{"id":"1f2d812f-61a8-45a7-84d4-eaa80194e64e","shortId":"HwwT56","kind":"skill","title":"github-webhooks","tagline":"Receive and verify GitHub webhooks. Use when setting up GitHub webhook handlers, debugging signature verification, or handling repository events like push, pull_request, issues, or release.","description":"# GitHub Webhooks\n\n## When to Use This Skill\n\n- Setting up GitHub webhook handlers\n- Debugging signature verification failures\n- Understanding GitHub event types and payloads\n- Handling push, pull request, or issue events\n\n## Verification (core)\n\nGitHub signs the raw body with HMAC-SHA256 keyed on your webhook secret and sends the digest in `X-Hub-Signature-256` formatted as `sha256=<hex>`. 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