The hookwatch CLI becomes usable end to end for a real workspace in this release.
Previously it could open a tunnel and render a live dashboard, but there was no
built-in way to authenticate; now the first run walks you through it.
Added
- First-run API key prompt — running the CLI without a stored key shows a prompt
screen that captures a workspace API key (
hwk_…) and verifies it against the API before saving, so a bad key is caught up front rather than on first use. The same prompt appears the first time you start a tunnel. - Default server URL — the CLI ships with a sensible default server and rejects an invalid server URL before it ever asks for a key.
Improved
- Key entry honours cancellation cleanly, and the prompt subtitle is mode-aware (plain setup versus tunnel setup) so it reads correctly in either entry point.
With a key in place, hookwatch tunnel forwards captured webhooks to a local
process — so an external provider can reach a service on your laptop through a
HookWatch endpoint — and a bare hookwatch run shows the live terminal dashboard.
See the documentation for setup.
Notes
Release date comes from the v1.9.0 git tag (11 July 2026).