Discord Webhook

Discord Webhook

Use Discord Webhooks via direct curl calls to send messages to Discord channels without setting up a bot.

Official docs: https://discord.com/developers/docs/resources/webhook

When to Use

Use this skill when you need to:

• Send notifications to Discord channels
• Post alerts from CI/CD pipelines
• Share updates with rich embeds
• Upload files to channels
• Simple integrations without bot complexity

Prerequisites

1. In Discord, go to Server Settings → Integrations → Webhooks
2. Click "New Webhook"
3. Choose a name and target channel
4. Click "Copy Webhook URL"

export DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL="https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1234567890/abcdefg..."

Security: Never expose webhook URLs publicly - they require no authentication.

Important: When using $VAR in a command that pipes to another command, wrap the command containing $VAR in bash -c '...'. Due to a Claude Code bug, environment variables are silently cleared when pipes are used directly.

bash -c 'curl -s "https://api.example.com" -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY"'

How to Use

All examples below assume you have DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL set.

1. Send Simple Message

Write to /tmp/discord_webhook_request.json:

{
  "content": "Hello from webhook!"
}

Then run:

curl -s -X POST "${DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/discord_webhook_request.json

2. Send with Custom Username and Avatar

Write to /tmp/discord_webhook_request.json:

{
  "content": "Alert!",
  "username": "Alert Bot",
  "avatar_url": "https://i.imgur.com/4M34hi2.png"
}

Then run:

curl -s -X POST "${DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/discord_webhook_request.json

3. Send Rich Embed

Write to /tmp/discord_webhook_request.json:

{
  "embeds": [
    {
      "title": "Deployment Complete",
      "description": "Version 1.2.3 deployed to production",
      "color": 5763719,
      "fields": [
        {
          "name": "Environment",
          "value": "Production",
          "inline": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Status",
          "value": "Success",
          "inline": true
        }
      ],
      "timestamp": "2025-01-01T12:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ]
}

Then run:

curl -s -X POST "${DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/discord_webhook_request.json

Common colors (decimal):

• Green: 5763719
• Red: 15548997
• Blue: 5793266
• Yellow: 16776960
• Orange: 16744192

4. Send Error Alert

Write to /tmp/discord_webhook_request.json:

{
  "embeds": [
    {
      "title": "Error Alert",
      "description": "Database connection failed",
      "color": 15548997,
      "fields": [
        {
          "name": "Service",
          "value": "api-server"
        },
        {
          "name": "Error",
          "value": "Connection timeout"
        }
      ],
      "footer": {
        "text": "Monitor"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Then run:

curl -s -X POST "${DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/discord_webhook_request.json

5. Send File Attachment

Write to /tmp/discord_webhook_payload.json:

{
  "content": "Screenshot attached"
}

Then run:

curl -s -X POST "${DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL}" -F "file1=@screenshot.png" -F 'payload_json=@/tmp/discord_webhook_payload.json'

6. Send Multiple Files

Write to /tmp/discord_webhook_payload.json:

{
  "content": "Log files attached"
}

Then run:

curl -s -X POST "${DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL}" -F "file1=@error.log" -F "file2=@debug.log" -F 'payload_json=@/tmp/discord_webhook_payload.json'

7. Send Multiple Embeds

Write to /tmp/discord_webhook_request.json:

{
  "embeds": [
    {
      "title": "Build Started",
      "color": 16776960
    },
    {
      "title": "Tests Passed",
      "color": 5763719
    },
    {
      "title": "Deployed",
      "color": 5793266
    }
  ]
}

Then run:

curl -s -X POST "${DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/discord_webhook_request.json

8. Send with Mention

Write to /tmp/discord_webhook_request.json:

{
  "content": "<@<your-user-id>> Check this out!",
  "allowed_mentions": {
    "users": ["<your-user-id>"]
  }
}

Then run:

curl -s -X POST "${DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/discord_webhook_request.json

Replace <your-user-id> with the actual Discord user ID.

9. Send Silent Message (No Notification)

Write to /tmp/discord_webhook_request.json:

{
  "content": "Silent update",
  "flags": 4096
}

Then run:

curl -s -X POST "${DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/discord_webhook_request.json

10. CI/CD Pipeline Notification

Write to /tmp/discord_webhook_request.json:

{
  "username": "GitHub Actions",
  "embeds": [
    {
      "title": "Pipeline Status",
      "color": 5763719,
      "fields": [
        {
          "name": "Repository",
          "value": "myorg/myrepo",
          "inline": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Branch",
          "value": "main",
          "inline": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Commit",
          "value": "abc1234",
          "inline": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Status",
          "value": "Success"
        }
      ],
      "timestamp": "2025-01-01T12:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ]
}

Then run:

curl -s -X POST "${DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/discord_webhook_request.json

Embed Structure

{
  "title": "Title text",
  "description": "Description text",
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "color": 5763719,
  "fields": [
  {"name": "Field 1", "value": "Value 1", "inline": true}
  ],
  "author": {"name": "Author", "icon_url": "https://..."},
  "footer": {"text": "Footer text"},
  "thumbnail": {"url": "https://..."},
  "image": {"url": "https://..."},
  "timestamp": "2025-01-01T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Guidelines

1. Rate limits: 30 requests per 60 seconds per webhook
2. Message limit: 2000 characters for content
3. Embed limits: Max 10 embeds, 6000 total characters
4. File limits: Max 8MB per file (50MB with Nitro boost)
5. Security: Treat webhook URLs like passwords