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Create smart Telegram reminders with OpenAI and Airtable

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Airtable and Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 16 steps, 3 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

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16 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
3Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 3Logic 6Service 6

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

  1. 1Telegram TriggerTelegram triggerStarts it
  2. 2OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3Structured Output ParserOutput Parser StructuredModel
  4. 4IfIfLogic
  5. 5AI AgentAgentModel
  6. 6Parse the dataCodeLogic
  7. 7CodeCodeLogic
  8. 8CHECK IF CODE IS THEREIfLogic
  9. 9Create a recordAirtableService
  10. 10Search recordsAirtableService
  11. 11Send a text messageTelegramService
  12. 12CODE FOUND?IfLogic
  13. 13Delete a recordAirtableService
  14. 14MergeMergeLogic
  15. 15SEND CODE NOT FOUNDTelegramService
  16. 16SEND DELETED REMINDERTelegramService

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming Telegram message
Steps
16, with 3 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Airtable, Telegram
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Airtable 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. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 16 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 16 steps before you point it at anything that matters.