# Personal finance assistant: Query Notion data with Telegram: n8n workflow

> Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Notion, Telegram and WhatsApp. It puts OpenRouter behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/personal-finance-assistant-query-notion-data-with-telegram (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Personal finance assistant: Query Notion data with Telegram

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Notion, Telegram and WhatsApp. It puts OpenRouter behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 9 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenRouter Retrieval

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**9 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 3 Service 5

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

- 1 **Simple Memory** Memory Buffer Window *Model*
- 2 **Get Databases Tool** Notion Tool *Service*
- 3 **Query Notion Database Pages Tool** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 4 **Telegram Trigger** Telegram trigger *Starts it*
- 5 **Get Notion Database Properties Tool** Http Request Tool *Service*
- 6 **claude-3.5-sonnet** Lm Chat Open Router *Model*
- 7 **Accountant Agent** Agent *Model*
- 8 **Send a text message** Telegram *Service*
- 9 **Send message** Whats App *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An incoming Telegram message
- **Steps:** 9
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Notion, Telegram, WhatsApp
- **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 Notion, Telegram and WhatsApp 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?

Plan an afternoon. 9 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 9 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-finance-assistant-query-notion-data-with-telegram)
- **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.

[Notion](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Notion#library)[Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Telegram#library)[WhatsApp](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=WhatsApp#library)

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