Daniel Nolde This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #2937 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the Agent → Chat Trigger recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"id": "bV0JTA5NtRZxiD1q",
"meta": {
"templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
},
"name": "Telegram-bot AI Da Nang",
"tags": [],
"nodes": [
{
"id": "ae5f9ca6-6bba-4fe8-b955-6c615d8a522f",
"name": "SendTyping",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegram",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"chatId": "={{ $('telegramInput').item.json.message.chat.id }}",
"operation": "sendChatAction"
},
"credentials": {
"telegramApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
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"typeVersion": 1.2
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{
"id": "244e7be3-2caa-46f7-8628-d063a3b84c12",
"name": "SetResponse",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"notes": "Assemble response etc.",
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"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "fba8dc48-1484-4aae-8922-06fcae398f05",
"name": "responseMessage",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.output }}"
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"name": "Settings",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
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"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "6714203d-04b3-4a3c-9183-09cddcffdfe8",
"name": "scheduleURL",
"type": "string",
"value": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BJFS9feEy94_WgIgzWZttBwzjp09siOw1xuUgq4yuI4"
}
]
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"includeOtherFields": true
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "1c52cdf5-da32-4c76-a294-5ec2109dbf39",
"name": "Schedule",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"sheetName": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "gid=0",
"cachedResultUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BJFS9feEy94_WgIgzWZttBwzjp09siOw1xuUgq4yuI4/edit#gid=0",
"cachedResultName": "Schedule"
},
"documentId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "url",
"value": "={{ $json.scheduleURL }}"
}
},
"credentials": {
"googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.5
},
{
"id": "eff88417-4ce6-4809-8693-dc63e00fff20",
"name": "ScheduleToMarkdown",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "// Get all rows from the input (each item has a \"json\" property)\nconst rows = items.map(item => item.json);\n\n// If no data, return an appropriate message\nif (rows.length === 0) {\n return [{ json: { markdown: \"No data available.\" } }];\n}\n\n// Use the keys from the first row as the header columns\nconst headers = Object.keys(rows[0]);\n\n// Build the markdown table string\nlet markdown = \"\";\n\n// Create the header row\nmarkdown += `| ${headers.join(\" | \")} |\\n`;\n\n// Create the separator row (using dashes for markdown)\nmarkdown += `| ${headers.map(() => '---').join(\" | \")} |\\n`;\n\n// Add each data row to the table\nrows.forEach(row => {\n // Ensure we output something for missing values\n const rowValues = headers.map(header => row[header] !== undefined ? row[header] : '');\n markdown += `| ${rowValues.join(\" | \")} |\\n`;\n});\n\nconst result = { 'binary': {}, 'json': {} };\n\n// Convert the markdown string to a binary buffer\nconst binaryData = Buffer.from(markdown, 'utf8');\n/*\n// Attach the binary data to the first item under a binary property named 'data'\nresult.binary = {\n data: {\n data: binaryData,\n mimeType: 'text/markdown',\n }\n};\n*/\n// Optionally, also return the markdown string in the json property if needed\nresult.json.markdown = markdown;\n\nreturn result;"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "04fab70c-493a-4c5d-adfb-0d9e8a5b7382",
"name": "ScheduleBot",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent",
"position": [
-480,
-420
],
"parameters": {
"text": "={{ $('Settings').first().json.inputMessage }}",
"options": {
"systemMessage": "=You are a helpful assistant that helps members of a meetup group with scheduling their meetups and answering questions about them.\n\nThe current version of the schedule in tabular format is the following:\n\n {{ $json.markdown }}\n\n"
},
"promptType": "define"
},
"typeVersion": 1.7
},
{
"id": "be29d3ec-8211-4f23-82f2-83a1aa3aad5b",
"name": "n8nChatSettings",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "1ecb3515-c1a2-4d69-adec-5b4d74e32056",
"name": "inputMessage",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.chatInput }}"
},
{
"id": "424b9697-94cb-4c38-953c-992436832684",
"name": "chatId",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.sessionId }}"
},
{
"id": "e23988e2-7c3d-4e38-9d5d-0c4b0c94d127",
"name": "mode",
"type": "string",
"value": "n8n"
}
]
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},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "b7078c59-b6e6-4002-831f-96e56278ab61",
"name": "telegramChatSettings",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
-1580,
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "1ecb3515-c1a2-4d69-adec-5b4d74e32056",
"name": "inputMessage",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $('telegramInput').item.json.message.text }}"
},
{
"id": "424b9697-94cb-4c38-953c-992436832684",
"name": "chatId",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $('telegramInput').item.json.message.chat.id }}"
},
{
"id": "e23988e2-7c3d-4e38-9d5d-0c4b0c94d127",
"name": "mode",
"type": "string",
"value": "telegram"
}
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},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "1ba6ad37-f1e5-440d-bf10-569038c27bce",
"name": "telegramInput",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegramTrigger",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"updates": [
"message"
],
"additionalFields": {}
},
"credentials": {
"telegramApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "56a52e8a-714f-4e7a-8a13-e915e9dc29c4",
"name": "n8nInput",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chatTrigger",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "961f67f0-bd44-4e7f-9f2f-c2f02f3176ce",
"name": "Switch",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.switch",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"rules": {
"values": [
{
"outputKey": "n8n mode",
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $('Settings').first().json.mode }}",
"rightValue": "n8n"
}
]
},
"renameOutput": true
},
{
"outputKey": "telegram mode",
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 2,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "e7d6a994-48e3-44bb-b662-862d9bf9c53b",
"operator": {
"name": "filter.operator.equals",
"type": "string",
"operation": "equals"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $('Settings').first().json.mode }}",
"rightValue": "telegram"
}
]
},
"renameOutput": true
}
]
},
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 3.2
},
{
"id": "57056425-37ba-417d-9a2d-977a81d378ab",
"name": "telegramResponse",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegram",
"position": [
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-280
],
"parameters": {
"text": "={{ $json.responseMessage }}",
"chatId": "={{ $('Settings').first().json.chatId }}",
"additionalFields": {}
},
"credentials": {
"telegramApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "2962a77f-5727-43be-93fb-b0751b63c6ac",
"name": "n8nResponse",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.noOp",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "0932484f-707b-412b-b9cb-431a8ae64447",
"name": "LLM",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenRouter",
"position": [
-600,
-220
],
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"credentials": {
"openRouterApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "65948d2c-71b2-4df0-97db-ed216ed7c691",
"name": "Memory",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.memoryBufferWindow",
"position": [
-500,
-220
],
"parameters": {
"sessionKey": "={{ $('Settings').first().json.chatId }}",
"sessionIdType": "customKey"
},
"typeVersion": 1.3
},
{
"id": "50566274-cf7c-496f-a166-b45eb3114da3",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-2000,
-600
],
"parameters": {
"color": 2,
"width": 620,
"height": 240,
"content": "## Chat input triggered inside n8n\nUsed for testing and debugging"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "9dc636fb-cc86-4236-8eb9-952a4ab0ef68",
"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-2000,
-340
],
"parameters": {
"color": 2,
"width": 620,
"height": 240,
"content": "## Chat input triggered by Telegram\nUsed for live chat within Telegram"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "0429d589-3e80-4b26-96a0-01554899a3e7",
"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
420,
-340
],
"parameters": {
"color": 5,
"width": 360,
"height": 240,
"content": "## Chat response to Telegram"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "9eeccee0-c6a0-40c6-9b7d-1f672bf0fdb9",
"name": "Sticky Note3",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
420,
-600
],
"parameters": {
"color": 5,
"width": 360,
"height": 240,
"content": "## Chat response inside n8n"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "acb8e550-be94-41b7-904a-641b3b87e928",
"name": "Sticky Note4",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-40,
-600
],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 440,
"height": 500,
"content": "## Prepare response\nDecide to which chat the response will go."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "42ce6eac-165b-463d-822e-355aff030525",
"name": "Sticky Note5",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-620,
-600
],
"parameters": {
"color": 3,
"width": 560,
"height": 500,
"content": "## AI Processing\nChat input \u2192 Chat output"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "33c45fcc-3aa5-4cd3-b393-e1723560dfeb",
"name": "Sticky Note6",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-1040,
-600
],
"parameters": {
"color": 4,
"width": 400,
"height": 500,
"content": "## Retrieve Data\nGet schedule from Google Spreadsheet and convert it to a Markdown-Table as context for the LLM"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "6e1017e3-bf9d-4056-a64f-c94476bd1f43",
"name": "Sticky Note7",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-1360,
-600
],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 300,
"height": 500,
"content": "## Normalize input\nTransfer the chat data into a unified set of variables"
},
"typeVersion": 1
}
],
"active": true,
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
},
"versionId": "9078c996-e932-40c0-882e-1eb261ca1535",
"connections": {
"LLM": {
"ai_languageModel": [
[
{
"node": "ScheduleBot",
"type": "ai_languageModel",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Memory": {
"ai_memory": [
[
{
"node": "ScheduleBot",
"type": "ai_memory",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Switch": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "n8nResponse",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "telegramResponse",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Schedule": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "ScheduleToMarkdown",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Settings": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Schedule",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"n8nInput": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "n8nChatSettings",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"SendTyping": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "telegramChatSettings",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"ScheduleBot": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "SetResponse",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"SetResponse": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Switch",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"telegramInput": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "SendTyping",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"n8nChatSettings": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Settings",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"telegramResponse": {
"main": [
[]
]
},
"ScheduleToMarkdown": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "ScheduleBot",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"telegramChatSettings": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Settings",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
Credentials you'll need
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googleSheetsOAuth2ApiopenRouterApitelegramApi
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About this workflow
Chat with your event schedule from Google Sheets in Telegram: "When is the next meetup?" "How many events are there next month?" "Who presented most often?" "Which future meetups have no presenters yet?"
Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/2937/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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