# Personal AI assistant with OpenRouter and Gmail: n8n workflow > Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Sheets and Telegram. Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/personal-ai-assistant-with-openrouter-and-gmail (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) [Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Scheduling](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Scheduling#library) # Personal AI assistant with OpenRouter and Gmail Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Sheets and Telegram. It puts OpenRouter behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 29 steps, 1 branch: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live. Large Calls a model: OpenRouter Retrieval [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fpersonal-ai-assistant-with-openrouter-and-gmail) **29 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live **1** Branch: places the flow splits **0** Loops or waits **4** Services it connects to ## The flow Starts it 1 Model 10 Logic 2 Service 16 The steps in the order they run, from what starts it. - 1 **Telegram Trigger** Telegram trigger *Starts it* - 2 **Think** Tool Think *Model* - 3 **Simple Memory** Memory Buffer Window *Model* - 4 **Open Ai model 1** Lm Chat Open Router *Model* - 5 **Open AI chat** Lm Chat Open Router *Model* - 6 **Get Conacts** Google Sheets Tool *Service* - 7 **Add or Update Contacts** Google Sheets Tool *Service* - 8 **Open AI Brain** Lm Chat Open Router *Model* - 9 **Send Email** Gmail Tool *Service* - 10 **Get Emails** Gmail Tool *Service* - 11 **Email Reply** Gmail Tool *Service* - 12 **Create Draft** Gmail Tool *Service* - 13 **Get Labels** Gmail Tool *Service* - 14 **Label Emails** Gmail Tool *Service* - 15 **OpenRouter Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Router *Model* - 16 **Create Event with Attendee** Google Calendar Tool *Service* - 17 **Create an Event** Google Calendar Tool *Service* - 18 **Get Events** Google Calendar Tool *Service* - 19 **Delete Event** Google Calendar Tool *Service* - 20 **Update Event** Google Calendar Tool *Service* - 21 **Text/Audio** Switch *Logic* - 22 **AI Agent** Agent *Model* - 23 **Conatct Agent** Agent Tool *Model* - 24 **Email Agent** Agent Tool *Model* - 25 **Calender Agent** Agent Tool *Model* - 26 **Get a file** Telegram *Service* - 27 **Edit Fields** Set *Logic* - 28 **Send a text message** Telegram *Service* - 29 **Transcribe audio or video** Eleven Labs *Service* ## How it's built - **Starts on:** An incoming Telegram message - **Steps:** 29, with 1 branch - **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live - **Connects to:** Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Sheets, Telegram - **Model:** OpenRouter - **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 Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Sheets and Telegram accounts, and a key for OpenRouter. 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 OpenRouter. 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? Take your time. At 29 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live. 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 29 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%2Fpersonal-ai-assistant-with-openrouter-and-gmail) - **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. [Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Gmail#library)[Google Calendar](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Calendar#library)[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)[Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Telegram#library) ## Workflows like it Also scheduling, with the same services where possible, closest in size first. - [**AI-powered bug reporting & tracking** 29 steps · calls a model · Gmail, Google Calendar](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/ai-powered-bug-reporting-and-tracking) - [**Build an AI powered phone agent with Retell** 29 steps · calls a model · Google Calendar, Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/build-an-ai-powered-phone-agent-with-retell) - [**Manage legal client intake and consultations with Telegram** 29 steps · calls a model · Google Calendar, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/manage-legal-client-intake-and-consultations-with-telegram) - [**Optimize daily schedules with Groq and Google Sheets** 29 steps · calls a model · Gmail, Google Calendar](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/optimize-daily-schedules-with-groq-and-google-sheets) - [**Run a personal executive assistant with Gmail and Slack** 29 steps · calls a model · Gmail, Google Calendar](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/run-a-personal-executive-assistant-with-gmail-and-slack) - [**Send Calendly meeting prep briefs with Gmail and Notion** 29 steps · calls a model · Gmail, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/send-calendly-meeting-prep-briefs-with-gmail-and-notion)