Hacker News Throwback Machine - See What Was Hot on This Day, Every Year!
Go to WorkflowDescription
This is a simple workflow that grabs HackerNews front-page headlines from today's date across every year since 2007 and uses a little AI magic (Google Gemini) to sort 'em into themes, sends a neat Markdown summary on Telegram.
How it works
Runs daily, grabs Hacker News front page for this day across every year since 2007.
Pulls headlines & dates.
Uses Google Gemini to sort headlines into topics & spot trends.
Sends a Markdown summary to Telegram.
Set up steps
Clone the workflow.
Add your Google Gemini API key.
Add your Telegram bot token and chat ID.
**Built on Day-01 as part of the #100DaysOfAgenticAi
Fork it, tweak it, have fun!**
Nodes Used (6)
Basic LLM Chain
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainLlm
Code
n8n-nodes-base.code
Google Gemini Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatGoogleGemini
HTML
n8n-nodes-base.html
HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
Telegram
n8n-nodes-base.telegram