Add the HTTP server
Run the quick-start command in your project terminal, then start Claude Code. Other Claude interfaces use their own connector settings; consult their setup instructions.
Claude MCP guide
Test webhooks from Claude.
Connect the hosted MCP server over HTTP, ask Claude to create an endpoint, trigger your integration, and let Claude inspect the captured request.
Create → send → verify
Start with a sample webhook
Connect your assistant, send a sample event, and inspect what arrived. Free. No account or API key.
1. Connect your assistant
Run in your project terminal
claude mcp add --transport http webhooktest https://webhooktest.net/mcpStart Claude Code in that project and check /mcp for webhooktest. These instructions are for Claude Code; other Claude interfaces have different connector settings.
Check that your assistant can discover the WebhookTest tools before continuing. Copying the configuration does not verify a connection.
2. Ask your assistant to run the test
Starter prompt
Use WebhookTest to create a temporary bucket named "My first AI webhook test". Show me its webhook_endpoint and dashboard_url, and keep the returned bucket ID for the next steps.
If you can execute HTTP requests, POST this JSON to that exact webhook_endpoint with Content-Type: application/json:
{"event":"hello.webhook","message":"My first AI webhook test"}
Otherwise, give me a copyable command for my operating system to send it, and pause until I confirm. WebhookTest's MCP tools inspect requests; they do not send the POST for you.
After sending, use wait_for_webhook or list_webhooks followed by get_webhook to retrieve the actual captured request. Verify that its method is POST and both JSON fields match. Show the captured values and dashboard link. Only report "Test passed" if the capture matches; a successful send or received:false is not proof. If nothing arrived, help me check the endpoint and send again.No terminal access in your assistant? The prompt asks it for a command you can run yourself, then waits for your confirmation.
3. Verify the captured request
Example result — your assistant should produce this only after inspecting a matching capture.
✓ Endpoint created ✓ Webhook captured ✓ Method: POST ✓ event: hello.webhook ✓ message: My first AI webhook test Test passed — the captured payload matches what was sent.
Next: point your own integration at the endpoint and ask your assistant to compare its payload with what you expected.
Setup and test workflow
Confirm tool discovery
Start a fresh session if necessary and ask Claude to list the webhook tools. You should see create, get, list, wait, configure, clear, and delete operations.
Run the delivery test
Ask Claude to create a bucket and wait for a webhook. Trigger the sender with the returned endpoint, then ask Claude to explain any mismatch in headers or payload shape.
Test failure handling
Have Claude configure a non-2xx response, trigger the sender again, and inspect whether it retries according to your expected policy.
What the server exposes
Create and understand
`create_webhook_bucket` creates a temporary endpoint; `get_webhook_bucket` reads its name and response settings.
Observe deliveries
`wait_for_webhook` waits up to 25 seconds; `list_webhooks` paginates summaries; `get_webhook` returns one scoped capture.
Control and clean up
`configure_webhook_response` changes the reply. `clear_webhooks` and `delete_webhook_bucket` require explicit confirmation.
Privacy and limits
Retention policy update — effective October 8, 2026 at 22:00 UTC. Individual requests older than 15 days will be deleted, even in active buckets, including requests already stored. The existing 15-day bucket inactivity rule and per-bucket ceilings of 10,000 requests or 50 MiB remain unchanged. Cleanup is periodic, not deletion at an exact second. Retention details
Authorization, cookie, API-key, token, secret, password, and signature-like header or query values are redacted by default. Agents must explicitly request sensitive values. Bodies are limited to 64 KiB in tool output by default and can be raised only to 256 KiB. Use synthetic data: the endpoint is a debugging service, not a production processor.
Troubleshooting
- Use the exact HTTPS URL and select remote or Streamable HTTP transport.
- Restart or reload the client after changing MCP configuration.
- Check that corporate policy allows the endpoint and outbound HTTPS.
- A timeout with
received:falseis successful; verify the sender used the returned bucket URL. - HTTP 429 means the per-IP call, creation, bucket, or concurrent-wait limit was reached.