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Hacker News Throwback: Daily AI Summary to Telegram

Original n8n title: Hacker News Throwback Machine - See What Was Hot on This Day, Every Year! (chain Llm)

Byibrhdotme @ibrhdotme on n8n.io

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.

Cron / scheduled trigger★★★★☆ complexityAI-powered13 nodesChain LlmGoogle Gemini ChatHTTP RequestTelegram
AI & RAG Trigger: Cron / scheduled Nodes: 13 Complexity: ★★★★☆ AI nodes: yes Added:

This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #2688 — we link there as the canonical source.

This workflow follows the Chainllm → HTTP Request recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.

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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.

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/2688/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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