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Hacker News Trends to Telegram

Every four hours, fetches Hacker News via Algolia, scores trends by velocity, and sends a clean HTML digest to Telegram.

Verified 2026-07-07

Personal-Consumer

What it does

You receive a clean HTML digest of trending Hacker News stories on your Telegram every four hours. The system automatically scores trends by velocity, filters out low-engagement posts, and optionally translates summaries before delivering the results to you.

How it works

When it runs: On a schedule · Scheduled · every 4 hours
How hands-off: Assists you, you do the final step
Setup: An afternoon · about an afternoon
Works with: HTTP Request, Code, AI Agent, OpenRouter Chat Model, Telegram

Tools that fit

api

HTTP Request : Fetch data from Algolia API

Services

Code : Calculate Gravity Score and filter noise

OpenRouter Chat Model : Provide LLM capabilities for translation

Telegram : Send formatted digest to chat

LLM

AI Agent : Translate titles and summaries

Watch out for

Algolia API rate limits can block the run, so add exponential backoff logic for retry attempts.
Telegram message length exceeds 4096 characters easily with multiple posts, so split long digests into separate messages.
OpenRouter model latency may delay the digest delivery, consider caching summaries or using a faster model endpoint.
HTML tags in post titles can break the Telegram formatting, strip all HTML entities before sending to the API.

Seen in the wild

n8n: Send 24-hour Hacker News trends to Telegram with OpenRouter AI translation template

Want this running in your business?

This is what I do. I design and build AI agents like this one, and keep them running. If you want it set up for your team instead of doing it yourself, get in touch.

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Who it's for

Built for anyone who wants this off their own plate, no team or company required.

Frequently asked questions

Who is this for?

anyone managing their own day, or anyone doing personal productivity work who wants this handled automatically rather than manually.

How long does it take to set up?

An afternoon: plan for about an afternoon to get it running end to end.

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