Automation library · Chat assistants

Telegram bot: analyze images with OpenAI and NVIDIA Vila

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Gmail and Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 12 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAI

12 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Model 1Logic 4Service 6

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

  1. 1📱 Telegram TriggerTelegram triggerStarts it
  2. 2📋 Extract Message DataCodeLogic
  3. 3🔀 Route by Content Type - Image or TextSwitchLogic
  4. 4📸 Get Image file from TelegramTelegramService
  5. 5Get Text from TelegramTelegramService
  6. 6Analyze image using GPT-4O-MiniOpen AiModel
  7. 7HTTP Nvidia VilaHttp RequestService
  8. 8NVIDIA API NVIDIA Stable Diffusion 3Http RequestService
  9. 9🔀 Merge AI ResultsMergeLogic
  10. 10Convert to Binary FileCodeLogic
  11. 11Send a message of image-to-text resultsGmailService
  12. 12Send a message of text-to-image resultsGmailService

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming Telegram message
Steps
12, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Telegram
Model
OpenAI

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail and Telegram accounts, 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. 12 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 12 steps before you point it at anything that matters.