i].matcher // empty" "$HOOKS_FILE")
     if [ -z "$matcher" ]; then
       echo "❌ $event[$i]: Missing 'matcher' field"
       ((error_count++))
@@ -75,7 +95,7 @@ for event in $(jq -r 'keys[]' "$HOOKS_FILE"); do
     fi
 
     # Check hooks array exists
-    hooks=$(jq -r ".\"$event\"[$i].hooks // empty" "$HOOKS_FILE")
+    hooks=$(jq -r "$HOOKS_PATH.\"$event\"[$i].hooks // empty" "$HOOKS_FILE")
     if [ -z "$hooks" ] || [ "$hooks" = "null" ]; then
       echo "❌ $event[$i]: Missing 'hooks' array"
       ((error_count++))
@@ -83,10 +103,10 @@ for event in $(jq -r 'keys[]' "$HOOKS_FILE"); do
     fi
 
     # Validate each hook in the array
-    hook_array_count=$(jq -r ".\"$event\"[$i].hooks | length" "$HOOKS_FILE")
+    hook_array_count=$(jq -r "$HOOKS_PATH.\"$event\"[$i].hooks | length" "$HOOKS_FILE")
 
     for ((j=0; j<hook_array_count; j++)); do
-      hook_type=$(jq -r ".\"$event\"[$i].hooks[$j].type // empty" "$HOOKS_FILE")
+      hook_type=$(jq -r "$HOOKS_PATH.\"$event\"[$i].hooks[$j].type // empty" "$HOOKS_FILE")
 
       if [ -z "$hook_type" ]; then
         echo "❌ $event[$i].hooks[$j]: Missing 'type' field"
@@ -102,7 +122,7 @@ for event in $(jq -r 'keys[]' "$HOOKS_FILE"); do
 
       # Check type-specific fields
       if [ "$hook_type" = "command" ]; then
-        command=$(jq -r ".\"$event\"[$i].hooks[$j].command // empty" "$HOOKS_FILE")
+        command=$(jq -r "$HOOKS_PATH.\"$event\"[$i].hooks[$j].command // empty" "$HOOKS_FILE")
         if [ -z "$command" ]; then
           echo "❌ $event[$i].hooks[$j]: Command hooks must have 'command' field"
           ((error_count++))
@@ -114,7 +134,7 @@ for event in $(jq -r 'keys[]' "$HOOKS_FILE"); do
           fi
         fi
       elif [ "$hook_type" = "prompt" ]; then
-        prompt=$(jq -r ".\"$event\"[$i].hooks[$j].prompt // empty" "$HOOKS_FILE")
+        prompt=$(jq -r "$HOOKS_PATH.\"$event\"[$i].hooks[$j].prompt // empty" "$HOOKS_FILE")
         if [ -z "$prompt" ]; then
           echo "❌ $event[$i].hooks[$j]: Prompt hooks must have 'prompt' field"
           ((error_count++))
@@ -128,7 +148,7 @@ for event in $(jq -r 'keys[]' "$HOOKS_FILE"); do
       fi
 
       # Check timeout
-      timeout=$(jq -r ".\"$event\"[$i].hooks[$j].timeout // empty" "$HOOKS_FILE")
+      timeout=$(jq -r "$HOOKS_PATH.\"$event\"[$i].hooks[$j].timeout // empty" "$HOOKS_FILE")
       if [ -n "$timeout" ] && [ "$timeout" != "null" ]; then
         if ! [[ "$timeout" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
           echo "❌ $event[$i].hooks[$j]: Timeout must be a number"
diff --git a/plugins/ralph-wiggum/hooks/hooks.json b/plugins/ralph-wiggum/hooks/hooks.json
index 2e5f6979..a99c1aaf 100644
--- a/plugins/ralph-wiggum/hooks/hooks.json
+++ b/plugins/ralph-wiggum/hooks/hooks.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "hooks": {
     "Stop": [
       {
+        "matcher": "*",
         "hooks": [
           {
             "type": "command",
diff --git a/scripts/validate-all-hooks.sh b/scripts/validate-all-hooks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..19a10a70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/validate-all-hooks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Validate all hooks.json files in the repository
+# This script can be run in CI to ensure all plugins have valid hook configurations
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+REPO_ROOT="$(dirname "$SCRIPT_DIR")"
+VALIDATOR="$REPO_ROOT/plugins/plugin-dev/skills/hook-development/scripts/validate-hook-schema.sh"
+
+echo "🔍 Validating all hooks.json files in the repository..."
+echo ""
+
+# Find all hooks.json files
+mapfile -t HOOKS_FILES < <(find "$REPO_ROOT/plugins" -name "hooks.json" -type f 2>/dev/null)
+
+if [ ${#HOOKS_FILES[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "No hooks.json files found"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Found ${#HOOKS_FILES[@]} hooks.json file(s)"
+echo ""
+
+errors=0
+for hooks_file in "${HOOKS_FILES[@]}"; do
+  relative_path="${hooks_file#$REPO_ROOT/}"
+  echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+  echo "📄 $relative_path"
+  echo ""
+
+  if bash "$VALIDATOR" "$hooks_file"; then
+    echo ""
+  else
+    echo ""
+    ((errors++))
+  fi
+done
+
+echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+echo ""
+
+if [ $errors -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "✅ All ${#HOOKS_FILES[@]} hooks.json file(s) are valid!"
+  exit 0
+else
+  echo "❌ $errors hooks.json file(s) have validation errors"
+  exit 1
+fi