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Academic Assistant Chatbot (Telegram + OpenAI)

Academic Assistant Chatbot (Telegram + OpenAI). Uses telegramTrigger, lmChatOpenAi, agent, telegram. Event-driven trigger; 4 nodes.

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AI & RAG Trigger: Event Nodes: 4 Complexity: ★★☆☆☆ AI nodes: yes

The workflow JSON

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{
  "name": "Academic Assistant Chatbot (Telegram + OpenAI)",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "parameters": {
        "updates": [
          "message"
        ],
        "additionalFields": {}
      },
      "id": "20a2d959-5412-447b-a2c4-7736b6b758b3",
      "name": "Telegram Trigger",
      "position": [
        256,
        208
      ],
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegramTrigger",
      "typeVersion": 1.1
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "options": {}
      },
      "id": "8b30f207-8204-4548-8f51-38c387d98ae9",
      "name": "OpenAI Chat Model",
      "position": [
        656,
        208
      ],
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi",
      "typeVersion": 1.1,
      "credentials": {
        "openAiApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "promptType": "define",
        "text": "={{ $('Telegram Trigger').item.json.message.text }}",
        "options": {
          "systemMessage": "You are a helpful and knowledgeable AI academic assistant. Your goal is to assist students with their assignments, studies, and general academic inquiries. Provide explanations, study tips, help with research, clarify concepts, and offer guidance on academic tasks. Be encouraging, precise, and polite. Always ensure your responses are relevant to academic support."
        }
      },
      "id": "68303b67-2203-41e8-b370-220d884d2945",
      "name": "Academic Assistant AI Agent",
      "position": [
        912,
        208
      ],
      "type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent",
      "typeVersion": 1.7
    },
    {
      "parameters": {
        "chatId": "={{ $('Telegram Trigger').item.json.message.chat.id }}",
        "text": "={{ $('Academic Assistant AI Agent').item.json.output }}",
        "additionalFields": {
          "appendAttribution": false
        }
      },
      "id": "15bb5fd5-7dfe-4da9-830c-e1d905831640",
      "name": "Send Telegram Response",
      "position": [
        1152,
        208
      ],
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegram",
      "typeVersion": 1.2,
      "credentials": {
        "telegramApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {
    "Telegram Trigger": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "index": 0,
            "node": "Academic Assistant AI Agent",
            "type": "main"
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "OpenAI Chat Model": {
      "ai_languageModel": [
        [
          {
            "index": 0,
            "node": "Academic Assistant AI Agent",
            "type": "ai_languageModel"
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Academic Assistant AI Agent": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "index": 0,
            "node": "Send Telegram Response",
            "type": "main"
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  "active": false,
  "settings": {
    "executionOrder": "v1",
    "timezone": "America/New_York"
  },
  "versionId": "dd7c6e21-87a4-4e15-9662-72e4c63e9da3",
  "id": "K0TLA1k7P0hL2Ysg",
  "tags": []
}

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About this workflow

Academic Assistant Chatbot (Telegram + OpenAI). Uses telegramTrigger, lmChatOpenAi, agent, telegram. Event-driven trigger; 4 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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