Get a Hacker News front-page brief from Slack
Ask for a tech pulse in Slack and receive a short, interest-led front-page brief.
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
Keeping up with technical conversations can become another task to remember between founder responsibilities.
- Turn a team request into a quick front-page review.
- Focus the summary on topics the team names.
- Avoid manually checking the front page in the middle of other work.
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 you want conversationally.
- 3Write one plain-language instruction to fetch the Hacker News front page when a Slack channel asks for a tech pulse and summarize stories related to named interests.
- 4Choose Channel Message Received and select a channel for run reports.
- 5Test by posting a request that names one or two relevant topics.
Questions about this workflow
Can the brief focus on specific areas?
Include interests such as developer tools or AI in the Slack request and tell Notis to prioritize those topics in the summary.
Does this run on a schedule?
This workflow starts from a Slack channel message. A team member can request a fresh front-page review when it is useful.
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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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