Explore shared ideas with a Hacker News search
Give a team idea a lightweight first research pass. Notis can search Hacker News for related discussions and return themes for your next conversation.
Trigger
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Action
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.
Why this helps
New ideas get debated from memory because research falls to whoever remembers to search later.
- Make a shared idea easier to investigate while it is fresh.
- Bring related posts into the channel's follow-up process.
- Give the team a starting set of themes for discussion.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Hackernews to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or ask Notis to set it up conversationally.
- 3In a single prompt, ask Notis to search Hacker News for discussions related to each new channel idea and summarize recurring themes.
- 4Select Telegram New Channel Post as the trigger and choose a channel for run reports.
- 5Test by publishing an idea in a channel where the bot is an administrator.
Questions about this workflow
Does this validate an idea automatically?
It gathers related Hacker News discussions as research context. A founder still needs to assess fit with customers and goals.
Can Notis ignore routine channel posts?
Use the prompt to describe which kinds of ideas should be researched and which posts should be skipped.
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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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