# webhook-development

A skill for building webhook systems: event delivery, signature verification, retries and dead-letter handling.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 504 installs · ★ 371
- Author: aj-geddes
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/HEAD/skills/webhook-development/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-03-04
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/webhook-development

## What it does

This skill steers the agent through webhook code: pushing events to external services, verifying signatures, retrying failed deliveries and parking undelivered messages in a dead-letter queue. Useful when orders or payments have to notify a third-party platform, and when you need an audit trail of events.

Inside there is a minimal JSON event example (`id`, `timestamp`, `event`, `version`, `data`, `attempt`, `retryable`) plus reference guides under `references/`: the event schema, a Node.js service, a Python handler and best practices. The agent reads those files while writing code.

The skill stays framework-neutral, so storage and queue choices are yours to make. Signature checks and retries are described as an approach, not shipped as a library — worth checking against your provider's spec before you deploy.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill webhook-development -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/webhook-development/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/webhook-development/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill webhook-development -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/webhook-development/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill webhook-development -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/webhook-development/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts webhook-development
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/webhook-development/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill webhook-development -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --path skills/webhook-development
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/webhook-development/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill webhook-development -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/HEAD/skills/webhook-development/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- send order notifications to external services
- verify the signature on an incoming webhook
- retry a failed event delivery
- park undelivered events in a dead-letter queue
- keep an audit log of events

## Example prompts
- Design a webhook for the order.created event with signature verification and retries
- Add a dead-letter queue for webhooks that fail after several attempts
- Show me the webhook event schema for a payment

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: webhook-development
description: >
  Implement webhook systems for event-driven integration with retry logic,
  signature verification, and delivery guarantees. Use when creating event
  notification systems, integrating with external services, or building
  event-driven architectures.
---

# Webhook Development

## Table of Contents

- [Overview](#overview)
- [When to Use](#when-to-use)
- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
- [Reference Guides](#reference-guides)
- [Best Practices](#best-practices)

## Overview

Build reliable webhook systems with event delivery, signature verification, retry logic, and dead-letter handling for asynchronous integrations.

## When to Use

- Sending real-time notifications to external systems
- Implementing event-driven architectures
- Integrating with third-party platforms
- Building audit trails and logging systems
- Triggering automated workflows
- Delivering payment or order notifications

## Quick Start

Minimal working example:

```json
{
  "id": "evt_1234567890",
  "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "event": "order.created",
  "version": "1.0",
  "data": {
    "orderId": "ORD-123456",
    "customerId": "CUST-789",
    "amount": 99.99,
    "currency": "USD",
    "items": [
      {
        "productId": "PROD-001",
        "quantity": 2,
        "price": 49.99
      }
    ],
    "status": "pending"
  },
  "attempt": 1,
  "retryable": true
}
```

## Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the `references/` directory:

| Guide | Contents |
|---|---|
| [Webhook Event Schema](references/webhook-event-schema.md) | Webhook Event Schema |
| [Node.js Webhook Service](references/nodejs-webhook-service.md) | Node.js Webhook Service |
| [Python Webhook Handler](references/python-webhook-handler.md) | Python Webhook Handler |
| [Best Practices](references/best-practices.md) | Best Practices, Webhook Events |

## Best Practices

### ✅ DO

- Follow established patterns and conventions
- Write clean, maintainable code
- Add appropriate documentation
- Test thoroughly before deploying

### ❌ DON'T

- Skip testing or validation
- Ignore error handling
- Hard-code configuration values
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