Find what the experts are reading

Description

🚀 Discover Top Learning Resources with Hacker News + AI

Automatically find the most recommended resources for any topic from Hacker News — delivered to your inbox using GPT-4o & Google Gemini.

📚 Stop Endless Searching

This smart workflow scrapes Hacker News, processes discussions, and sends you a curated, categorized list of learning resources based on real community insights.

🧠 What Problem Does It Solve?

Manually digging through threads to find useful advice is time-consuming and overwhelming. This workflow automates that, using AI to extract and summarize the best resources for learning topics like:

📘 Programming

📖 Language Learning

🧪 AI & Data Science

📈 Career & Personal Growth

⚙️ How It Works

📝 User submits their learning topic through a web form

🔍 Searches Hacker News for “Ask HN” posts related to the topic

💬 Scrapes top-level comments with real user advice

🤖 GPT-4o + Gemini analyze comments for quality and relevance

📧 Sends a curated email with categorized recommendations

✨ Key Features

🔎 Extracts real-world learning recommendations from Hacker News

🧠 Uses Gemini + GPT-4o for high-quality summarization

📂 Categorizes results by resource type & difficulty

📧 Sends the final list directly to your inbox

🔁 Fully automated with no coding required

🧰 What You Need

✅ Google Gemini API key with Generative Language API enabled

✅ Gmail or SMTP credentials to send emails

✅ n8n instance (self-hosted or cloud)

✅ (Optional) Customize form prompts, messages, or email formatting

🛠️ Setup Instructions

🔗 Add Gemini & Gmail credentials to your workflow

📝 Customize your topic form (title, fields, messages)

📤 Deploy and activate the workflow

📬 Submit a topic — get results instantly in your email

📌 Modify prompt to adjust how AI classifies and ranks resources

🔗 Integrations

📩 Telegram Bot

🧠 OpenAI GPT-4o (Text, Image & Audio)

📁 (Optional) Google Drive & Google Sheets

💡 Designed for lifelong learners, techies, educators, and curious minds. Fork it, test it, and level up your learning journey!