Review a Hacker News reference from a Slack decision thread
Mark the message that informed a decision and keep its Hacker News context easy to revisit.
Trigger
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Action
Get Hackernews Item
Get a specific item from hacker news using its id. limits response size to prevent context overflow.
Why this helps
When decisions happen quickly, the source behind an important reference can be difficult to find during later review.
- Retrieve the referenced Hacker News item on demand.
- Keep source context available for later decision reviews.
- Use a reaction as a small, memorable follow-up action.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Hackernews to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create the automation in the portal or tell Notis what it should do in plain language.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to fetch and summarize the Hacker News item when a chosen reaction is added to a Slack message with an item reference.
- 4Select Message Reaction Added and choose the reporting channel.
- 5Test by reacting to a decision message that contains a real Hacker News link.
Questions about this workflow
Does this create a permanent decision record?
It produces a run report with the fetched context. Decide how your team wants to retain or reference that report.
What if there is no item link?
Include a Hacker News item ID or link in the Slack message so the workflow can fetch the intended discussion.
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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.
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Slack and Hackernews, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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