# Create personal notes with Telegram: n8n workflow template

> Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to a local model.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/create-personal-notes-with-telegram (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Documents and files](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Documents+and+files#library)

# Create personal notes with Telegram

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to a local model. 11 steps, 2 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: a local model

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fcreate-personal-notes-with-telegram)

**11 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 4 Logic 2 Service 4

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

- 1 **Telegram Trigger** Telegram trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Ollama Model** Lm Ollama *Model*
- 3 **Ollama Model1** Lm Ollama *Model*
- 4 **If** If *Logic*
- 5 **Basic LLM Chain** Chain Llm *Model*
- 6 **Basic LLM Chain1** Chain Llm *Model*
- 7 **Switch** Switch *Logic*
- 8 **Send a text message** Telegram *Service*
- 9 **Send a text message1** Telegram *Service*
- 10 **Get Voice File** Telegram *Service*
- 11 **HTTP Request** Http Request *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An incoming Telegram message
- **Steps:** 11, with 2 branches
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Telegram
- **Model:** a local model

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Telegram account, and a key for a local model. 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 a local model. 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.

## 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-personal-notes-with-telegram)
- **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)

## Workflows like it

Also documents and files, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**Transcribe & analyze Telegram voice messages with AssemblyAI** 11 steps · calls a model · Gmail, Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/transcribe-and-analyze-telegram-voice-messages-with-assembly)
- [**Automate Telegram message processing - separate text and files** 11 steps · Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-telegram-message-processing-separate-text-and-files)
- [**Chat with Telegram and Supabase** 12 steps · calls a model · Google Drive, Supabase vectors](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/chat-with-telegram-and-supabase)
- [**Send 24-hour Hacker News trends to Telegram with OpenRouter AI** 10 steps · calls a model · Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/send-24-hour-hacker-news-trends-to-telegram-with-openrouter-)
- [**Transcribe Telegram voice messages with OpenAI Whisper** 10 steps · calls a model · Google Drive, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/transcribe-telegram-voice-messages-with-openai-whisper)