Auto-Curate a Weekly Newsletter From Hacker News Into ConvertKit
Each week this gathers the best of Hacker News on your topic, has AI rank and summarise the top items, and assembles a ready-to-review issue in ConvertKit — turning hours of curation into a five-minute skim.
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Step 1 — Collect the week's items
Add a
Schedule Trigger(weekly) then aHacker Newsnode to pull everything published this week on your topic. - 2
Step 2 — Rank and shortlist
Add an
OpenAInode to score each item for relevance and pick the top 5–8, dropping duplicates and low-quality posts. - 3
Step 3 — Summarise each pick
Add an
OpenAInode to write a 1–2 sentence summary and a "why it matters" line per item, in your newsletter's voice. - 4
Step 4 — Assemble in ConvertKit
Add a
ConvertKitnode to create a draft issue/campaign with the assembled content.
Frequently asked questions
Does it send automatically?
No — it drafts. You keep editorial control: review the ConvertKit draft, tweak, and hit send yourself.
Can I mix several sources?
Yes — add more feeds/searches in Step 1 and let the ranking step in Step 2 choose the best across all of them.