diff --git a/cmd/entire/cli/strategy/hook_managers.go b/cmd/entire/cli/strategy/hook_managers.go
index c81d8f316..0ecdce2e4 100644
--- a/cmd/entire/cli/strategy/hook_managers.go
+++ b/cmd/entire/cli/strategy/hook_managers.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 // hookManager describes an external hook manager detected in a repository.
 type hookManager struct {
-	Name            string // "Husky", "Lefthook", "pre-commit", "Overcommit"
+	Name            string // "Husky", "Lefthook", "pre-commit", "Overcommit", "hk"
 	ConfigPath      string // relative path that triggered detection (e.g., ".husky/")
 	OverwritesHooks bool   // true if the tool will overwrite Entire's hooks on reinstall
 }
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ func detectHookManagers(repoRoot string) []hookManager {
 		{"Overcommit", ".overcommit.yml", false},
 	}
 
+	// hk: explicit precedence order matching hk's discovery
+	// (hk.local.pkl > .config/hk.local.pkl > hk.pkl > .config/hk.pkl)
+	for _, name := range []string{"hk.local.pkl", ".config/hk.local.pkl", "hk.pkl", ".config/hk.pkl"} {
+		checks = append(checks, hookManager{"hk", name, false})
+	}
+
 	// Lefthook supports {.,}lefthook{,-local}.{yml,yaml,json,toml}
 	for _, prefix := range []string{"", "."} {
 		for _, variant := range []string{"", "-local"} {
diff --git a/cmd/entire/cli/strategy/hook_managers_test.go b/cmd/entire/cli/strategy/hook_managers_test.go
index b53decab7..e12720a0b 100644
--- a/cmd/entire/cli/strategy/hook_managers_test.go
+++ b/cmd/entire/cli/strategy/hook_managers_test.go
@@ -147,6 +147,146 @@ func TestDetectHookManagers_LefthookDedup(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDetectHookManagers_Hk(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpDir, "hk.pkl"), []byte(""), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create hk.pkl: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	managers := detectHookManagers(tmpDir)
+	if len(managers) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 manager, got %d", len(managers))
+	}
+	if managers[0].Name != "hk" {
+		t.Errorf("expected hk, got %s", managers[0].Name)
+	}
+	if managers[0].ConfigPath != "hk.pkl" {
+		t.Errorf("expected hk.pkl, got %s", managers[0].ConfigPath)
+	}
+	if managers[0].OverwritesHooks {
+		t.Error("hk should have OverwritesHooks=false")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDetectHookManagers_HkConfigDir(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(tmpDir, ".config"), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create .config/: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpDir, ".config", "hk.pkl"), []byte(""), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create .config/hk.pkl: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	managers := detectHookManagers(tmpDir)
+	if len(managers) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 manager, got %d", len(managers))
+	}
+	if managers[0].Name != "hk" {
+		t.Errorf("expected hk, got %s", managers[0].Name)
+	}
+	if managers[0].ConfigPath != ".config/hk.pkl" {
+		t.Errorf("expected .config/hk.pkl, got %s", managers[0].ConfigPath)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDetectHookManagers_HkLocal(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpDir, "hk.local.pkl"), []byte(""), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create hk.local.pkl: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	managers := detectHookManagers(tmpDir)
+	if len(managers) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 manager, got %d", len(managers))
+	}
+	if managers[0].Name != "hk" {
+		t.Errorf("expected hk, got %s", managers[0].Name)
+	}
+	if managers[0].ConfigPath != "hk.local.pkl" {
+		t.Errorf("expected hk.local.pkl, got %s", managers[0].ConfigPath)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDetectHookManagers_HkConfigDirLocal(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(tmpDir, ".config"), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create .config/: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpDir, ".config", "hk.local.pkl"), []byte(""), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create .config/hk.local.pkl: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	managers := detectHookManagers(tmpDir)
+	if len(managers) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 manager, got %d", len(managers))
+	}
+	if managers[0].Name != "hk" {
+		t.Errorf("expected hk, got %s", managers[0].Name)
+	}
+	if managers[0].ConfigPath != ".config/hk.local.pkl" {
+		t.Errorf("expected .config/hk.local.pkl, got %s", managers[0].ConfigPath)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDetectHookManagers_HkDedup(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	// Both hk.pkl and hk.local.pkl present — should only report once, with highest precedence
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpDir, "hk.pkl"), []byte(""), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create hk.pkl: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpDir, "hk.local.pkl"), []byte(""), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create hk.local.pkl: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	managers := detectHookManagers(tmpDir)
+	if len(managers) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 manager (dedup), got %d", len(managers))
+	}
+	if managers[0].Name != "hk" {
+		t.Errorf("expected hk, got %s", managers[0].Name)
+	}
+	if managers[0].ConfigPath != "hk.local.pkl" {
+		t.Errorf("expected hk.local.pkl (highest precedence), got %s", managers[0].ConfigPath)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDetectHookManagers_HkDedupConfigDir(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(tmpDir, ".config"), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create .config/: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Both .config/hk.pkl and .config/hk.local.pkl present
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpDir, ".config", "hk.pkl"), []byte(""), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create .config/hk.pkl: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpDir, ".config", "hk.local.pkl"), []byte(""), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create .config/hk.local.pkl: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	managers := detectHookManagers(tmpDir)
+	if len(managers) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 manager (dedup), got %d", len(managers))
+	}
+	if managers[0].Name != "hk" {
+		t.Errorf("expected hk, got %s", managers[0].Name)
+	}
+	if managers[0].ConfigPath != ".config/hk.local.pkl" {
+		t.Errorf("expected .config/hk.local.pkl (highest precedence), got %s", managers[0].ConfigPath)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDetectHookManagers_PreCommit(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()