Automation library · Setup and learning

AI-powered Telegram task manager with MCP

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Tasks and Telegram. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 19 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

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19 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Model 5Logic 5Service 7

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

  1. 1Incoming MessageTelegram triggerStarts it
  2. 2MCP ClientMcp Client ToolModel
  3. 3OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  4. 4Simple MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  5. 5create_todays_taskGoogle Tasks ToolService
  6. 6create_upcoming_taskGoogle Tasks ToolService
  7. 7complete_taskGoogle Tasks ToolService
  8. 8get_todays_tasksGoogle Tasks ToolService
  9. 9get_upcoming_tasksGoogle Tasks ToolService
  10. 10SwitchSwitchLogic
  11. 11AI AgentAgentModel
  12. 12MCP Server TriggerMcp triggerStarts it
  13. 13audio_idSetLogic
  14. 14chatInputSetLogic
  15. 15chatOutputSetLogic
  16. 16download_audioTelegramService
  17. 17sendMessageTelegramService
  18. 18transcribeAudioOpen AiModel
  19. 19audioInputSetLogic

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming Telegram message
Steps
19, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Tasks, 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 Google Tasks 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?

Plan an afternoon. 19 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

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 19 steps before you point it at anything that matters.