Check today's Hacker News posts when issues arrive
Catch a same-day conversation that could add useful context to a newly logged problem.
Trigger
Public Team Issue Created
Fires when a new issue is created in a Linear *public* team. For private teams (lock icon in Linear's sidebar) use `LINEAR_PRIVATE_TEAM_ISSUE_CREATED`.
Action
Get Hackernews Today Posts
Get today's posts from hacker news.
Why this helps
Time-sensitive posts are difficult to track when you are focused on capturing issues and keeping work moving.
- Check the day's conversations as new public-team issues arrive.
- Surface potentially timely context for a specific problem.
- Avoid keeping a separate manual watchlist.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Linear and Hacker News to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation or ask Notis to check today's Hacker News posts for new Linear issues.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to find relevant posts from today and summarize the match with links.
- 4Select the Public Team Issue Created trigger and a run-report channel.
- 5Test on one public-team issue with a topic likely to appear in current discussions.
Questions about this workflow
Does this work for private-team issues?
This trigger is specifically for public-team issues. Use the listed private-team issue-created event for private teams.
Does every post today matter?
The prompt should ask Notis to return only relevant matches rather than a full feed.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Linear to Hackernews. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Linear triggers
Hackernews actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get Hackernews Frontpage
Get the frontpage posts of hacker news.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get Hackernews Item
Get a specific item from hacker news using its id. limits response size to prevent context overflow.
Comment Received Trigger
Triggered when a comment is received.
Get Latest Hackernews Posts
Get the latest posts from hacker news based on optional filters. results can be limited using the size parameter.
Issue Created Trigger
Triggered when a new issue is created.
Get Hackernews Today Posts
Get today's posts from hacker news.
Issue Updated Trigger
Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.
Get Hackernews User
Get a specific user from hacker news using their username.
Private Team Comment Created
Fires when a new comment is posted on an issue in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Search Hackernews Posts
Get relevant posts from hacker news based on a full-text query and optional filters. results can be limited using the size parameter.
Private Team Issue Created
Fires when a new issue appears in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Private Team Issue Properties Updated
Fires when properties on an issue change in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Linear and Hackernews, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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