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Revisit a saved Hacker News thread with one tap

A saved link only helps if you can get back to it. Use a Telegram button to ask Notis to fetch a specific item and recap its discussion.

Trigger

Callback Query Received

Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.

Action

Get Hackernews Item

Get a specific item from hacker news using its id. limits response size to prevent context overflow.

Why this helps

Saved reading becomes another backlog when finding and reopening each item takes several steps.

  • Make a saved discussion easier to revisit.
  • Get a quick reminder of the thread's context before reading again.
  • Reduce the steps between remembering and following up.

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 to create it in plain language.
  • 3Tell Notis to fetch the Hacker News item associated with the tapped button's reference and return a short recap.
  • 4Choose Telegram Callback Query Received as the trigger and select a channel for run reports.
  • 5Test by tapping a bot button linked to one known Hacker News item.

Questions about this workflow

How does Notis know which item to fetch?

The button needs to carry or identify the item reference, and the prompt should explain how Notis should use it.

Can I use one button for several items?

Set up a button per item or describe the reference your button provides so Notis can select the intended item.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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.

TriggerScheduled

Get Hackernews Frontpage

Get the frontpage posts of hacker news.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Get Hackernews Item

Get a specific item from hacker news using its id. limits response size to prevent context overflow.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerInstant

Get Latest Hackernews Posts

Get the latest posts from hacker news based on optional filters. results can be limited using the size parameter.

ActionInstant

New Channel Post

Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.

TriggerInstant

Get Hackernews Today Posts

Get today's posts from hacker news.

ActionInstant

Callback Query Received

Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.

TriggerInstant

Get Hackernews User

Get a specific user from hacker news using their username.

ActionInstant

Message Edited

Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.

TriggerInstant

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.

ActionInstant

New Chat Member

Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.

TriggerInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Telegram and Hackernews, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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