diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 28a5ca8a7a3..b6a75aafd49 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ For coordinated change sets that genuinely need more than 20 PRs, join the **#cl
 - Keep PRs takeover-ready: open them from a branch maintainers can push to. For fork PRs, leave GitHub's **Allow edits by maintainers** option enabled so maintainers can finish urgent fixes, changelog entries, or merge prep when needed. If GitHub shows **Allow edits and access to secrets by maintainers**, enable it only when that workflow/secrets access is acceptable and say so in the PR.
 - Do not edit `CHANGELOG.md` in contributor PRs. Maintainers or ClawSweeper add the changelog entry when landing user-facing changes.
 - Run tests: `pnpm build && pnpm check && pnpm test`
-- For iterative local commits, `scripts/committer --fast "message" <files...>` passes `FAST_COMMIT=1` through to the pre-commit hook so it skips the repo-wide `pnpm check`. Only use it when you've already run equivalent targeted validation for the touched surface.
+- For iterative local commits, `scripts/committer --fast "message" <files...>` skips commit hooks. Only use it when you've already run equivalent targeted validation for the touched surface.
 - For extension/plugin changes, run the fast local lane first:
   - `pnpm test:extension <extension-name>`
   - `pnpm test:extension --list` to see valid extension ids
diff --git a/scripts/committer b/scripts/committer
index 4c76ac98f8a..3f49e3c0652 100755
--- a/scripts/committer
+++ b/scripts/committer
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ fi
 committed=false
 if [ "$fast_commit" = true ]; then
   declare -a commit_env=(FAST_COMMIT=1)
-  if run_git_with_lock_retry "commit" env "${commit_env[@]}" git commit -m "$commit_message"; then
+  if run_git_with_lock_retry "commit" env "${commit_env[@]}" git commit --no-verify -m "$commit_message"; then
     committed=true
   fi
 else
diff --git a/test/scripts/committer.test.ts b/test/scripts/committer.test.ts
index 09cfc023dc0..7611c4e09c8 100644
--- a/test/scripts/committer.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/committer.test.ts
@@ -172,18 +172,18 @@ describe("scripts/committer", () => {
     expect(committedPaths(repo)).toEqual(["note.txt"]);
   });
 
-  it("passes FAST_COMMIT through to git hooks when using --fast", () => {
+  it("bypasses git hooks when using --fast", () => {
     const repo = createRepo();
     installHook(
       repo,
       ".githooks/pre-commit",
-      '#!/usr/bin/env bash\nset -euo pipefail\n[ "${FAST_COMMIT:-}" = "1" ] || exit 91\n',
+      "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nset -euo pipefail\nexit 91\n",
     );
     writeRepoFile(repo, "note.txt", "hello\n");
 
-    const output = commitWithHelperArgs(repo, "--fast", "test: fast hook env", "note.txt");
+    const output = commitWithHelperArgs(repo, "--fast", "test: fast no verify", "note.txt");
 
-    expect(output).toContain('Committed "test: fast hook env" with 1 files');
+    expect(output).toContain('Committed "test: fast no verify" with 1 files');
     expect(committedPaths(repo)).toEqual(["note.txt"]);
   });