Explore customer pain points through Hacker News discussions
When a customer problem comes up, capture it in Telegram and ask Notis to look for related Hacker News conversations that may add context to your product thinking.
Trigger
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.
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
Customer insights can lose momentum when research requires restating the problem in another tool.
- Keep the original problem statement close to its research results.
- Find related discussions without manually translating the question into a search.
- Bring more context into a product decision while the insight is fresh.
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 in plain language to create it.
- 3Write one prompt asking Notis to search Hacker News for discussions related to a customer pain point in a Telegram message and summarize relevant perspectives.
- 4Choose Telegram New Message Received as the trigger and a channel for run reports.
- 5Test by sending one customer problem you are evaluating.
Questions about this workflow
Should I include confidential customer details?
Use a short, anonymized problem statement in the message. The search only needs the issue's general subject.
Does a matching discussion prove demand?
No. Treat search results as context to investigate, not as proof of customer demand.
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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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