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Get notifications when specific keywords appear in Hacker News
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Hacker News Keyword Alerts [TEMPLATE]

Get notifications when specific keywords appear in Hacker News posts.

Example

This val tracks mentions of "Val Town" on Hacker News and sends updates to a Slack webhook. Screenshot 2025-08-29 at 11.00.29 AM.png


Set up

  1. Remix this val
  2. Get a Slack webhook & set it as SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL in this val's Environment variables in the left sidebar
  3. Edit main.tsx with your keyword
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