Send a daily AI news briefing from Hacker News, dev.to and Lobste.rs to Telegram with OpenAI

by Ali Abdullah ✓ · 13 views · created 2026-10-09 · Market Research, AI Summarization

What this workflow does

This workflow has 19 nodes and runs on a schedule (every 24 hours) (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects Telegram. It also calls hn.algolia.com, dev.to and lobste.rs over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every 24 hours) (plus 1 other trigger).

1. Configuration (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 6 fields: briefingTitle, hnQuery, maxStories…
2. Fetch Hacker News Stories (HTTP Request): calls hn.algolia.com (GET)
3. Fetch Dev.to Articles (HTTP Request): calls dev.to (GET)
4. Fetch Lobste.rs AI Stories (HTTP Request): calls lobste.rs (GET)
5. Merge: merges the data from its input branches
6. Normalize All Stories (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
7. Deduplicate Against History (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
8. Score and Rank Stories (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
9. Pick Top Stories (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
10. Has Fresh Stories (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false

…plus 7 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Telegram

HTTP calls to: hn.algolia.com, dev.to, lobste.rs

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Nodes used (9)

• Schedule Triggern8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger
• Manual Triggern8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger
• Edit Fields (Set)n8n-nodes-base.set
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Mergen8n-nodes-base.merge
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• Ifn8n-nodes-base.if
• OpenAIn8n-nodes-base.openAi
• Telegramn8n-nodes-base.telegram

From the author

Quick overview Anyone who wants to stay current on AI without doomscrolling: developers, founders, researchers, and AI enthusiasts who live on Telegram and want one sharp briefing every morning. How it works 1. Every morning the workflow pulls recent AI…

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