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 # Webhookey
-Webhookey is a web server listening for requests as for example sent by
-Gitea's webhooks. Further, Webhookey allows you to specify rules
+Webhookey is a web server listening for
+[webhooks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webhook) as for example sent
+by Gitea's webhooks. Further, Webhookey allows you to specify rules
 which are matched against the data received to trigger certain
 actions.