Find timely Hacker News context for new issues
A recent conversation may offer useful perspective before a new issue becomes a long investigation.
Trigger
Issue Created Trigger
Triggered when a new issue is created.
Action
Get Latest Hackernews Posts
Get the latest posts from hacker news based on optional filters. results can be limited using the size parameter.
Why this helps
Founders can miss timely community conversations while switching between planning, shipping, and customer work.
- Look for relevant recent posts at issue creation time.
- Surface a bounded set of timely results to review.
- Keep discovery connected to the issue that sparked it.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Linear and Hacker News to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis to find recent HN posts for new Linear issues.
- 3Give Notis one plain-language instruction to search recent posts for the issue's topic and summarize the best matches.
- 4Pick the Linear Issue Created trigger and a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with a real issue tied to a current product or technology topic.
Questions about this workflow
How recent are the results?
The action retrieves latest Hacker News posts based on available optional filters; describe the timeframe or relevance you want in your instruction.
Will it return every recent post?
Ask Notis for a short, relevant selection so the result stays manageable.
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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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