Automation library · Chat assistants

Capture and organize ideas with Telegram and OpenAI

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Sheets and Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to Azure OpenAI. 11 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: Azure OpenAI

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

The flow

Starts it 2Model 3Logic 2Service 4

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

  1. 1Telegram TriggerTelegram triggerStarts it
  2. 2MCP ClientMcp Client ToolModel
  3. 3Azure OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Azure Open AiModel
  4. 4add_row_tool1Google Sheets ToolService
  5. 5SwitchSwitchLogic
  6. 6AgentAgentModel
  7. 7MCP Server TriggerMcp triggerStarts it
  8. 8Edit FieldsSetLogic
  9. 9Telegram1TelegramService
  10. 10TelegramTelegramService
  11. 11HTTP RequestHttp RequestService

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming Telegram message
Steps
11, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Sheets, Telegram
Model
Azure OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets and Telegram accounts, and a key for Azure 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 Azure OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 11 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 11 steps before you point it at anything that matters.