Introducing Webhook Skills: Your AI Agent Now Understands Webhooks
Blog post from Hookdeck
Webhook-skills is an open-source project designed to enhance AI coding agents by providing them with vendor-specific, framework-optimized knowledge for building reliable webhook integrations. Developed from the extensive experience of Hookdeck, which processes billions of webhooks weekly, the project addresses common integration failures such as signature mismatches and idempotency bugs by equipping AI agents with concrete, provider-specific examples that ensure accuracy and efficiency. Built on the Agent Skills specification, webhook-skills offers runnable examples and provider guidance for platforms like Stripe, Shopify, and GitHub, ensuring that AI agents can generate dependable code by referencing tested patterns rather than relying solely on training data. The initiative supports frameworks like Next.js, Express, and FastAPI, guiding agents through a series of staged workflows to handle webhooks correctly. By adopting the open skills format, webhook-skills aims to standardize the AI coding experience, offering a consistent, reliable solution for developers across various platforms and encouraging community collaboration for future expansion.