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Summarize community viewpoints for project updates

Get a compact read on recurring questions and concerns so the discussion is easier to carry into planning.

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

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

Reading many threads to understand community sentiment can consume the time needed for actual project work.

  • Group recurring questions and viewpoints from relevant posts.
  • Make a large discussion set easier to scan.
  • Use project updates to refresh the summary when context evolves.

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 summarize HN viewpoints when a project update is posted.
  • 3Give Notis one instruction to search the project topic and summarize recurring questions, concerns, and viewpoints with links.
  • 4Choose the Linear Project Update Posted trigger and a channel for run reports.
  • 5Test with a real project update and review whether the summary distinguishes observations from conclusions.

Questions about this workflow

Is this a formal sentiment measurement?

No. It is a qualitative summary of relevant posts, not a statistically representative measure.

Can I see the source discussions?

Ask Notis to include links so you can inspect the posts behind the summary.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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