# Telegram AI companion – Telegram chat, voice & image: n8n workflow

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

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/telegram-ai-companion-telegram-chat-voice-and-image (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Telegram AI companion – Telegram chat, voice & image

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Telegram. It puts OpenAI and OpenRouter behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 21 steps, 3 branches: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI, OpenRouter Retrieval

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Ftelegram-ai-companion-telegram-chat-voice-and-image)

**21 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**3** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 9 Logic 6 Service 5

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

- 1 **Telegram Trigger1** Telegram trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Simple Memory** Memory Buffer Window *Model*
- 3 **SerpAPI** Tool Serp Api *Model*
- 4 **Search in Tavily** Tavily Tool *Service*
- 5 **Reasoning Tool (LangChain)** Tool Think *Model*
- 6 **OpenAI Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 7 **OpenRouter Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Router *Model*
- 8 **If** If *Logic*
- 9 **AI Agent** Agent *Model*
- 10 **Edit Fields** Set *Logic*
- 11 **MessageVoice** Telegram *Service*
- 12 **Analyze Output** Set *Logic*
- 13 **Transcription audio** Open Ai *Model*
- 14 **Check Image Request** If *Logic*
- 15 **Extract Image Prompt** Set *Logic*
- 16 **Check Input Type** If *Logic*
- 17 **Generate Image** Open Ai *Model*
- 18 **Create Voice Response1** Open Ai *Model*
- 19 **Send a text message** Telegram *Service*
- 20 **Send Image** Telegram *Service*
- 21 **Send Voice Response** Telegram *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An incoming Telegram message
- **Steps:** 21, with 3 branches
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Telegram
- **Model:** OpenAI, 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 Telegram account, and a key for OpenAI and 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 OpenAI and 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 21 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 21 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-companion-telegram-chat-voice-and-image)
- **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.

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

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

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