Workflow template
Hacker News Mention Alerts
Each day, check Hacker News for new posts matching your keyword, have AI filter out noise, and alert Slack only when something relevant shows up.
[ intermediate ][ 5 steps ]
Inputs
What you fill in
The template asks for these values when you open it in the Workflow Builder.
[ 3 inputs ]
| Input | Type | Description | Required | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| keyword | text | Brand, product or topic; join words with + (e.g. multiverse+ai) | Yes | — |
| slack_channel | text | Slack channel to post to, e.g. #marketing (connect Slack in Integrations first) | Yes | — |
| timezone | text | IANA time zone for the schedule, e.g. America/New_York | No | UTC |
How it runs
The steps, in order
Each step passes its output to the next. Branches are marked with the condition that leads to them.
- [01]Schedule Trigger
Daily at 9:00
- Search Hacker News
- [02]RSS Feed
Search Hacker News
- Find real mentions
- [03]AI Agent
Find real mentions
Model: Claude Haiku 5.5
- Anything relevant?
- [04]Condition
Anything relevant?
- Yes: Alert Slack
- [05]Slack
Alert Slack
Setup
Before you run it
What this template needs, based on the nodes it uses.
- The schedule ships switched off: turn on Schedule Active in the Schedule Trigger and activate the workflow to run it on the server.
- Connect Slack in Integrations (bot token or incoming webhook). The bot must be in the channel.
- AI steps run on platform credits; no model API key is needed. You can switch the model on each step.
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