Check recent Hacker News activity for a Slack trend
Spot a topic in team chat, then get a quick view of recent Hacker News coverage.
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 Latest Hackernews Posts
Get the latest posts from hacker news based on optional filters. results can be limited using the size parameter.
Why this helps
Potential trends surface in conversation, but founders may not have time to repeat searches across sites to gauge momentum.
- Use a Slack signal to start a targeted recent-post scan.
- Get context on whether a topic is appearing in community discussion.
- Save the team from each person searching independently.
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 describe it to Notis conversationally.
- 3Write one plain-language instruction to search recent Hacker News posts when Slack flags a trend and summarize relevant activity around the named topic.
- 4Select Channel Message Received and set a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with a real Slack message naming an emerging technology or market topic.
Questions about this workflow
What makes a useful Slack trigger message?
Name the trend clearly and ask for a Hacker News scan, so Notis has a topic to search recent posts for.
Does this establish that a trend is growing?
It summarizes relevant recent posts. Treat that as a research signal to review, rather than a definitive measurement of market adoption.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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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