Automation library · Chat assistants

Voice & text control for Home Assistant with Telegram

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Telegram. It puts Gemini and OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 18 steps, 2 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: Gemini, OpenAIRetrieval

18 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 3Model 6Logic 6Service 3

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

  1. 1Telegram TriggerTelegram triggerStarts it
  2. 2Simple Memory1Memory Buffer WindowModel
  3. 3Home assistant ConnectorMcp Client ToolModel
  4. 4Simple MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  5. 5Google Gemini Chat ModelLm Chat Google GeminiModel
  6. 6Voice or TextSetLogic
  7. 7Bot Is typingTelegramService
  8. 8When chat message receivedChat triggerStarts it
  9. 9Home AgentAgentModel
  10. 10IfIfLogic
  11. 11Process messagesCodeLogic
  12. 12Reply RouterIfLogic
  13. 13Get Voice FileTelegramService
  14. 14Telegram Message BeautifierCodeLogic
  15. 15Respond to WebhookRespond To WebhookStarts it
  16. 16Speech to TextOpen AiModel
  17. 17Telegram SendTelegramService
  18. 18Transcription to ChatInputSetLogic

How it's built

Starts on
An incoming Telegram message
Steps
18, with 2 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Telegram
Model
Gemini, 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 Telegram account, and a key for Gemini and 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 Gemini and 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. 18 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 18 steps before you point it at anything that matters.