diff --git a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
index eeabc24d3..719473def 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "plugins": [
     {
       "name": "gitnexus",
-      "version": "1.2.11",
+      "version": "1.3.3",
       "source": "./gitnexus-claude-plugin",
       "description": "Code intelligence powered by a knowledge graph. Provides execution flow tracing, blast radius analysis, and augmented search across your codebase."
     }
diff --git a/gitnexus-claude-plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/gitnexus-claude-plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 333a5c7eb..75eb93797 100644
--- a/gitnexus-claude-plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/gitnexus-claude-plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "gitnexus",
   "description": "Code intelligence powered by a knowledge graph. Provides execution flow tracing, blast radius analysis, and augmented search across your codebase.",
-  "version": "1.2.11",
+  "version": "1.3.3",
   "author": {
     "name": "GitNexus"
   },
diff --git a/gitnexus-claude-plugin/hooks/gitnexus-hook.js b/gitnexus-claude-plugin/hooks/gitnexus-hook.js
index 53380806b..7b77e4c34 100644
--- a/gitnexus-claude-plugin/hooks/gitnexus-hook.js
+++ b/gitnexus-claude-plugin/hooks/gitnexus-hook.js
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ function main() {
         ['augment', pattern],
         { encoding: 'utf-8', timeout: 8000, cwd, stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'] }
       );
-      if (child.status === 0 || (child.stderr && child.stderr.trim())) {
-        result = child.stderr || '';
+      if (child.status === 0 && child.stderr && child.stderr.trim()) {
+        result = child.stderr;
       }
     } catch { /* not on PATH */ }
 
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ function main() {
           ['-y', 'gitnexus', 'augment', pattern],
           { encoding: 'utf-8', timeout: 15000, cwd, stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'] }
         );
-        result = child.stderr || '';
+        if (child.status === 0 && child.stderr && child.stderr.trim()) {
+          result = child.stderr;
+        }
       } catch { /* graceful failure */ }
     }