diff --git a/docs/sandbox/README.md b/docs/sandbox/README.md
index 1997cc99..d9430777 100644
--- a/docs/sandbox/README.md
+++ b/docs/sandbox/README.md
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ Retrieve the remote URL for the specified Git remote.
 gitGetRemoteURL("origin") -> "example.com/example/example"
 ```
 
+## gitGetStagedFilePaths
+
+**Signature:** `gitGetStagedFilePaths() -> paths`
+
+Retrieve a Lua table of file paths that have staged changes (changes in the index).
+
+### Example 1
+
+```
+gitGetStagedFilePaths() -> ["foo/bar.txt", "baz/qux.py"]
+```
+
 ## gitGetSymbolicReferenceTarget
 
 **Signature:** `gitGetSymbolicReferenceTarget(ref) -> ref`
diff --git a/internal/luasandbox/apis.go b/internal/luasandbox/apis.go
index 2bc3d5cd..1fca64d0 100644
--- a/internal/luasandbox/apis.go
+++ b/internal/luasandbox/apis.go
@@ -350,3 +350,35 @@ func (l *LuaEnvironment) apiGitGetRemoteURL() API {
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+func (l *LuaEnvironment) apiGitGetStagedFilePaths() API {
+	return &GoAPI{
+		Name:      "gitGetStagedFilePaths",
+		Signature: "gitGetStagedFilePaths() -> paths",
+		Help:      "Retrieve a Lua table of file paths that have staged changes (changes in the index).",
+		Examples: []string{
+			"gitGetStagedFilePaths() -> [\"foo/bar.txt\", \"baz/qux.py\"]",
+		},
+		Implementation: func(s *lua.LState) int {
+			statuses, err := l.repository.Status()
+			if err != nil {
+				s.Push(lua.LString(err.Error()))
+				return 1
+			}
+
+			resultTable := s.NewTable()
+			localIndex := 1
+			for filePath, fileStatus := range statuses {
+				if fileStatus.X != gitinterface.StatusCodeUnmodified &&
+					fileStatus.X != gitinterface.StatusCodeIgnored &&
+					fileStatus.X != gitinterface.StatusCodeUntracked {
+					resultTable.RawSetInt(localIndex, lua.LString(filePath))
+					localIndex++
+				}
+			}
+
+			s.Push(resultTable)
+			return 1
+		},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/luasandbox/luasandbox.go b/internal/luasandbox/luasandbox.go
index b64fa426..7e6449e2 100644
--- a/internal/luasandbox/luasandbox.go
+++ b/internal/luasandbox/luasandbox.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (l *LuaEnvironment) RunScript(script string, parameters lua.LTable) (int, e
 
 	// If a table is returned, then this likely means that the hook didn't
 	// return an exit code. Return a 1 for safety.
-	_, ok := returnValue.(*lua.LNumber)
+	_, ok := returnValue.(lua.LNumber)
 	if !ok {
 		return 1, nil
 	}
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ func (l *LuaEnvironment) registerAPIFunctions() error {
 		"gitGetCommitMessage":            l.apiGitGetCommitMessage(),
 		"gitGetFilePathsChangedByCommit": l.apiGitGetFilePathsChangedByCommit(),
 		"gitGetRemoteURL":                l.apiGitGetRemoteURL(),
+		"gitGetStagedFilePaths":          l.apiGitGetStagedFilePaths(),
 	}
 
 	for name, availableAPI := range registerAPIs {