Check emerging Hacker News themes at project updates
Project progress is easier to interpret when you can spot the technology topics currently drawing attention.
Trigger
Project Update Posted
Fires when a project status update is posted on the Linear project's Updates tab. Covers projects in both public and private teams — polls with the connected user's token.
Action
Get Hackernews Frontpage
Get the frontpage posts of hacker news.
Why this helps
Keeping up with technical trends competes with the focused time needed to move a project forward.
- Use an existing project update as a cue for a trend scan.
- Spot frontpage themes related to the project.
- Get a small, timely context update without a separate routine.
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 scan Hacker News trends after project updates.
- 3Give Notis one instruction to identify frontpage themes relevant to the update and summarize why they matter.
- 4Select the Linear Project Update Posted trigger and a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with a real update on a project in a fast-moving technical area.
Questions about this workflow
Does the workflow monitor all of Hacker News?
It uses the frontpage action, so it scans frontpage posts rather than every discussion.
Can it track a specific technology?
Include the technology or project theme in the plain-language prompt.
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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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