How to Set Up Vercel Deployment Webhook Notifications with Webhookify

Published Feb 21 202610 min read
Vercel webhook setup with Webhookify

Vercel is the leading platform for deploying modern web applications, powering millions of deployments for Next.js, React, and other frontend frameworks. Every time you push code, trigger a build, or deploy to production, Vercel generates deployment events that tell you whether your deploy succeeded, failed, or is still building. Missing a failed deployment can mean your users are hitting errors while you remain unaware. With Webhookify, you can receive instant, AI-summarized notifications for every Vercel deployment event on Telegram, Discord, Slack, Email, or your mobile device -- ensuring you always know the status of your production deployments.

This guide walks you through connecting Vercel webhooks to Webhookify for real-time deployment monitoring. The setup takes less than 15 minutes and requires no custom infrastructure or code.

Why Monitor Vercel Webhooks with Webhookify?

  • Instant Deploy Status Updates: Know within seconds whether your latest deployment succeeded or failed. Webhookify delivers AI-summarized alerts that tell you the project name, branch, commit message, and deployment result -- all without opening the Vercel dashboard.

  • Production Error Awareness: When a deployment to production fails, every minute of downtime costs user trust and potential revenue. Webhookify's mobile push notifications ensure you are alerted immediately, even at night or on weekends, so you can roll back or fix the issue fast.

  • Team Deployment Visibility: For teams with multiple developers deploying to Vercel, webhook notifications create a shared log of all deployment activity. Everyone on the team can see who deployed what and when, reducing the "who broke production?" guessing game.

  • Multi-Project Monitoring: If you manage multiple Vercel projects, Webhookify consolidates deployment notifications in one place. Create separate endpoints per project or aggregate everything into a single notification channel for a complete overview.

  • Branch-Level Awareness: Vercel deploys preview branches automatically. With Webhookify, you can track preview deployments alongside production deploys, ensuring pull request previews are building correctly before merging.

Prerequisites

  1. A Vercel account (free Hobby plan or any paid tier)
  2. At least one Vercel project with deployments
  3. A Webhookify account (sign up free at webhookify.app)
  4. At least one notification channel configured in Webhookify (Telegram, Discord, Slack, Email, or mobile push)

Step-by-Step Setup Guide

1

Create a Webhookify Endpoint

Log into your Webhookify dashboard at webhookify.app. Click "Create Endpoint" to generate a unique webhook URL:

https://hook.webhookify.app/wh/bcd890efg123

Copy this URL. Name the endpoint descriptively, such as "Vercel Deployments" or "Vercel - MyApp Production." If you want to monitor multiple Vercel projects with different notification routing, create a separate endpoint for each project.

2

Configure Your Notification Channel

Set up your preferred notification channels in the Webhookify settings.

For Telegram: Connect the Webhookify bot. A "Deploy Alerts" group is a great way to keep your team informed about deployment statuses.

For Discord: Authorize the bot and select a channel like #deployments or #vercel-alerts in your development server.

For Slack: Complete the OAuth flow and select your channel. Engineering teams commonly use #deployments or #builds for Vercel notifications.

For Email: Add email addresses for team members who need deployment status updates, especially for production environments.

For Mobile Push: Install the Webhookify app and enable push notifications. This is critical for production deployment monitoring -- you want to know immediately if a production deploy fails, even outside business hours.

3

Add Your Webhookify URL in Vercel

Log into your Vercel Dashboard. You can configure webhooks at the account level (all projects) or the project level (specific project).

Account-Level Webhooks (All Projects):

  1. Click on your avatar/team name in the top-left corner
  2. Go to Settings
  3. Select Webhooks from the left sidebar
  4. Click "Create Webhook"

Project-Level Webhooks (Specific Project):

  1. Select the project from your dashboard
  2. Go to Settings
  3. Select Webhooks (or Git section depending on your Vercel version)

In the webhook creation form, fill in the following:

  • Endpoint URL: Paste your Webhookify endpoint URL
  • Events: Select the events you want to monitor

The available Vercel webhook events are:

  • deployment.created -- A new deployment was initiated
  • deployment.succeeded -- A deployment built and deployed successfully
  • deployment.ready -- A deployment is live and ready to receive traffic
  • deployment.error -- A deployment encountered an error
  • deployment.canceled -- A deployment was canceled
  • deployment.check-rerequested -- A deployment check was re-requested
  • project.created -- A new project was created
  • project.removed -- A project was deleted

For most developers, selecting deployment.succeeded, deployment.error, and deployment.canceled provides the essential deployment monitoring. Add deployment.created if you also want to know when builds start.

Click "Create" to save the webhook.

4

Filter by Project and Branch (Optional)

If you configured an account-level webhook, you will receive events for all projects. Webhookify lets you view and filter events in your dashboard by payload content, so you can identify which project and branch each deployment belongs to.

For more granular control, consider these approaches:

Separate Endpoints per Project: Create one Webhookify endpoint per Vercel project and configure project-level webhooks. Route each endpoint's notifications to a different channel (e.g., #frontend-deploys vs. #api-deploys).

Production-Only Monitoring: If you only care about production deployments and find preview deployment notifications noisy, consider filtering on the branch or deployment target. Vercel's webhook payload includes the deployment target (production, preview, or development), which Webhookify's AI summaries will highlight.

Critical Alerts Only: For high-volume deployment environments, you may want to only receive notifications for deployment errors. In Vercel, select only the deployment.error event type when creating the webhook. This ensures you are only alerted when something goes wrong.

5

Test Your Vercel Webhook

The easiest way to test your webhook is to trigger a real deployment. You can do this by:

  1. Pushing a commit: Make a small change to your repository and push it. Vercel will automatically start a deployment.
  2. Redeploying: In the Vercel dashboard, go to your project's Deployments tab and click the three-dot menu on a previous deployment, then click "Redeploy."
  3. Creating a project: If you selected the project.created event, importing a new repository into Vercel will trigger a webhook.

After triggering a deployment, check:

  1. Webhookify Dashboard: You should see the deployment event logged with the full payload, including project name, branch, commit SHA, and deployment URL.
  2. Notification Channel: An AI-summarized notification should arrive on your Telegram, Discord, Slack, or Email within seconds.
  3. Mobile App: If push notifications are enabled, you should receive an alert on your phone.

Verify that both success and failure events work by intentionally introducing a build error (like a syntax error in your code), pushing it, and then checking for the deployment.error notification.

Vercel Webhook Events You Can Monitor

| Event | Description | When It Fires | |-------|-------------|---------------| | deployment.created | New deployment initiated | Code pushed or manual redeploy triggered | | deployment.succeeded | Build completed successfully | Build and deployment finished without errors | | deployment.ready | Deployment live and serving traffic | DNS propagation complete, deployment accessible | | deployment.error | Deployment failed | Build error, runtime error, or configuration issue | | deployment.canceled | Deployment was canceled | Manual cancellation or superseded by newer deploy | | deployment.check-rerequested | Check re-requested | Deployment check manually re-triggered | | project.created | New project created | Repository imported or project initialized | | project.removed | Project deleted | Project removed from Vercel account | | domain.created | Domain added | Custom domain added to project | | integration-configuration.scope-change-confirmed | Integration scope changed | Integration permissions updated |

Real-World Use Cases

  • Startup Production Monitoring: A two-person startup routes deployment.error events to a Telegram group with push notifications enabled. When their Next.js app fails to deploy at 11 PM, both founders get an immediate alert on their phones. They fix the issue and redeploy within minutes, preventing any user-facing downtime.

  • Agency Multi-Client Oversight: A web development agency manages 20 client sites on Vercel. They create an account-level webhook that sends all deployment events to a Slack channel. The team can see at a glance which client sites deployed successfully and which need attention, without logging into Vercel for each project.

  • CI/CD Pipeline Tracking: A development team uses GitHub Actions to run tests before Vercel deploys to production. They monitor deployment.created events to know when Vercel starts building and deployment.succeeded or deployment.error to know the outcome. This provides end-to-end visibility of their deploy pipeline from code push to production.

  • Deployment Audit Log: A regulated fintech company routes all Vercel deployment events to Email and to their Webhookify dashboard. This creates a searchable, timestamped record of every deployment for compliance auditing, including who deployed, what branch, and whether it succeeded.

Example Notification

Here is what a typical Webhookify notification looks like when a Vercel deployment succeeds:

New Webhook Event Received

Source: Vercel
Event: deployment.succeeded
Endpoint: Vercel - MyApp Production

AI Summary:
Deployment succeeded for project "my-nextjs-app"!
Branch: main. Commit: "feat: add user dashboard page"
by Alice Chen. Build time: 47 seconds.
Production URL: https://my-nextjs-app.vercel.app
Deployment URL: https://my-nextjs-app-abc123.vercel.app

Timestamp: 2026-02-21T15:28:44Z

View full payload in Webhookify Dashboard

Troubleshooting

  1. Webhook not created in Vercel: Make sure you have the correct permissions. On Vercel team accounts, you may need an Owner or Member role to create webhooks. On Hobby plans, you can create webhooks for your own projects.

  2. Events not appearing in Webhookify: Double-check the endpoint URL in Vercel. Also ensure the events you selected match what you expect. If you only selected deployment.error but your deployments are succeeding, you will not see any events until a deployment actually fails.

  3. Too many preview deployment notifications: If you are receiving notifications for every preview branch deployment and finding it noisy, consider switching to project-level webhooks and only selecting deployment.error and deployment.succeeded events. Alternatively, create a Vercel webhook that only covers your production project.

  4. Webhook delivery delays during high traffic: Vercel may queue webhook deliveries during peak deployment periods. Webhookify processes incoming webhooks instantly, so any delay is on Vercel's side. Check the Vercel status page if you notice consistent delays.

  5. Deployment.ready vs. deployment.succeeded confusion: The deployment.succeeded event fires when the build completes, while deployment.ready fires when the deployment is actually accessible at its URL. If you care about when users can access the new version, monitor deployment.ready. If you care about build success, monitor deployment.succeeded.

For production-critical applications, set up two notification channels: a Slack channel for informational deployment tracking (all events) and mobile push notifications for failures only (deployment.error). This way your team has full visibility in Slack while only getting phone alerts for genuine problems that need immediate attention.

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