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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.

This template will help you:

  1. Search Hacker News for specific keywords.
  2. Send notifications to your preferred platform (Discord, Slack, email, etc.), the default in this template is Discord.

Example

This val tracks mentions of "Val Town" on Hacker News and sends updates to a Slack webhook. Screenshot 2025-01-12 at 10.57.48 AM.png


Set up

  1. Remix this val
  2. [Get a Slack webhook](https://docs.val.town/integrations/slack/send-messages-to-slack/#1-create-a-slack-app--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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