Use an edited message to fetch the right Hacker News item
If you pasted the wrong link, edit the message with the right one. Notis can fetch the corrected item so your follow-up stays on track.
Trigger
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
Action
Get Hackernews Item
Get a specific item from hacker news using its id. limits response size to prevent context overflow.
Why this helps
A wrong or incomplete reference can create extra messages, confusion, and a missed discussion follow-up.
- Use the corrected reference without restarting the request.
- Keep the intended item connected to the original discussion.
- Reduce confusion from an outdated or mistaken link.
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 conversationally to build it.
- 3Tell Notis to fetch the Hacker News item referenced in an edited Telegram message and return a short context summary.
- 4Select Telegram Message Edited as the trigger and choose a channel for run reports.
- 5Test by editing a message to replace an incorrect item link with the correct one.
Questions about this workflow
Does it fetch the revised link?
The Message Edited trigger provides the updated message. In the prompt, instruct Notis to use the current reference in that message.
What if the edit contains no Hacker News reference?
Describe in the prompt that Notis should only fetch an item when a valid Hacker News reference is present.
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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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