# Telegram AI assistant with Google Sheets: n8n workflow template

> Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Sheets and Telegram. It puts Azure OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/telegram-ai-assistant-with-google-sheets (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Telegram AI assistant with Google Sheets

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Sheets and Telegram. It puts Azure OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 15 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: Azure OpenAI Retrieval

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**15 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Model 3 Logic 3 Service 7

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

- 1 **Azure** Lm Chat Azure Open Ai *Model*
- 2 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **Telegram** Telegram trigger *Starts it*
- 4 **Memory** Memory Buffer Window *Model*
- 5 **Agent** Agent *Model*
- 6 **Get row(s) in sheet1** Google Sheets *Service*
- 7 **Append or update row in sheet** Google Sheets *Service*
- 8 **Agent Answer** Telegram *Service*
- 9 **Update row in sheet** Google Sheets *Service*
- 10 **Get row(s) in sheet** Google Sheets *Service*
- 11 **Code** Code *Logic*
- 12 **Append or update row in sheet1** Google Sheets *Service*
- 13 **Switch** Switch *Logic*
- 14 **No Operation** No Op *Logic*
- 15 **Limit Message** Telegram *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An incoming Telegram message
- **Steps:** 15, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Sheets, Telegram
- **Model:** Azure OpenAI
- **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 Google Sheets and Telegram accounts, and a key for Azure 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 Azure OpenAI. 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.

## 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%2Ftelegram-ai-assistant-with-google-sheets)
- **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)

## Workflows like it

Also chat assistants, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

- [**AI-powered Telegram & WhatsApp Business agent workflow** 15 steps · calls a model · Google Sheets, Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/ai-powered-telegram-and-whatsapp-business-agent-workflow)
- [**Agentic RAG assistant: Telegram-based knowledge orchestration** 15 steps · calls a model · Google Drive, Pinecone](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/agentic-rag-assistant-telegram-based-knowledge-orchestration)
- [**Analyze client portfolio diversification with Google Sheets** 15 steps · calls a model · Google Sheets, Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/analyze-client-portfolio-diversification-with-google-sheets)
- [**Analyze stocks from Telegram with OpenAI and TwelveData** 15 steps · calls a model · Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/analyze-stocks-from-telegram-with-openai-and-twelvedata)
- [**Analyze stocks with Telegram and OpenAI** 15 steps · calls a model · Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/analyze-stocks-with-telegram-and-openai)
- [**Automate email responses with OpenAI and Telegram** 15 steps · calls a model · Gmail, Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-email-responses-with-openai-and-telegram)