HackerNews AI Resource Curator: Learn Anything Faster
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Unlock tailored learning recommendations from the HackerNews community! This n8n workflow leverages the power of Google Gemini AI to sift through countless comments, identify top resources, categorize them by type and difficulty, and deliver a personalized learning guide directly to your inbox. Stop endless searching and start learning smarter today.
About This Workflow
This intelligent n8n workflow transforms how you discover learning resources. Simply tell it what you want to learn via a simple web form. Behind the scenes, it scours HackerNews for relevant 'Ask HN' discussions, extracting valuable insights and recommendations from thousands of community comments. Google Gemini 1.5-Flash then meticulously analyzes these comments, performs sentiment analysis, and curates a comprehensive list of resources. It categorizes them by type (courses, books, videos) and difficulty level (beginner, advanced), ensuring you receive highly relevant and actionable advice. The final, beautifully formatted guide is then sent directly to your email, saving you hours of research time.
Key Features
- AI-Powered Resource Curation: Utilizes Google Gemini 1.5-Flash to intelligently extract, categorize, and rank learning resources from raw text.
- HackerNews Community Insights: Taps into the collective wisdom of the HackerNews community by analyzing comments from relevant "Ask HN" threads.
- Personalized Email Delivery: Delivers a tailored list of recommendations directly to your inbox, ready for immediate use.
- Dynamic Categorization & Sentiment Analysis: Resources are automatically categorized by type and difficulty, with sentiment analysis influencing their ranking.
- User-Friendly Web Form Input: Start the process easily by submitting your learning topic through a simple n8n form.
How To Use
- Deploy the Workflow: Import this JSON into your n8n instance and activate it.
- Configure Credentials:
- Google Gemini (PaLM) API: Provide your Google Gemini API key in the
Google Gemini Chat Modelnode's credentials. - SMTP (Email): Set up your email SMTP credentials in the
SendEmailWithTopResourcesnode to enable email delivery. Ensure thefromEmailmatches your configured SMTP sender.
- Google Gemini (PaLM) API: Provide your Google Gemini API key in the
- Access the Form: Once active, open the
GetTopicFromToLearnnode and copy the webhook URL. Share this URL with users or embed it. - Input Your Query: Fill out the web form with "What you want to learn" and "Your email address".
- Receive Recommendations: The workflow will run, scour HackerNews, process comments with AI, and send a detailed email with curated learning resources to the provided email address.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "2fbd9210-8c10-437d-8f79-26f8351c64d4",
"name": "HackerNews AI Resource Curator: Learn Anything Faster",
"nodes": 16,
"category": "Personal",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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