Convert Telegram Messages to To-do Lists with Gemini and Notion

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  "name": "Convert Telegram messages to to-do lists with Gemini and Notion",
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        "content": "## \ud83d\udcdd Convert Telegram messages to to-do lists using AI and Notion\n\n### Who's it for\nAnyone who wants to quickly turn a typed message into a clean, actionable to-do list \u2014 freelancers, founders, students \u2014 without manually formatting tasks. Just message your bot, get back a structured list, automatically logged to Notion.\n\n### How it works\nThis workflow listens for messages sent to your Telegram bot. When a text message arrives, an AI model extracts a clean, numbered to-do list from it, logs the list to a Notion database, and replies back to the user in Telegram with the same list.\n\n### How to set up\n1. Create a Telegram bot via @BotFather and connect its token as a Telegram credential in n8n.\n2. Connect your Gemini (or other AI model) credential for the to-do extraction step.\n3. Connect a Notion integration and select your target database in the Notion node.\n4. Activate the workflow.\n\n### Requirements\n- A Telegram bot token\n- A Gemini API key (free tier available) or another supported AI model\n- A Notion account with an integration + database\n\n### How to customize\n- Edit the extraction prompt to change tone or output format (e.g. add due dates, priority tags)\n- Add a Filter node to ignore very short messages (avoids false triggers)\n- Swap the Notion logging step for Google Sheets or Airtable if preferred\n- Add a confirmation message before logging to Notion if you want a review step"
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        "content": "Triggers on every message.\nThe IF node filters for text only."
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        "content": "Checks if the incoming\nmessage contains text."
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      "parameters": {
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        "content": "Logs the extracted list\nas a new page in Notion."
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    {
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      "name": "Sticky Note - Reply",
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        "text": "=Extract a clean, numbered to-do list from this message. Only include clear, actionable items \u2014 skip filler or unrelated chatter. If no action items are found, respond with \"No tasks found.\"\n\nMessage: {{ $json.message.text }}",
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      "parameters": {
        "title": "=Voice To-Do \u2014 {{ $now.format('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm') }}",
        "options": {},
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        "databaseId": {
          "__rl": true,
          "mode": "list",
          "value": "REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_NOTION_DATABASE_ID",
          "cachedResultUrl": "https://www.notion.so/",
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      "parameters": {
        "text": "={{ $('AI Agent').item.json.output }}",
        "chatId": "={{ $('Get telegram message').item.json.message.chat.id }}",
        "additionalFields": {
          "appendAttribution": true
        }
      },
      "credentials": {
        "telegramApi": {
          "name": "<your credential>"
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}

Credentials you'll need

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• googlePalmApi
• notionApi
• telegramApi

About this workflow

This workflow turns incoming Telegram bot text messages into a numbered to-do list using Google Gemini, saves the result as a new page in a Notion database, and replies to the user in Telegram with the same extracted task list. Triggers whenever your Telegram bot receives a new…

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