Add context to Hacker News contributors referenced in issues
When a discussion's author matters to your evaluation, get a lightweight profile view without breaking your flow.
Trigger
Issue Updated Trigger
Triggered when an issue is updated. For example labels are changed, issue status is changed, etc.
Action
Get Hackernews User
Get a specific user from hacker news using their username.
Why this helps
Assessing a technical claim may involve checking who contributed, but opening multiple profiles interrupts issue work.
- Look up a referenced Hacker News username after an issue changes.
- Add public profile context to discussion review.
- Avoid a separate profile-search detour.
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 look up HN users referenced in updated issues.
- 3Write one instruction asking Notis to identify the username, fetch public user details, and summarize relevant context.
- 4Pick the Linear Issue Updated trigger and a run-report channel.
- 5Test with an issue update that contains a real Hacker News username.
Questions about this workflow
Does the user lookup verify whether a claim is true?
No. It retrieves public Hacker News user details, not independent verification of claims.
What if no username is present?
State in the prompt that the lookup is useful when an HN username is referenced, and test with a matching update.
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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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