Get the context behind a Hacker News link in Telegram
When someone drops a Hacker News link into the chat, ask Notis to fetch that item and recap the discussion so you can decide whether to read further.
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
Get Hackernews Item
Get a specific item from hacker news using its id. limits response size to prevent context overflow.
Why this helps
A link lands in chat without context, and you have to interrupt your work to open and scan the thread.
- Understand why an item matters before opening another tab.
- Keep context attached to the message that prompted the lookup.
- Spend reading time on discussions that merit deeper attention.
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 conversationally to set it up.
- 3Write one prompt telling Notis to detect a Hacker News item ID or link in each relevant message, fetch that item, and summarize its discussion.
- 4Choose Telegram New Message Received as the trigger and select a run-report channel.
- 5Test by sending the bot a Hacker News link or item ID.
Questions about this workflow
Can I send a Hacker News link instead of an item ID?
Describe in your prompt how Notis should recognize the item reference in a message; the workflow retrieves the specific item through the Hacker News item action.
Does this replace reading the full discussion?
The returned item gives you a concise starting point. Open the original discussion when you need more detail.
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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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