Answer Questions with Factual Web Search Using Telegram, Tavily and Gpt-5

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{
  "meta": {
    "templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
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        "content": "# \ud83d\udd0d Telegram Search Assistant\n\nMinimal bot that:\n1) Receives a question in Telegram\n2) Searches the web (Tavily)\n3) Summarizes facts with AIMLAPI (`openai/gpt-5-chat-latest`)\n4) Replies concisely (3\u20134 sentences), grounded in sources\n\n**Goal:** fast, factual answers without hallucinations."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
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    {
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      "name": "Sticky Note \u2014 LLM Prompt",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
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      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 6,
        "width": 384,
        "height": 240,
        "content": "## \ud83e\udde0 LLM Prompt (Guardrails)\n* Extract only facts that answer the question\n* 3\u20134 sentences max\n* If data is thin \u2192 say so clearly\n* **No fabrication** \u2014 use provided results only\n\n**Inputs:**\n- `query = user message`\n- `results = full Tavily JSON`"
      },
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      "parameters": {
        "width": 384,
        "height": 192,
        "content": "## \ud83e\uddea Testing & Fallbacks\n* Test from Telegram (not only \u201cExecute Node\u201d)\n* Add `Switch` for commands and empty text\n* If no results \u2192 reply: \u201cI couldn\u2019t find enough reliable info.\u201d\n* Catch errors: send friendly message, log details"
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    {
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      "name": "Sticky Note \u2014 Customization",
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        "content": "## \ud83d\udee0 Customization\n* `/help` \u2192 usage & examples\n* `/sources` \u2192 list top URLs from results\n* `/news` or `/wiki` routing via keywords\n* Add NSFW/profanity filter pre-search\n* Rate-limit per user (Set \u2192 Wait \u2192 Redis/DB)\n* Optional: cache recent answers (key = normalized query)"
      },
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      "name": "Sticky Note \u2014 Reply",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
      "position": [
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      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 4,
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        "content": "## \ud83d\udce4 Reply to Telegram\nReply to same chat, referencing original message."
      },
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    },
    {
      "id": "e948ce86-f169-47a8-99c8-582bcc5e7d1b",
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      "position": [
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      "parameters": {
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        "content": "## \ud83e\udde0 LLM Summarize\nInput: full search JSON.\nOutput: concise factual answer."
      },
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      "parameters": {
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        "content": "## \ud83d\udd0e Web Search\nQuery = user message. Pass raw JSON downstream."
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      "position": [
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      ],
      "parameters": {
        "color": 2,
        "height": 304,
        "content": "## \u2328\ufe0f Typing Indicator\nSend \"typing\" to show progress."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
    },
    {
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      "name": "Sticky Note \u2014 Receive",
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      "parameters": {
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        "content": "## \ud83d\udce9 Receive Telegram Message\nHandle incoming text. Use chat.id + message_id for reply."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
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      "parameters": {
        "text": "={{ $json.content }}",
        "chatId": "={{ $('Telegram Trigger').item.json.message.chat.id }}",
        "additionalFields": {
          "appendAttribution": false,
          "reply_to_message_id": "={{ $('Telegram Trigger').item.json.message.message_id }}"
        }
      },
      "credentials": {
        "telegramApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
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      "typeVersion": 1.2
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      "parameters": {
        "chatId": "={{ $json.message.chat.id }}",
        "operation": "sendChatAction"
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      "credentials": {
        "telegramApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
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      "name": "Telegram Trigger",
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      "parameters": {
        "updates": [
          "message"
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      },
      "credentials": {
        "telegramApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
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      "name": "Search",
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      "parameters": {
        "query": "={{ $('Telegram Trigger').item.json.message.text }}",
        "options": {}
      },
      "credentials": {
        "tavilyApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
        }
      },
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      "name": "AI/ML Chat Completion",
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        "model": "openai/gpt-5-chat-latest",
        "prompt": "=You are an AI assistant.  \nYou have search results from Google in JSON or text format.  \nYour task is to:  \n1. Extract only the facts that directly answer the user\u2019s question.  \n2. Provide a clear, concise answer in 3\u20134 sentences maximum.  \n3. If the information is limited, state that clearly.  \n4. Never make things up \u2014 base your answer only on the provided results.  \n\nUser question: \"{{ $json.query }}\"  \nSearch results:  \n{{ JSON.stringify($json.results) }}\n\nGenerate the final answer in plain, simple English.\n",
        "options": {
          "responseFormat": "text"
        },
        "requestOptions": {}
      },
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        "content": "## \u2699\ufe0f Setup\n1. **Telegram**: create bot via @BotFather \u2192 add token in *Credentials \u2192 Telegram API*.\n2. **Tavily**: create API key \u2192 add *Tavily account* credentials.\n3. **AIMLAPI**: add *AI/ML API* credentials (base URL `https://api.aimlapi.com/v1`).\n4. **Environment**: set `TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN`, `TAVILY_API_KEY`, `AIML_API_KEY` in n8n (if using env)."
      },
      "typeVersion": 1
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      "main": [
        [
          {
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            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
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        [
          {
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            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Search",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "AI/ML Chat Completion": {
      "main": [
        [
          {
            "node": "Send a text message",
            "type": "main",
            "index": 0
          }
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

Credentials you'll need

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• aimlApi
• tavilyApi
• telegramApi

About this workflow

This n8n workflow lets users ask questions in Telegram and receive concise, fact-based answers. It performs a web search with Tavily, then uses AIMLAPI (GPT-5) to summarize results into a clear 3–4 sentence reply. The flow ensures grounded, non-hallucinated answers. 📩…

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