Product Hunt Top 5 Projects Hourly Push
This workflow automatically fetches the top 5 trending projects on Product Hunt from the past 24 hours every hour. It formats and pushes information such as project names, descriptions, and vote counts to a designated channel via a Discord bot. This allows team or community members to receive real-time updates on the latest popular products, enhancing information retrieval efficiency and addressing the cumbersome and delayed issues of manual queries. It is suitable for various scenarios, including product managers, entrepreneurs, and content operations.
Workflow Name
Product Hunt Top 5 Projects Hourly Push
Key Features and Highlights
This workflow automatically fetches the top 5 trending projects from the past 24 hours via the Product Hunt API every hour. It extracts key information such as project name, description, and vote count, then formats and pushes these details to a designated Discord channel through a Discord bot. This enables real-time, automated monitoring and sharing of popular products.
Core Problem Solved
It eliminates the hassle and delay of manually checking Product Hunt’s trending projects on a schedule, ensuring that team members or community participants receive the latest and most popular product updates instantly. This significantly improves information acquisition efficiency and response speed.
Use Cases
- Product managers and marketing teams tracking competitor product dynamics in real time
- Startup communities or tech groups sharing the latest high-quality products
- Social media operators automatically posting trending tech product recommendations
- Tech bloggers or content platforms sourcing inspiration from hot products
Main Workflow Steps
- Scheduled Trigger (Cron node): Automatically initiates the workflow every hour.
- Call Product Hunt GraphQL API (GraphQL node): Retrieves data for the top 5 trending projects from the past 24 hours.
- Data Splitting (Item Lists node): Splits the returned project list for individual processing.
- Data Formatting (Set node): Extracts and formats key details including project name, description, and vote count.
- Discord Push (Discord node): Sends the formatted project information to a specified Discord channel for team visibility.
Involved Systems or Services
- Product Hunt GraphQL API: Source of product ranking data
- Discord: Platform for team communication and information delivery
- n8n Automation Platform: Workflow orchestration and task automation
Target Users and Value
- Product managers and marketers: Capture trending product insights in real time to enhance market awareness.
- Entrepreneurs and investors: Quickly discover promising projects to support decision-making.
- Community admins and content operators: Automate content delivery to boost user engagement and information value.
- Tech enthusiasts and developers: Conveniently access quality product recommendations to inspire innovation.
This workflow enables users to effortlessly automate the extraction and instant sharing of trending product data, greatly enhancing information acquisition efficiency and team collaboration effectiveness.