Automation library · Scheduling

Handle restaurant bookings with Telegram and DeepSeek

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Airtable, Google Calendar and Telegram. It puts DeepSeek behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 15 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: DeepSeekRetrieval

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

The flow

Starts it 1Model 3Service 11

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

  1. 1Telegram TriggerTelegram triggerStarts it
  2. 2Session MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  3. 3Search MenuAirtable ToolService
  4. 4Check AvailabilityGoogle Calendar ToolService
  5. 5Create Calendar EventGoogle Calendar ToolService
  6. 6Create Booking RecordHttp Request ToolService
  7. 7Search BookingAirtable ToolService
  8. 8Delete Calendar EventGoogle Calendar ToolService
  9. 9Cancel Booking RecordHttp Request ToolService
  10. 10DeepSeek Chat ModelLm Chat Deep SeekModel
  11. 11Escalate to HumanHttp Request ToolService
  12. 12Notify StaffTelegram ToolService
  13. 13AI AgentAgentModel
  14. 14Log CallHttp RequestService
  15. 15Send Telegram ReplyTelegramService

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming Telegram message
Steps
15
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Airtable, Google Calendar, Telegram
Model
DeepSeek
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 Airtable, Google Calendar and Telegram accounts, and a key for DeepSeek. 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 DeepSeek. 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. 15 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 15 steps before you point it at anything that matters.