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Revisit Hacker News context when public issues change

A status or priority shift can change what matters. Refresh the conversation around the issue at that moment.

Trigger

Public Team Issue Properties Updated

Fires when properties on a *public-team* Linear issue change (status, assignee, priority, labels, etc.). For private teams (lock icon in Linear's sidebar) use `LINEAR_PRIVATE_TEAM_ISSUE_PROPERTIES_UPDATED`.

Action

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.

Why this helps

Issue changes are easy to make in the flow of work, while the supporting context may remain stale.

  • Attach a fresh search to public issue property changes.
  • Help prioritize follow-up with relevant outside discussion.
  • Reduce the mental task of remembering which context needs refreshing.

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 research public issue changes using plain language.
  • 3Write one instruction explaining which changed issue context to search and how to summarize relevant HN posts.
  • 4Pick the Public Team Issue Properties Updated trigger and select a run-report channel.
  • 5Test with a real issue property change and review the resulting relevance.

Questions about this workflow

Which team scope does this trigger cover?

It covers public-team Linear issues; private-team issue property changes use a separate trigger.

Can it help with prioritization?

It can surface relevant discussion, while the final priority decision remains yours.

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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.

TriggerScheduled

Get Hackernews Frontpage

Get the frontpage posts of hacker news.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Get Hackernews Item

Get a specific item from hacker news using its id. limits response size to prevent context overflow.

ActionInstant

Comment Received Trigger

Triggered when a comment is received.

TriggerInstant

Get Latest Hackernews Posts

Get the latest posts from hacker news based on optional filters. results can be limited using the size parameter.

ActionInstant

Issue Created Trigger

Triggered when a new issue is created.

TriggerInstant

Get Hackernews Today Posts

Get today's posts from hacker news.

ActionInstant

Issue Updated Trigger

Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.

TriggerInstant

Get Hackernews User

Get a specific user from hacker news using their username.

ActionInstant

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).

TriggerPolling

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.

ActionInstant

Private Team Issue Created

Fires when a new issue appears in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).

TriggerPolling

Private Team Issue Properties Updated

Fires when properties on an issue change in a private Linear team (polled with the connected user's token).

TriggerPolling

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Linear and Hackernews, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

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