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    "displayName": "External Webhook Trigger",
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    "text": "A CI trigger that fires when an external service sends an HTTP\nwebhook to the CI system. Used for integrating CI with third-party\ntools: container registry scan completion, infrastructure drift\ndetection, monitoring alert escalation, or external test harness\nresults. Webhook triggers require authentication (shared secrets,\nHMAC signatures) to prevent unauthorised pipeline execution.\nJenkins and GitLab CI have native webhook trigger support; GitHub\nActions uses repository_dispatch as its webhook-equivalent.\n",
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