Automation library · Alerts and monitoring

Generate weekly grocery lists in Notion with Telegram

Started by a clock, and works across Email, Notion and Telegram. 18 steps, 3 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 8Service 9

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

  1. 1Cron: Weekly Meal Plan (Sun 6 PM)CronStarts it
  2. 2Log: Workflow ExecutionSetLogic
  3. 3Set: ConfigurationSetLogic
  4. 4Notion: Validate Database ConnectionNotionService
  5. 5Code: Generate Grocery ItemsCodeLogic
  6. 6Notion: Add to Grocery ListNotionService
  7. 7Email: Send Grocery ListEmail SendService
  8. 8Catch: Error HandlingSetLogic
  9. 9IF: Telegram Enabled?IfLogic
  10. 10Email: Send Success NotificationEmail SendService
  11. 11Format: Error PayloadCodeLogic
  12. 12Telegram: ConfirmationTelegramService
  13. 13IF: Log to Notion?IfLogic
  14. 14Email: Send Error NotificationEmail SendService
  15. 15IF: Telegram Enabled (Error)?IfLogic
  16. 16Notion: Append Log Entry (Error)NotionService
  17. 17Notion: Append Log Entry (Success)NotionService
  18. 18Telegram: Error NotificationTelegramService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
18, with 3 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Email, Notion, Telegram
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email, Notion and Telegram accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 18 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 18 steps before you point it at anything that matters.