Review recent Hacker News activity each week
Set a regular time to see what the community has discussed about your focus areas.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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
Checking every day can distract from execution, while checking only occasionally makes useful conversations harder to notice.
- Review recent discussions on a manageable cadence.
- Keep attention on selected themes rather than the entire feed.
- Create a repeatable starting point for weekly research.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Hackernews to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create the automation in the portal or ask Notis conversationally to set up a weekly review.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to fetch recent Hacker News posts on a weekly schedule and summarize activity around the themes you name.
- 4Select a weekly recurring schedule and choose a run-report channel.
- 5Test the search with one theme and refine the instruction before relying on the weekly report.
Questions about this workflow
How is this different from a daily scan?
A weekly cadence reduces interruptions and is useful when you want a broader periodic check of selected themes.
Can I monitor several themes?
Name the themes in the instruction and ask Notis to group relevant findings so the report remains easy to review.
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Hackernews, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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