AI Agents
Hacker News Throwback Machine - Find out what's hot on this day every year!
13 nodes
229
132
Scheduled trigger
Workflow Description
Automated workflow retrieves trending articles from Hacker News on this day across past years using AI, processes them with Gemini, and delivers a personalized daily summary via Telegram.
How it works
- 1.Execute workflow on a scheduled time every day
- 2.Fetch historical Hacker News data for the same date in previous years
- 3.Process results using Gemini AI model to extract and rank top articles
- 4.Format and send the curated summary as a Telegram message
Use cases
- Discover how tech trends and discussions have evolved over years on this same day
- Monitor recurring patterns in innovation and developer interests
Requirements
- Access to Hacker News data via API or web scraping
- Active Telegram bot with API token and group permissions
- Google Cloud Gemini API key for AI processing
Service Value
Ideal as a smart automation service combining integrations and AI to produce ready-to-use results.
Apps Used
LLM Chain
Gemini
Telegram
Details
Trigger
Scheduled trigger
Nodes
13
Apps
3
Views
229
Downloads
132
How to Use
- 1.Click "Download Template"
- 2.Open your n8n dashboard
- 3.Go to Workflows > Import from File
- 4.Select downloaded file and configure credentials
Nodes Used (13)
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Basic LLM Chain
LLM Chain
Google Gemini Chat Model
Gemini Model
Schedule Trigger
Schedule Trigger
CreateYearsList
Code
CleanUpYearList
Set
SplitOutYearList
Split Out
GetFrontPage
HTTP Request
ExtractDetails
HTML Page
GetHeadlines
Set
GetDate
Set
MergeHeadlinesDate
Merge
SingleJson
Aggregate
Telegram
Set