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Triggers (If this)
Queries (With)
Actions (Then that)
Other popular Hacker News workflows and automations
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Hacker News' best stories in a daily email
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Get alerts when there's a new Ask HN story
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If New top story, then Create a post on your Blogger blog
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Compile a Google spreadsheet of all the jobs posted on Hacker News
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Hacker News weekly digest
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If New best story on Hacker News, then Create a photo post on your Blogger blog
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Get a weekly email with new Hacker News job postings
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Hacker News Top Tweet
Useful Hacker News and Alexa Voice Monkey integrations
Triggers (If this)
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New top story
This trigger fires every time a Hacker News story becomes a top story.
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New best story
This trigger fires every time a Hacker News story becomes a best story.
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New Ask HN story
This trigger fires every time a new Ask Hacker News story is posted.
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New Show HN story
This trigger fires every time a new Show Hacker News story is posted.
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New job posted
This trigger fires every time a new job is posted to Hacker News.
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New story by user
This trigger fires every time a new story is posted by the user you specify.
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New comment by user
This trigger fires every time a new comment is posted by the user you specify.

New top story
This trigger fires every time a Hacker News story becomes a top story.

New best story
This trigger fires every time a Hacker News story becomes a best story.

New Ask HN story
This trigger fires every time a new Ask Hacker News story is posted.

New Show HN story
This trigger fires every time a new Show Hacker News story is posted.

New job posted
This trigger fires every time a new job is posted to Hacker News.

New story by user
This trigger fires every time a new story is posted by the user you specify.

New comment by user
This trigger fires every time a new comment is posted by the user you specify.
Queries (With)
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History of Show HN stories
This query returns a list of every time a new Show Hacker News story is posted.
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My monkeys
This query returns a list of your current Monkeys.
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History of best stories
This query returns a list of every time a Hacker News story becomes a best story.
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History of jobs posted
This query returns a list of every time a new job is posted to Hacker News.
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History of top stories
This query returns a list of every time a Hacker News story becomes a top story.
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History of stories by user
This query returns a list of every time a new story is posted by the user you specify.
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History of comments by user
This query returns a list of every time a new comment is posted by the user you specify.
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History of Ask HN stories
This query returns a list of every time a new Ask Hacker News story is posted.

History of Show HN stories
This query returns a list of every time a new Show Hacker News story is posted.

My monkeys
This query returns a list of your current Monkeys.

History of best stories
This query returns a list of every time a Hacker News story becomes a best story.

History of jobs posted
This query returns a list of every time a new job is posted to Hacker News.

History of top stories
This query returns a list of every time a Hacker News story becomes a top story.

History of stories by user
This query returns a list of every time a new story is posted by the user you specify.

History of comments by user
This query returns a list of every time a new comment is posted by the user you specify.

History of Ask HN stories
This query returns a list of every time a new Ask Hacker News story is posted.
Actions (Then that)
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Trigger Monkey (Routine)
This action will trigger the Monkey you specify including any parameters you set.
Use it to trigger Alexa routines!
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Display video
This action will send a video to your screen enabled Alexa/Echo device.
Ensure you open the Voice Monkey Skill as the final action in your routine.
Your videos must be in MP4 format, hosted on a publicly accessible host with an https URL.
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Display image
This action will send an image to your screen enabled Alexa/Echo device.
Ensure you open the Voice Monkey Skill as the final action in your routine.
Images must be hosted on a publicly accessible host with an https URL.
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Make announcement
This action will make an announcement on your Alexa/Echo device using the text you supply.
Ensure you open the Voice Monkey Skill as the final action in your routine.
Text can be dynamic e.g. an ingredient from another IFTTT event or applet.

Trigger Monkey (Routine)
This action will trigger the Monkey you specify including any parameters you set.
Use it to trigger Alexa routines!

Display video
This action will send a video to your screen enabled Alexa/Echo device.
Ensure you open the Voice Monkey Skill as the final action in your routine.
Your videos must be in MP4 format, hosted on a publicly accessible host with an https URL.

Display image
This action will send an image to your screen enabled Alexa/Echo device.
Ensure you open the Voice Monkey Skill as the final action in your routine.
Images must be hosted on a publicly accessible host with an https URL.

Make announcement
This action will make an announcement on your Alexa/Echo device using the text you supply.
Ensure you open the Voice Monkey Skill as the final action in your routine.
Text can be dynamic e.g. an ingredient from another IFTTT event or applet.
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