Give new group members a more informed welcome
A thoughtful welcome takes context. When a member joins, Notis can look up a matching Hacker News username when provided and give the group a concise profile note.
Trigger
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
Action
Get Hackernews User
Get a specific user from hacker news using their username.
Why this helps
Welcoming new members well is easy to postpone when onboarding context has to be gathered manually.
- Give a group host a useful starting point for a welcome.
- Reduce manual profile lookups during onboarding.
- Keep the lookup limited to a username the person has shared or made clear.
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 set it up.
- 3Prompt Notis to look up a joining member's Hacker News profile only when their username is available, and return a brief note for the host to review.
- 4Select Telegram New Chat Member as the trigger and choose a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with a consenting member whose Hacker News username is known.
Questions about this workflow
What if the Telegram username differs from Hacker News?
Tell Notis to perform the lookup only when a Hacker News username is explicitly available, rather than assuming the usernames match.
Does the profile lookup determine whether someone can join?
No. The workflow provides context for a human host; the prompt should not use it to make access decisions.
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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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