# AI-powered Telegram business assistant with OpenAI and Google: n8n workflow

> Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Gmail, Google Calendar and Telegram.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/ai-powered-telegram-business-assistant-with-openai-and-googl (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Scheduling](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Scheduling#library)

# AI-powered Telegram business assistant with OpenAI and Google

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Gmail, Google Calendar and Telegram. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 45 steps, 2 branches: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI Retrieval

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fai-powered-telegram-business-assistant-with-openai-and-googl)

**45 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 3 Model 10 Logic 7 Service 25

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **OpenAI Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 2 **Calculator** Tool Calculator *Model*
- 3 **SerpAPI** Tool Serp Api *Model*
- 4 **Wikipedia** Tool Wikipedia *Model*
- 5 **Google Drive** Google Drive Tool *Service*
- 6 **Gmail** Gmail Tool *Service*
- 7 **Create Event** Google Calendar Tool *Service*
- 8 **main_message** Telegram trigger *Starts it*
- 9 **Window Buffer Memory** Memory Buffer Window *Model*
- 10 **Hacker News** Hacker News Tool *Service*
- 11 **get inbox** Gmail Tool *Service*
- 12 **Update Company Information** Google Docs Tool *Service*
- 13 **Get Company Info** Google Docs Tool *Service*
- 14 **Delete Event** Google Calendar Tool *Service*
- 15 **Get all events** Google Calendar Tool *Service*
- 16 **calendar summary** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 17 **Email Summary** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 18 **delete_email** Gmail Tool *Service*
- 19 **Create File** Google Drive Tool *Service*
- 20 **Update File** Google Drive Tool *Service*
- 21 **Read Google Docs** Google Docs Tool *Service*
- 22 **get my tasks** Monday Com Tool *Service*
- 23 **create task** Monday Com Tool *Service*
- 24 **scrape page** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 25 **update item** Monday Com Tool *Service*
- 26 **get board columns** Monday Com Tool *Service*
- 27 **Send Whats App** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 28 **Business Assistant Agent** Agent *Model*
- 29 **Switch** Switch *Logic*
- 30 **Edit Fields** Set *Logic*
- 31 **Edit Fields1** Set *Logic*
- 32 **Telegram** Telegram *Service*
- 33 **Telegram1** Telegram *Service*
- 34 **button text** Set *Logic*
- 35 **Message from other people** Telegram *Service*
- 36 **get_audio** Telegram *Service*
- 37 **send audio?** Filter *Logic*
- 38 **Generate buttons** Open Ai *Model*
- 39 **OpenAI** Open Ai *Model*
- 40 **text for audio** Open Ai *Model*
- 41 **If** If *Logic*
- 42 **Merge** Merge *Logic*
- 43 **create audio** Open Ai *Model*
- 44 **HTTP Request** Http Request *Service*
- 45 **Telegram2** Telegram *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An incoming Telegram message
- **Steps:** 45, with 2 branches
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Gmail, Google Calendar, Telegram
- **Model:** OpenAI
- **Retrieval:** Answers are drawn from documents you supply, not from the model alone

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail, Google Calendar and Telegram accounts, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an incoming Telegram message.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Its answers draw on documents you give it, not on the model alone. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 45 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 45 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fai-powered-telegram-business-assistant-with-openai-and-googl)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Gmail#library)[Google Calendar](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Calendar#library)[Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Telegram#library)

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