Share a focused Hacker News pulse from Slack stand-up
Get a quick read on relevant tech stories as part of the team's stand-up conversation.
Trigger
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Action
Get Hackernews Frontpage
Get the frontpage posts of hacker news.
Why this helps
Stand-up follow-ups can turn into a second stream of research and interrupt the team's shift into focused work.
- Start a fresh front-page scan from a team request.
- Limit attention to stories related to current work.
- Keep the result available as a concise run report.
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 ask Notis conversationally.
- 3Use one plain-language instruction to fetch the Hacker News front page when a stand-up message requests a tech pulse and highlight stories related to the team's named work.
- 4Select Channel Message Received and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with a stand-up message that names the team's current focus.
Questions about this workflow
Will this automatically run at every stand-up?
It starts when the selected Slack channel receives a message that meets the instruction, so the team can request a pulse when needed.
How can I keep the pulse relevant?
Name the team's current work in the request and ask Notis to focus its summary on those topics.
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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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