Check a Hacker News profile from Slack
Send the username in a DM and let Notis bring back the available Hacker News profile details.
Trigger
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Action
Get Hackernews User
Get a specific user from hacker news using their username.
Why this helps
A username to investigate gets noted in a private chat, then requires a separate task and search later.
- Capture a profile lookup at the moment you think of it.
- Keep a brief summary available in the automation report.
- Avoid an extra manual search across browser tabs.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Hackernews to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis to create it from a plain-language request.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to look up a Hacker News profile when you DM a username for review.
- 4Select Direct Message Received and choose where Notis reports completed runs.
- 5Test by sending a real public Hacker News username in a DM.
Questions about this workflow
What should I send in the DM?
Send the Hacker News username and make the request clear, for example, ask Notis to look up that user's profile.
Does the lookup reveal private information?
The action fetches a Hacker News user profile. Ask Notis to summarize the profile details returned by Hackernews.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Hackernews. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack 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.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Get Latest Hackernews Posts
Get the latest posts from hacker news based on optional filters. results can be limited using the size parameter.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Get Hackernews Today Posts
Get today's posts from hacker news.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Get Hackernews User
Get a specific user from hacker news using their username.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
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.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Hackernews, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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