Create a focused Hacker News roundup from Slack
Ask for a roundup in the team channel and get today's relevant Hacker News posts summarized.
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 Today Posts
Get today's posts from hacker news.
Why this helps
A team roundup can become an unbounded reading task when no one has time to scan the full feed.
- Use today's Hacker News posts for a timely roundup.
- Prioritize stories connected to team interests.
- Make the recap easier to scan and discuss.
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 to create it in plain language.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to fetch today's Hacker News posts when a Slack message requests a roundup and return a short priority-based summary.
- 4Select Channel Message Received and choose the run-report channel.
- 5Test with a request that lists one or more team priorities.
Questions about this workflow
Can the team choose the roundup topics each time?
The Slack request can name current priorities, and the instruction can ask Notis to focus the summary on them.
What does today's posts mean here?
The workflow uses the Hacker News action for posts from today, which is suited to a current-day roundup request.
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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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