# Monitor Telegram channel intelligence with Apify and OpenAI: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets, Telegram and n8n data table. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/monitor-telegram-channel-intelligence-with-apify-and-openai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Monitor Telegram channel intelligence with Apify and OpenAI

Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets, Telegram and n8n data table. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 20 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fmonitor-telegram-channel-intelligence-with-apify-and-openai)

**20 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Model 1 Logic 10 Service 7

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

- 1 **Manual Trigger** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Hourly Intelligence Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **Ensure Delivery Ledger** Data Table *Service*
- 4 **1. Configure Channel Intelligence** Set *Logic*
- 5 **Validate Channels and Build Actor Input** Code *Logic*
- 6 **2. Run Telegram Channel Posts Scraper** Http Request *Service*
- 7 **Download Telegram Post Results** Http Request *Service*
- 8 **Normalize Public Telegram Posts** Code *Logic*
- 9 **Keep Undelivered Posts** Data Table *Service*
- 10 **Build One Intelligence Batch** Code *Logic*
- 11 **3. Analyze Telegram Posts in One Batch** Open Ai *Model*
- 12 **Validate Intelligence Results** Code *Logic*
- 13 **Has Relevant Intelligence** If *Logic*
- 14 **Expand Intelligence Rows** Code *Logic*
- 15 **Prepare Delivered Post Keys** Code *Logic*
- 16 **4. Save Intelligence to Google Sheets** Google Sheets *Service*
- 17 **Commit Delivered Posts** Data Table *Service*
- 18 **Build Telegram Intelligence Digest** Code *Logic*
- 19 **Intelligence Monitor Complete** Code *Logic*
- 20 **5. Send Intelligence Digest to Telegram** Telegram *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 20, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Sheets, Telegram, n8n data table
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets 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 a clock.

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. 20 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 20 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%2Fmonitor-telegram-channel-intelligence-with-apify-and-openai)
- **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.

[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)[Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Telegram#library)[n8n data table](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=n8n+data+table#library)

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