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Webhooks are by far our most widely adopted integration, but they’ve always been buried in a big list of external services. Today, we’re making some major improvements in the way…

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Webhooks are by far our most widely adopted integration, but they’ve always been buried in a big list of external services. Today, we’re making some major improvements in the way you configure, customize, and debug your webhooks.

First, webhooks are a lot more prominent in your repository settings page.

webhooks

You can now configure webhooks directly in your repository settings, instead of having to use the API. You can also choose specific events and a payload format (JSON!).

new webhook

Once you’ve configured a hook, the new deliveries section helps you track, troubleshoot, and re-send a webhook event payload.

deliveries

If you’ve never used webhooks, we’ve even got a brand new guide to help you get started. Happy integrating! ✨

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Kyle Daigle

Kyle Daigle

@kdaigle

Kyle is Chief Operating Officer at GitHub, leading teams responsible for culture, developer outreach, operations, and communications. Joining GitHub in 2013, Kyle built and scaled GitHub’s ecosystem engineering teams and worked on the acquisitions of Semmle, npm, and others. Eleven years (and many ships) later, Kyle is just as committed to driving growth across the business and its people, leading GitHub’s own AI adoption strategy across a workforce of 3,000+ talented Hubbers. As a developer himself, Kyle is passionate about bringing software practices to operations and works to preserve and grow the spirit of GitHub as an AI-integrated, developer-first company.

Prior to GitHub, Kyle took on developer-focused challenges as an engineering and product leader in startups, working in FinTech, real estate, and consulting. When he isn’t collaborating with Hubbers and customers, he’s building home automations with Home Assistant, working with nonprofits to make technology available and accessible to all, gaming (hello Xbox), and traveling with family.

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