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Manage Recipes with Ai-powered Telegram Bot and Google Sheets Database

ByIssam AGGOUR @devgor on n8n.io

Tired of scrolling through messy notes and bookmarks to find your favorite recipes? Wish you had a personal chef's assistant to help you in the kitchen?

Event trigger★★★★★ complexityAI-powered41 nodesTelegram TriggerGoogle SheetsTelegramAgentGoogle Gemini ChatMemory Buffer WindowTool ThinkGoogle Sheets Tool
AI & RAG Trigger: Event Nodes: 41 Complexity: ★★★★★ AI nodes: yes Added:

This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #8425 — we link there as the canonical source.

This workflow follows the Agent → Google Sheets recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.

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    },
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          {
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            "type": "main",
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          }
        ]
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            "type": "ai_tool",
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          }
        ]
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            "index": 0
          }
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}
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Tired of scrolling through messy notes and bookmarks to find your favorite recipes? Wish you had a personal chef's assistant to help you in the kitchen?

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