HookWatch
FreemiumUnified monitoring for webhooks, cron jobs, and AI agent tool calls
About HookWatch
HookWatch is a unified monitoring and observability platform designed for developers and small teams to manage the invisible parts of their infrastructure. It provides real-time monitoring, logging, and automatic retries for webhooks, cron jobs, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool calls for AI agents. By offering a centralized dashboard and a local-first CLI, HookWatch helps prevent silent failures, allows for easy debugging of payloads, and ensures reliable delivery of critical events from providers like Stripe, Shopify, and GitHub. It features smart buffering to capture webhooks during downtime and human-readable schedules for cron management.
How to Use
To get started, install the local-first CLI using the provided curl command. Developers can then configure their webhook endpoints to point to the HookWatch proxy for automatic logging and retries. For cron jobs, users can define schedules in human-readable text and track executions through the terminal or the cloud dashboard. AI agent developers can integrate the MCP proxy to monitor tool call latency and errors without changing their code.
Key Features
- Real-time Webhook Feed & Payload Inspection
- Cron Job Monitoring with human-readable schedules
- MCP Proxy for AI agent observability and latency tracking
- Automatic Retries with exponential backoff
- Transparent Request Buffering during service downtime
- Local-first CLI and Interactive Terminal UI (TUI)
- Unified Dashboard for multi-module metrics
Use Cases
- Monitoring and replaying failed Stripe payment webhooks
- Preventing silent failures of daily database backup cron jobs
- Tracking latency and errors in AI agent tool calls via MCP
- Debugging webhook payloads from GitHub or Shopify in real-time
Key Features
Pros & Cons
- Prevents silent failures in event-driven systems
- Easy payload inspection and debugging
- Local-first CLI supports offline development
- Freemium model accessible for small teams
- Unified view reduces tool sprawl
- Automatic retries improve reliability
- Limited to webhooks, cron, and MCP—may not cover all infrastructure
- Freemium limits could restrict advanced usage
- Relies on SaaS for full dashboard features
- Newer tool with potentially smaller community
- No mention of enterprise-scale features like RBAC
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