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Hacker News Throwback Machine - See What Was Hot on This Day, Every Year!

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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.

How it works

  1. Runs daily, grabs Hacker News front page for this day across every year since 2007.
  2. Pulls headlines & dates.
  3. Uses Google Gemini to sort headlines into topics & spot trends.
  4. Sends a Markdown summary to Telegram.

Set up steps

  1. Clone the workflow.
  2. Add your Google Gemini API key.
  3. Add your Telegram bot token and chat ID.

Built on Day-01 as part of the #100DaysOfAgenticAi
Fork it, tweak it, have fun!