example of using a hook to apply policies to specific shadow routes that were injected by another hook (specifically the swagger hook, in this case)

example-of-custom-policies-hook.js

// For info on setting up this hook, check out the docs here: http://sailsjs.org/#!/documentation/concepts/extending-sails/Hooks/usinghooks.html

module.exports = function (sails) {
  
  return {
  
    routes: {
      before: {
        // If you want to protect the home route as it is exposed by the swagger hook (i.e. rather than protecting a particular action)
        // you can do so by setting a shadow route here.  Note however that this hook must run BEFORE the swagger hook does.
        // This order-of-operations is tough to enforce without making a change to the Swagger hook to make it run later.
        // If necessary, you can manually enforce hook load order by setting the `loadHooks` option in the `.sailsrc` file, or when
        // Sails is loaded programmatically.
        'get /': function (req, res, next) {
          // Assuming you have a policy named "testpolicy" (`api/policies/testpolicy.js`), then this will work.
          return sails.hooks.policies.testpolicy(req, res, next);
        }
      }
    }
    
  };
  
};

as of the current version (sails 0.12.10) this doesn't work.

Should probably be in sails.hooks.policies.middlewares.testpolicy.