Track emerging technology from a channel update
A new channel update can signal a technology worth watching. Have Notis scan recent Hacker News posts and return related discussions for your review.
Trigger
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
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
Emerging technology signals are scattered, and a founder's attention is already split across updates and product work.
- Use an existing update as the starting point for a tech scan.
- Review recent community posts tied to a shared technology.
- Reduce the need to remember a separate manual monitoring step.
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 create it conversationally.
- 3Prompt Notis to scan recent Hacker News posts after a new channel post and summarize discussions related to the technology mentioned.
- 4Select Telegram New Channel Post as the trigger and choose where run reports should appear.
- 5Test by publishing a technology update in a channel where the bot is an administrator.
Questions about this workflow
Can the post contain more than one technology?
Yes. Tell Notis in the prompt how to handle multiple subjects and how to summarize results for each.
Will it identify a trend automatically?
It retrieves recent posts and summarizes related discussions. Use those results as signals for further review.
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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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