Automation library · Chat assistants

Create an AI Telegram bot with Google Drive and Qdrant

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Drive, Qdrant 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: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

13 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Model 7Logic 1Service 3

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

  1. 1New File TriggerGoogle Drive triggerStarts it
  2. 2Split Text into ChunksText Splitter Recursive Character Text SplitterModel
  3. 3Telegram Message TriggerTelegram triggerStarts it
  4. 4OpenAI EmbeddingsEmbeddings Open AiModel
  5. 5OpenAI Chat Model1Lm Chat Open AiModel
  6. 6Download FileGoogle DriveService
  7. 7Load Document DataDocument Default Data LoaderModel
  8. 8Filter Authorized UserFilterLogic
  9. 9Insert into QdrantVector Store QdrantModel
  10. 10Qdrant Knowledge BaseVector Store QdrantModel
  11. 11AI Agent1AgentModel
  12. 12Move to Processed FolderGoogle DriveService
  13. 13Send Response to TelegramTelegramService

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming Telegram message
Steps
13
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive, Qdrant, 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 Drive, Qdrant 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.