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How to design a webhook-to-AI pipeline

A webhook is an event delivery mechanism. Your AI workflow still needs to decide what the event means, how to verify its origin, and what happens when the same event arrives again.

Validate before interpretation

Verify the sender using its documented signature contract before accepting the payload. Then normalize the event into a record with a stable ID, event type, and timestamp. Keep the original payload available for investigation. An arbitrary HTTP POST should not become permission to perform a write simply because its contents resemble an expected event.

Workflow at a glanceValidate before interpretationUse this sequence as a small fixture before you scale the work.
  1. 1Verify signatures against the original request bytesVerify signatures against the original request bytes.
  2. 2Record source event identity before scheduling workRecord source event identity before scheduling work.
  3. 3Define which event types start a pipeline…Define which event types start a pipeline and how duplicates are handled.

Try it on a small example

  1. Verify signatures against the original request bytes.
  2. Record source event identity before scheduling work.
  3. Define which event types start a pipeline and how duplicates are handled.

What to verify

Test an invalid signature, a repeated event, and a valid event with a missing field. Signature schemes differ between providers, so do not copy an HMAC example without matching the sender's exact contract. Baleybots supports inbound webhook connections with a secret revealed once at creation. Its outgoing run lifecycle webhooks have a separate payload and signature contract; treat inbound source events and completion notifications as distinct interfaces.

Product details checked against the Public API reference on October 4, 2026. These guides describe documented behavior; availability depends on your account and the deployed service. Baleybots is in invite-only beta.