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

n8n template #2688

Summary

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 Runs daily, grabs Hacker News front page for this day across every year since 2007. Pulls headlines & dates. Uses Google Gemini to sort headlines into topics & spot trends. Sends a Markdown summary to Telegram. Set up steps Clone the workflow. Add your Google Gemini API key. Add your Telegram bot token and chat ID. Built on Day-01 as part of the 100DaysOfAgenticAi Fork it, tweak it, have fun!

How to set it up

Open template #2688 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
Create 2 credentials under Credentials → Add credential: Telegram, Google Gemini Chat Model. Then open each of those nodes and pick the credential.
Check the model in the Google Gemini Chat Model node. The template may point at a model your account can't use; swap it for one you have access to.
Click Execute workflow and step through each node's output to confirm the data looks right.
Toggle the workflow to Active so its trigger runs on its own.

Hand off to your agent

Prompt

Help me set up the n8n workflow "Hacker News Throwback Machine - See What Was Hot on This Day, Every Year!" (https://n8n.io/workflows/2688). It uses: HTTP Request, Telegram, Code, HTML, Basic LLM Chain, Google Gemini Chat Model. Import the template JSON into my n8n instance, list every credential I need to create, and walk me through testing it.

Paste into Claude Code and it will do the rest.

Apps and nodes

HTTP Request Telegram Code HTML Basic LLM Chain Google Gemini Chat Model

Questions

Yes. ibrhdotme published it free on n8n.io, and it has 5,179 views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.

Telegram, Google Gemini Chat Model. The other 4 nodes are built into n8n.

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