Send 24-hour Hacker News trends to Telegram with OpenRouter AI translation
Ready for 3.0Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 10 nodes and runs on a schedule (every 4 hours). Along the way it connects Telegram and OpenRouter Chat Model. It also calls hn.algolia.com over HTTP.
How it runs
Trigger: On a schedule (every 4 hours).
- Algolia parameters (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Request Algolia (HTTP Request): calls hn.algolia.com
- Recalculate popularity score (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Filter: keeps only the items that match a condition
- Translate (AI Agent): runs an AI agent, with model: OpenRouter Chat Model
- Merge translation results (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Combine message templates (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
- Send a text message (Telegram): uses Telegram
Services it uses
HTTP calls to: hn.algolia.com
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.
Nodes used (7)
- Filter
n8n-nodes-base.filter - Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - Telegram
n8n-nodes-base.telegram - OpenRouter Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenRouter - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
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