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": [
-1780,
-260
],
"parameters": {
"chatId": "={{ $('telegramInput').item.json.message.chat.id }}",
"operation": "sendChatAction"
},
"credentials": {
"telegramApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.2
},
{
"id": "244e7be3-2caa-46f7-8628-d063a3b84c12",
"name": "SetResponse",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"notes": "Assemble response etc.",
"position": [
40,
-420
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "fba8dc48-1484-4aae-8922-06fcae398f05",
"name": "responseMessage",
"type": "string",
"value": "={{ $json.output }}"
},
{
"id": "df8243e6-6a24-4bad-8807-63d75c828150",
"name": "",
"type": "string",
"value": ""
}
]
},
"includeOtherFields": true
},
"notesInFlow": true,
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "192aa194-f131-4ba3-8842-7c88da1a6129",
"name": "Settings",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
-1260,
-420
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"assignments": {
"assignments": [
{
"id": "6714203d-04b3-4a3c-9183-09cddcffdfe8",
"name": "scheduleURL",
"type": "string",
"value": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BJFS9feEy94_WgIgzWZttBwzjp09siOw1xuUgq4yuI4"
}
]
},
"includeOtherFields": true
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "1c52cdf5-da32-4c76-a294-5ec2109dbf39",
"name": "Schedule",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets",
"position": [
-980,
-420
],
"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": [
-800,
-420
],
"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": [
-1580,
-520
],
"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"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "b7078c59-b6e6-4002-831f-96e56278ab61",
"name": "telegramChatSettings",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.set",
"position": [
-1580,
-260
],
"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"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 3.4
},
{
"id": "1ba6ad37-f1e5-440d-bf10-569038c27bce",
"name": "telegramInput",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegramTrigger",
"position": [
-1960,
-260
],
"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": [
-1960,
-520
],
"parameters": {
"options": {}
},
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "961f67f0-bd44-4e7f-9f2f-c2f02f3176ce",
"name": "Switch",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.switch",
"position": [
220,
-420
],
"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": [
500,
-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": [
500,
-520
],
"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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How this works
This workflow enables a Telegram bot to deliver personalised AI-driven recommendations for schedules and itineraries in Da Nang, Vietnam, saving users hours of manual research for their trips. It's ideal for travel enthusiasts, tour operators, or anyone planning visits to this vibrant city, allowing seamless interaction via Telegram messages. The key step involves an AI agent processing user queries against data from Google Sheets to generate tailored markdown-formatted plans, which are then sent back through Telegram for easy reading on the go.
Use this workflow when building an interactive bot for location-specific travel advice, especially if you already have itinerary data in Google Sheets and want real-time AI enhancements via Telegram. Avoid it for non-travel bots or if you lack API access to these services, as it relies heavily on event-driven triggers. Common variations include adapting the AI agent for other destinations by swapping the Google Sheets data source or integrating additional tools like weather APIs for more dynamic suggestions.
About this workflow
Telegram-bot AI Da Nang. Uses telegram, googleSheets, agent, telegramTrigger. Event-driven trigger; 23 nodes.
Source: https://github.com/Zie619/n8n-workflows — original creator credit. Request a take-down →
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