Automation library · Lead generation

Save business card contacts from Telegram photos

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 15 steps, 4 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

15 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
4Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 3Logic 5Service 6

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

  1. 1Get Business Card MessageTelegram triggerStarts it
  2. 2OpenAI Model - ExtractionLm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3ConfigurationSetLogic
  4. 4Extract Contact FieldsInformation ExtractorModel
  5. 5Validate Business Card MessageIfLogic
  6. 6Check Duplicate ContactGoogle ContactsService
  7. 7Check Authorized UserIfLogic
  8. 8Is Duplicate Contact?IfLogic
  9. 9Get Business Card PhotoTelegramService
  10. 10Notify Duplicate ContactTelegramService
  11. 11Create Google ContactGoogle ContactsService
  12. 12Extract Business Card TextMistral AiModel
  13. 13Check Contact CreatedIfLogic
  14. 14Notify Contact AddedTelegramService
  15. 15Notify Contact ErrorTelegramService

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming Telegram message
Steps
15, with 4 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Telegram
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Telegram account, and a key for OpenAI. 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 OpenAI. 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.