Automation library · Chat assistants

Allow users to send a sequence of messages to an AI agent

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Supabase and Telegram. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 13 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

13 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
1Loop or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 3Logic 5Service 4

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

  1. 1Receive MessageTelegram triggerStarts it
  2. 2OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3Postgres Chat MemoryMemory Postgres ChatModel
  4. 4Add to Queued MessagesSupabaseService
  5. 5AI AgentAgentModel
  6. 6Wait 10 SecondsWaitLogic
  7. 7ReplyTelegramService
  8. 8Get Queued MessagesSupabaseService
  9. 9Sort by Message IDSortLogic
  10. 10Check Most Recent MessageIfLogic
  11. 11Delete Queued MessagesSupabaseService
  12. 12No Operation, do nothingNo OpLogic
  13. 13AggregateAggregateLogic

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming Telegram message
Steps
13, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Supabase, 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 Supabase 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. 13 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 13 steps before you point it at anything that matters.