Scan recent Hacker News posts with one tap
Make recurring research easier to start. Tap the button in your Telegram bot message and ask Notis to review recent posts for the topics you care about.
Trigger
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's 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
You intend to keep up with technology discussions, but remembering to start a research session competes with daily work.
- Start a research scan with a single familiar action.
- Review recent posts around a defined topic or watchlist.
- Lower the effort needed to restart a monitoring habit.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Hackernews to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create the automation in the portal or ask Notis to describe it as a plain-language workflow.
- 3Prompt Notis to fetch recent Hacker News posts when the selected Telegram button is tapped and summarize matches for your chosen topics.
- 4Select Telegram Callback Query Received as the trigger and choose where Notis reports runs.
- 5Test by tapping the configured inline button on a bot message.
Questions about this workflow
How does the tap start the workflow?
The automation listens for a callback query from an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Can the scan focus on selected subjects?
Yes. Include the subjects and the kind of summary you want in the automation prompt.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Hackernews. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram 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 Message Received
Triggered when your bot receives a new message in a private chat, group, or supergroup. To receive every message in a group, Privacy Mode must be disabled for the bot in BotFather.
Get Latest Hackernews Posts
Get the latest posts from hacker news based on optional filters. results can be limited using the size parameter.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Get Hackernews Today Posts
Get today's posts from hacker news.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
Get Hackernews User
Get a specific user from hacker news using their username.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
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.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Telegram and Hackernews, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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