Automation library · Chat assistants

Analyze food ingredients from Telegram photos with Gemini

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Airtable and Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to Gemini and OpenAI. 13 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: Gemini, OpenAI

13 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 4Logic 3Service 5

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

  1. 1OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  2. 2Telegram TriggerTelegram triggerStarts it
  3. 3Google Gemini Chat ModelLm Chat Google GeminiModel
  4. 4AI OCR AgentAgentModel
  5. 5WatchlistAirtableService
  6. 6AI AgentAgentModel
  7. 7PreferencesAirtableService
  8. 8JSON Parse & RoutingCodeLogic
  9. 9Data AggregationCodeLogic
  10. 10Send a text messageTelegramService
  11. 11Get a fileTelegramService
  12. 12Create a recordAirtableService
  13. 13Done!No OpLogic

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming Telegram message
Steps
13
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Airtable, Telegram
Model
Gemini, OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Airtable and Telegram accounts, and a key for Gemini and 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 Gemini and OpenAI. 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.