Automated Hacker News Reply Triage
Every hour, WebRun opens Hacker News, checks the threads under your submissions and comments for new replies, finds the ones you have not answered, logs each with its thread and age into Airtable, and drafts a suggested response in Notion for you to post yourself.
How do I keep up with replies to my Hacker News comments?
WebRun triages your Hacker News replies every hour. It checks the threads under your comments and submissions for new replies you have not answered, logs each with its thread and age into Airtable, and drafts a suggested response in Notion for you to edit and post yourself.
- Questions get answered while the thread still has readers
- Every reply has a draft waiting instead of a blank box
- Nothing is posted publicly without you pressing send
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What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
news.ycombinator.com/loginin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Hacker News - find unanswered replies to you
news.ycombinator.com
WebRun opens Hacker News to find unanswered replies to you. - Open Hacker News and go to the threads under your username
- Find replies posted to your comments and submissions since the last run
- Skip any reply you have already answered further down the thread
- Capture the thread title, the reply text, and how long ago it was posted
- Never post, upvote, or flag anything. WebRun reads the site and drafts offline
Done when Every new reply to you is captured with its thread and its age.
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Airtable - log the reply queue
airtable.com
WebRun opens Airtable to log the reply queue. - Append a row per unanswered reply with the thread, the author, and the time posted
- Add a column for how many hours the reply has waited
- Mark rows answered once your response appears in the thread
- Keep a view of everything still open, newest thread first
Done when The Airtable queue shows every reply still waiting on you.
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Notion - draft your responses
notion.so
WebRun opens Notion to draft your responses. - Draft a suggested response for each reply on a Notion page
- Quote the question being asked so the context sits next to the draft
- Keep every draft in Notion for you to edit and post yourself. WebRun never posts to Hacker News
Done when Each open reply has a draft response waiting for you to review and post.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Will it post comments as me?
No. WebRun never posts, replies, upvotes, or flags on Hacker News. Draft responses are written into Notion, and you edit and post them yourself, so nothing appears publicly under your name without you.
How quickly does it spot a new reply?
Within the hour. It checks the threads under your username every hour, so a question asked while a thread still has readers reaches you while an answer is still worth writing.
Does it repeat replies I already handled?
No. It checks whether your own response already sits below the reply in the thread, and marks the Airtable row answered, so the queue only holds what is genuinely still waiting.
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