Dahiana 
This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #10799 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the Chainllm → Google Sheets recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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{
"id": "Yo7sHkx1CGYo7hCC",
"meta": {
"templateCredsSetupCompleted": true
},
"name": "Telegram bot that summarizes articles with AI",
"tags": [
{
"id": "T3xhK1cIuPex0boX",
"name": "Templates",
"createdAt": "2025-09-03T11:06:03.839Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-09-03T11:06:03.839Z"
}
],
"nodes": [
{
"id": "ce04c36f-596a-445b-906a-5fd5c51900c1",
"name": "After message is received",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegramTrigger",
"position": [
1184,
-112
],
"parameters": {
"updates": [
"message"
],
"additionalFields": {}
},
"credentials": {
"telegramApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"retryOnFail": true,
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "7056604f-5185-4c80-b82a-b6599b41a56b",
"name": "Check if URL",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.filter",
"position": [
1408,
-112
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"version": 1,
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "url-check",
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"operation": "regex"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.message.text }}",
"rightValue": "^https?://"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "3a8db721-345e-41c1-887a-9fc6bf5051f6",
"name": "Extract URL",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
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-112
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "url-extract",
"name": "url",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.message.text }}"
},
{
"id": "chat-id",
"name": "chat_id",
"type": "number",
"value": "={{ $json.message.chat.id }}"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "56578477-9406-40ef-9e29-f306416f42ea",
"name": "Fetch Article Markdown",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
"onError": "continueErrorOutput",
"position": [
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-112
],
"parameters": {
"url": "=https://r.jina.ai/{{ $json.url }}",
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 4.1
},
{
"id": "872e133e-6c0d-4bd7-9dd7-792d9a51190b",
"name": "Summarize Article",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.chainLlm",
"onError": "continueErrorOutput",
"maxTries": 2,
"position": [
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-128
],
"parameters": {
"text": "=Extract from this article and respond in the SAME LANGUAGE as the article:\n\n{{ $json.data }}\n\nReturn JSON with: title (string), summary (1 sentence), key_points (array of 3-5 strings)\n\nIMPORTANT: If article is in Spanish, respond in Spanish. If English, respond in English. Match the article's language.",
"promptType": "define",
"hasOutputParser": true
},
"retryOnFail": true,
"typeVersion": 1.4,
"alwaysOutputData": false
},
{
"id": "bbb97241-521c-4ddd-b00a-23b15e52a1b5",
"name": "Send Summary to Telegram",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegram",
"maxTries": 2,
"position": [
2784,
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],
"parameters": {
"text": "=\ud83d\udcf0 Article summary\n\nTitle: {{ $json.output.title }}\n\n\ud83d\udca1 Summary: {{ $json.output.summary }}\n\n\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\n\ud83d\udccc Key points:\n\n1\ufe0f\u20e3 {{ $json.output.key_points[0] }}\n\n2\ufe0f\u20e3 {{ $json.output.key_points[1] }}\n\n3\ufe0f\u20e3 {{ $json.output.key_points[2] }}\n\n{{ $json.output.key_points[3] ? '4\ufe0f\u20e3 ' + $json.output.key_points[3] : '' }}\n\n{{ $json.output.key_points[4] ? '5\ufe0f\u20e3 ' + $json.output.key_points[4] : '' }}\n\n\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\u2501\n\ud83d\udd17 {{ $('Extract URL').item.json.url }}",
"chatId": "={{ $('Extract URL').item.json.chat_id }}",
"additionalFields": {
"appendAttribution": false
}
},
"credentials": {
"telegramApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"executeOnce": false,
"retryOnFail": true,
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "3791d353-17a4-4b45-b383-e608a737f6a2",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
688,
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],
"parameters": {
"width": 380,
"height": 943,
"content": "## Article summarizer bot\n\nSend any URL to your Telegram bot and get an AI summary instantly.\n\nWhat it does\n\n- Receives URLs via Telegram\n- Fetches clean article content (removes ads, navbars)\n- Generates AI summary \n- Sends formatted summary back to Telegram\n\n\nHow to set up\n\n1. **Create Telegram bot**\n - Message @BotFather on Telegram\n - Run /newbot and follow prompts\n - Copy your bot token\n - Add credentials to n8n\n\n2. **Get API keys** (optional but recommended)\n - Jina AI: Sign up at jina.ai/reader \n - Add keys to nodes\n\n3. **Configure AI model and output parser format**\n\n\nRequirements\n\n- Telegram bot token\n- OpenRouter API key or any other LLM you have\n\n\nHow to customize\n\n- Change summary format: Edit prompt in \"Summarize Article\" node\n- Update Output Parser schema (title, tags, etc)\n- Save to database: Enable Google Sheets node or add Notion/Airtable\n- Different language: Modify prompt to force specific language"
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "5c537825-51b3-4d0b-ad60-7bce7ea7895a",
"name": "Save to Google Sheets",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
"disabled": true,
"position": [
2784,
-384
],
"parameters": {
"columns": {
"value": {
"URL": "={{ $('Extract URL').item.json.url }}",
"Date": "={{ $now.format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm') }}",
"Title": "={{ $json.output.title }}",
"Summary": "={{ $json.output.summary }}"
},
"mappingMode": "defineBelow"
},
"options": {},
"operation": "appendOrUpdate",
"sheetName": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "id",
"value": "Sheet1"
},
"documentId": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "id",
"value": "YOUR_SHEET_ID"
}
},
"credentials": {
"googleSheetsOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 4.7
},
{
"id": "4d67dfb6-490c-4627-b06e-6ba64cc59102",
"name": "Output Parser",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured",
"position": [
2336,
272
],
"parameters": {
"autoFix": true,
"schemaType": "manual",
"inputSchema": "{\n \"type\": \"object\",\n \"properties\": {\n \"title\": {\n \"type\": \"string\",\n \"description\": \"The article title\"\n },\n \"summary\": {\n \"type\": \"string\",\n \"description\": \"One sentence summary\"\n },\n \"key_points\": {\n \"type\": \"array\",\n \"description\": \"3-5 key takeaways\",\n \"items\": {\n \"type\": \"string\"\n }\n }\n },\n \"required\": [\"title\", \"summary\", \"key_points\"]\n}"
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "02fa1407-ebcd-4cc8-8fda-9de6fd1a3628",
"name": "OpenRouter Chat Model",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenRouter",
"position": [
2096,
256
],
"parameters": {
"model": "anthropic/claude-3.5-haiku",
"options": {}
},
"credentials": {
"openRouterApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "8d160193-d474-4434-8691-51c7f7796d8f",
"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
1344,
-320
],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"height": 336,
"content": "## Filter URLs\n\nOnly processes messages that start with http:// or https://\n\nNon-URL messages are ignored."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "8528f480-c1a5-4455-a8cf-6e75be2f06e5",
"name": "Sticky Note3",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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-400
],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"height": 432,
"content": "## Fetch article\n\nUses Jina AI to convert webpage to clean markdown.\n\nRemoves navigation, ads, and clutter automatically.\n\nIf fetch fails, sends error message."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "d78eb2c2-26d3-449b-82b5-3fa9a6f6d655",
"name": "Sticky Note4",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
2144,
-400
],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"width": 304,
"height": 432,
"content": "## AI summary\n\nSends markdown to llm model via OpenRouter.\n\nReturns structured JSON with:\n- Title\n- One-sentence summary \n- 3-5 key points\n\nMatches the article's original language."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "6adb92e2-d30a-41ef-8e9b-8570bdb22f99",
"name": "Sticky Note5",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"color": 7,
"height": 240,
"content": "## Send summary\n\nFormats the summary with emojis and sends to Telegram.\n\nOptionally saves to Google Sheets for tracking."
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "7f10167e-3e09-4808-97fc-7e0fd056c095",
"name": "Notify an error while fetching",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegram",
"maxTries": 2,
"position": [
2048,
528
],
"parameters": {
"text": "\u274c Failed to fetch article\n\nThe URL couldn't be processed. Possible reasons:\n\u2022 Paywall or login required\n\u2022 Invalid URL\n\u2022 Website blocking bots\n\u2022 Connection timeout",
"chatId": "={{ $('Extract URL').item.json.chat_id }}",
"additionalFields": {
"appendAttribution": false
}
},
"credentials": {
"telegramApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"executeOnce": false,
"retryOnFail": true,
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "dc78430c-9f60-4b09-a49b-ef126acc8e3b",
"name": "Notify an error while summarizing",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegram",
"maxTries": 2,
"position": [
2784,
0
],
"parameters": {
"text": "\u274c Failed to summarize article\n\nThe AI couldn't process this content. Try a different URL or contact support.",
"chatId": "={{ $('Extract URL').item.json.chat_id }}",
"additionalFields": {
"appendAttribution": false
}
},
"credentials": {
"telegramApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"executeOnce": false,
"retryOnFail": true,
"typeVersion": 1.2
}
],
"active": false,
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
},
"versionId": "9d2f4076-a67d-4c25-b56c-1cf5aeb029b1",
"connections": {
"Extract URL": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Fetch Article Markdown",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Check if URL": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Extract URL",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Output Parser": {
"ai_outputParser": [
[
{
"node": "Summarize Article",
"type": "ai_outputParser",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Summarize Article": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Send Summary to Telegram",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
},
{
"node": "Save to Google Sheets",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Notify an error while summarizing",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"OpenRouter Chat Model": {
"ai_languageModel": [
[
{
"node": "Summarize Article",
"type": "ai_languageModel",
"index": 0
},
{
"node": "Output Parser",
"type": "ai_languageModel",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Fetch Article Markdown": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Summarize Article",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Notify an error while fetching",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"After message is received": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Check if URL",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
Credentials you'll need
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googleSheetsOAuth2ApiopenRouterApitelegramApi
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About this workflow
Send any URL to your Telegram bot and get an AI summary instantly.
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