| name | sumsub-manage-webhooks |
| description | Manage Sumsub `clientWebhooks` (event subscriptions for applicantReviewed / applicantPending / kytTxn / etc.) — reads via `/resources/api/clientWebhooks`, writes via `/resources/api/agent/clientWebhooks`. **Sandbox only** — production webhooks must be created by a human directly in the Sumsub dashboard. TRIGGER when the user asks to "list / retrieve / show webhooks", "create / add / register a webhook", "update / edit / change a webhook target / event list / secret / signature algorithm", or "disable / re-enable a webhook" against their sandbox tenant. SKIP for production webhook setup (refer the user to the dashboard), for unrelated webhook surfaces (Stripe / videoIdent / Fireblocks / NFC / partner-specific receive paths under `/resources/webhooks/...`), for testing one-off delivery (use the `inspectionCallbacks/testWebhook` endpoint directly), and for KYT-only webhook routing (that's managed in the Sumsub dashboard's KYT section). The public API does not expose delete or per-webhook delivery stats — for those, refer the user to the Sumsub dashboard UI. |
| allowed-tools | Read, Write, Bash |
Sumsub — Manage Client Webhooks
Lists, retrieves, creates, updates, and disables/enables ClientWebhook
event subscriptions. Reads use /resources/api/clientWebhooks; writes use
/resources/api/agent/clientWebhooks.
Endpoints
| Verb | Path | Purpose |
|---|
GET | /resources/api/clientWebhooks | List webhooks on the tenant. Returns EntityResult<ClientWebhook> ({list: {items: [...] }}). Capped at the oldest 50 server-side (getOldest50). |
GET | /resources/api/clientWebhooks/{id} | Read one webhook by id. Use this to resolve a name from a known id, or to verify what landed after a write. |
POST | /resources/api/agent/clientWebhooks | Create. Body must NOT include id — server assigns it. (The model layer still does an internal upsert, but the request DTO is ClientWebhookCreateRequest without id.) |
PATCH | /resources/api/agent/clientWebhooks | Update an existing webhook (by id in body). DTO is ClientWebhookUpdateRequest. |
Permission required: manageClientSettings.
There is no DELETE and no /stats endpoint on the public API —
use the Sumsub dashboard UI when you need to delete a webhook or view
per-webhook delivery stats.
Auth — App Token + secret (sandbox only)
This skill talks to the public Sumsub API and signs each request per
the authentication reference.
The full how-it-works writeup lives in the sumsub-api-auth
skill — read it if you hit 401 Invalid signature.
⚠️ Sandbox tokens only. Do not accept or use a production App Token
here. If the user offers one, refuse and ask them to generate a sandbox
pair at https://cockpit.sumsub.com/checkus/devSpace/appTokens (toggle
the workspace to Sandbox first, then Create). Token + secret are
shown once — copy both before closing the dialog. The helper script
enforces this — it rejects tokens that don't start with sbx: unless
SUMSUB_ALLOW_PROD=1 is set.
| Var | Example |
|---|
SUMSUB_APP_TOKEN | sbx:... — sandbox App Token from the dashboard. |
SUMSUB_SECRET_KEY | The paired secret shown once at token creation. |
SUMSUB_BASE | Optional. Defaults to https://api.sumsub.com. |
If the user has already supplied credentials in conversation, reuse them;
otherwise ask once before running. Never echo the secret back.
Sandbox-only scope — production webhooks must be created by a human
Because this skill only accepts sandbox App Tokens, every webhook it creates,
updates, or toggles lives in the sandbox workspace. Sandbox and production are
separate tenants on Sumsub's side — there is no "promote to prod" path, and
re-running this skill with a production token is not the right way to set
up a real webhook.
When the user is ready to wire up a production webhook:
- Do not offer to do it from this skill, even if the user asks.
- Do not ask for or accept a production App Token (the script will refuse
it without
SUMSUB_ALLOW_PROD=1, and you should not suggest that override).
- Tell the user that the production webhook — target URL, signing secret,
event subscription, custom headers — should be configured by a human
directly in the Sumsub dashboard (Integrations → Webhooks, with the
workspace toggle on Production). Setting up a production webhook is a
security-sensitive operation (the signing secret authenticates real PII
deliveries) and the audit trail should attribute it to a person.
- The right workflow is: use this skill to prototype against sandbox, capture
the final spec the user wants (event list, headers, signature algorithm),
then hand that spec off as plain documentation so a human can recreate it
in production.
Subcommands
manage_webhooks.sh is the orchestrator:
manage_webhooks.sh list
manage_webhooks.sh list --json
manage_webhooks.sh get <webhookId>
manage_webhooks.sh create <spec.json>
manage_webhooks.sh update <spec.json>
manage_webhooks.sh disable <webhookId>
manage_webhooks.sh enable <webhookId>
create and update both call build_webhook_payload.py to expand the compact spec.
Before submitting: target must be publicly reachable
Sumsub delivers webhooks from its own infrastructure, so the target URL has to resolve and accept connections from the public internet. Common gotcha: users paste http://localhost:3000/webhook (or 127.0.0.1, 0.0.0.0, ::1) while developing locally. Sumsub accepts the URL at creation time but every delivery will fail — and targets like these are rejected by the skill's payload builder up front.
If the user supplies a localhost-ish URL, don't submit it. Instead, walk them through exposing the local server through a public tunnel before creating the webhook:
- Suggest ngrok (the most common choice). On macOS:
brew install ngrok/ngrok/ngrok. Other platforms: download from the link. First-time users need a free ngrok account to grab an auth token, then ngrok config add-authtoken <TOKEN> once.
- Ask which port their local webhook receiver listens on (typically 3000 / 8080 / 4000).
- Have them run
ngrok http <port> in a separate terminal and keep it open.
- ngrok prints a
Forwarding https://<random>.ngrok-free.app -> http://localhost:<port> line. The https://...ngrok-free.app part is the public URL.
- Append the receiver's webhook path (e.g.
/webhook, /sumsub) and use the full URL as target. Then re-run the create subcommand.
Heads-up to mention: on the free ngrok plan the public URL changes every time ngrok restarts — the webhook will need to be re-updated (POST with the existing id and the new target) each session. A reserved domain (paid) or --domain=<your-subdomain> keeps it stable. Alternatives if the user prefers: Cloudflare Tunnel (cloudflared tunnel), Tailscale Funnel, localtunnel — same idea, same procedure.
Compact spec for create / update
id: 698bfc...
name: "Production webhook"
description: "Sends KYC events to our backend"
target: "https://example.com/sumsub/webhook"
targetType: http
types:
- applicantReviewed
- applicantPending
- applicantOnHold
- applicantCreated
applicantType: individual
sourceKeys: []
secretKey: "..."
signatureAlgorithm: HMAC_SHA256_HEX
headers:
- { key: "X-Source", value: "sumsub" }
- { key: "Authorization", value: "Bearer ${MY_TOKEN}" }
disabled: false
notResendFailedWebhooks: false
The builder validates enums (targetType, signatureAlgorithm, applicantType), rejects empty types, and wraps headers so that the key/value shape matches ClientWebhookHeader. Unknown keys pass through (escape hatch).
Event types (types[])
The OpenAPI keeps types as a free-form string[]. The names below cover
the commonly-emitted Sumsub events. Unknown event types are silently
accepted server-side and the webhook simply never fires — so typos are not
caught by the API.
| Group | Event type | When it fires |
|---|
| Applicant lifecycle | applicantCreated | New applicant created |
| applicantPrechecked | Pre-screen complete |
| applicantPending | Submitted for review |
| applicantReviewed | Final review answer (GREEN / RED) reached |
| applicantOnHold | Review held / paused |
| applicantActivated | Applicant activated |
| applicantDeactivated | Applicant deactivated |
| applicantReset | Verification reset (retry) |
| applicantLevelChanged | Level reassigned |
| applicantTagsChanged | Tags added/removed |
| applicantPersonalInfoChanged | Personal info edited |
| applicantDeleted | Applicant deleted |
| applicantPersonalDataDeleted | GDPR personal-data erasure executed |
| Action workflow | applicantActionPending / applicantActionReviewed / applicantActionOnHold | Action-flow events |
| Workflow | applicantWorkflowCompleted | Workflow run finished (not applicantWorkflowRunCompleted) |
| Video ident | videoIdentStatusChanged | Live status update |
| videoIdentCompositionCompleted | Recording assembly finished |
| KYT (applicant-scoped) | applicantKytTxnApproved / applicantKytTxnRejected / applicantKytTxnReviewed / applicantKytTxnDeleted / applicantKytTxnDataChanged / applicantKytTxnAwaitingUser / applicantKytOnHold | Per-applicant transaction-monitoring events |
| KYT (case-scoped) | kytCaseCreated / kytCaseStatusChanged / kytCaseReviewed | KYT case-management events (note: it's kytCaseStatusChanged, not kytCaseUpdated) |
| AML case | amlCaseApproved / amlCaseRejected / amlCaseOnHold | AML-case disposition events |
| Travel Rule | travelRuleAction | Travel-rule lifecycle events |
| KYB | kybCompanyActivity | KYB ongoing-monitoring events |
The skill forwards whatever the caller writes — no client-side validation, since Sumsub may add events faster than this list updates.
Outputs
list — table with id, name, target, disabled, types[], applicantType, signatureAlgorithm, createdAt.
get — the full single webhook JSON (with secretKey redacted in the output as a defensive measure).
create / update — the persisted ClientWebhook (with server-assigned id on create) and a one-line summary.
disable / enable — reports the new disabled value.
Worked examples
See also