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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.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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.

TriggerScheduled

Get Hackernews Frontpage

Get the frontpage posts of hacker news.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Get Hackernews Item

Get a specific item from hacker news using its id. limits response size to prevent context overflow.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerInstant

Get Latest Hackernews Posts

Get the latest posts from hacker news based on optional filters. results can be limited using the size parameter.

ActionInstant

New Channel Post

Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.

TriggerInstant

Get Hackernews Today Posts

Get today's posts from hacker news.

ActionInstant

Callback Query Received

Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.

TriggerInstant

Get Hackernews User

Get a specific user from hacker news using their username.

ActionInstant

Message Edited

Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.

TriggerInstant

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.

ActionInstant

New Chat Member

Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.

TriggerInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Telegram and Hackernews, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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