# pnpm Hooks

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/pnpm/pnpm-hooks/  
**Provider:** pnpm — https://apis.io/providers/pnpm/  
**Documentation:** https://pnpm.io/pnpmfile

pnpm Hooks is one of 5 APIs that [pnpm](https://apis.io/providers/pnpm/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Hooks, Extension, Node.js, and Package Manager. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Programmatic extension points for customizing dependency resolution and installation behavior. `.pnpmfile.cjs` exposes lifecycle hooks (`readPackage`, `afterAllResolved`) that let projects rewrite package manifests before installation. The `pnpm` block in `package.json` adds `overrides`, `packageExtensions`, `patchedDependencies`, `peerDependencyRules`, and `neverBuiltDependencies` for fine-grained dependency control without forking packages.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/pnpmfile
- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/package_json#pnpmoverrides
- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/package_json#pnpmpackageextensions
- **Documentation** — https://pnpm.io/package_json#pnpmpatcheddependencies

## Other pnpm APIs (4)

- [pnpm CLI](https://apis.io/apis/pnpm/pnpm-cli/)
- [pnpm Workspaces](https://apis.io/apis/pnpm/pnpm-workspaces/)
- [pnpm Content-Addressable Store](https://apis.io/apis/pnpm/pnpm-store/)
- [pnpm Configuration](https://apis.io/apis/pnpm/pnpm-config/)

## Tags

Hooks, Extension, Node.js, Package Manager

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