# Telegram task reminder bot with OpenAI and Google Sheets: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets and Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 9 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Scheduling](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Scheduling#library)

# Telegram task reminder bot with OpenAI and Google Sheets

Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets and Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 9 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium Calls a model: OpenAI

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Ftelegram-task-reminder-bot-with-openai-and-google-sheets)

**9 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 1 Logic 4 Service 3

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

- 1 **Daily Schedule** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Read Profile from Google Sheets** Google Sheets *Service*
- 3 **Calculate Progress** Code *Logic*
- 4 **AI – Generate Tasks** Open Ai *Model*
- 5 **Parse JSON from AI** Code *Logic*
- 6 **Split Tasks Array** Split Out *Logic*
- 7 **Save Tasks History** Google Sheets *Service*
- 8 **Build Tasks Message** Code *Logic*
- 9 **Send Telegram Reminder** Telegram *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 9
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Sheets, Telegram
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets 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 a clock.

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. 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%2Ftelegram-task-reminder-bot-with-openai-and-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)

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