# Create AI social posts from Telegram links with OpenAI: n8n workflow

> Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Telegram. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/create-ai-social-posts-from-telegram-links-with-openai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Create AI social posts from Telegram links with OpenAI

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Telegram. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 17 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI Retrieval

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**17 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 4 Logic 6 Service 6

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

- 1 **Receive idea or link on Telegram** Telegram trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **OpenAI Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Conversation memory** Memory Buffer Window *Model*
- 4 **Brand and image settings** Set *Logic*
- 5 **AI content agent** Agent *Model*
- 6 **Format the AI output** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 7 **Read web link content** Code *Logic*
- 8 **Generate image (Grok)** Http Request *Service*
- 9 **Wait for image** Wait *Logic*
- 10 **Poll image result** Http Request *Service*
- 11 **Check image status** Switch *Logic*
- 12 **Extract image URL** Set *Logic*
- 13 **Stop on image error** Stop And Error *Logic*
- 14 **Publish to LinkedIn** Blotato *Service*
- 15 **Publish to X** Blotato *Service*
- 16 **Publish to Instagram** Blotato *Service*
- 17 **Confirm on Telegram** Telegram *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An incoming Telegram message
- **Steps:** 17, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** 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 Telegram account, 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. 17 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 17 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%2Fcreate-ai-social-posts-from-telegram-links-with-openai)
- **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.

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

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