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Wake a bot from anywhere with a webhook trigger

Routines used to wait on a clock. Now an outside event can start them.

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What hurt

Eric Zakariasson posted the product path: when you create a routine, click Add trigger and select webhook. Then WhatsApp from a named contact, a Notion page change, a desk button, a GitHub Action finishing, or a server error spike can wake the bot. No system prompt in the post — just the trigger.

What to install or create

One routine, webhook trigger, one job the bot already knows. Point the outside system at that URL. First run with a harmless ping. Keep send/spend/publish behind a yes.

Bots

  • On-call

    Wakes on the webhook. Does one named job. Stops before send, spend, or publish.

Plugins

  • None on day one. Follow the first-run steps.

Routines

  • Create a routine → Add trigger → webhook. Point WhatsApp/Notion/GitHub/a sensor at that URL.

The prompt

This is a tip, not a pasteable system prompt. The author did not publish one. Follow the first-run steps.

First run

  1. 1Read the cited post. The path is Add trigger → webhook.
  2. 2Pick one job the bot already does well by hand.
  3. 3Create a routine, add trigger, select webhook. Copy the URL.
  4. 4Fire a harmless test event (a Notion dummy edit, a GitHub ping, a desk button).
  5. 5Watch the first wake. Send, spend, and publish still wait for you.

Approval fence

A webhook is not permission to send, spend, or publish. Those still need your yes.

What to tweak

The steal is the trigger, not a new prompt. Event in, one job out.

Source

eric zakariasson @ericzakariasson · Original post

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