Balakrishnan C 
This workflow corresponds to n8n.io template #9981 — we link there as the canonical source.
This workflow follows the Agent → OpenAI Chat recipe pattern — see all workflows that pair these two integrations.
The workflow JSON
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"meta": {
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},
"name": "Personal AI Assistant on Telegram",
"tags": [
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"name": "assistant",
"createdAt": "2025-10-13T20:19:10.089Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-10-13T20:19:10.089Z"
},
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"name": "telegram",
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"name": "Telegram Trigger",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegramTrigger",
"position": [
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],
"parameters": {
"updates": [
"message"
],
"additionalFields": {}
},
"credentials": {
"telegramApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
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},
{
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"name": "AI Agent",
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"parameters": {
"text": "={{ $json.message.text }}",
"options": {
"systemMessage": "=You are a personal assistant that helps user fulfill their requests.\n\nWhen you are asked to perform a task on the current date, please use the current time and date : {{ $now }}\n\n## OUtput\n\nYou should output the result and don't include any thing unnecessary. Just make sure that you politely answer user question and ask if any other information is required."
},
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"parameters": {
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"mode": "list",
"value": "gpt-4.1-mini",
"cachedResultName": "gpt-4.1-mini"
},
"options": {}
},
"credentials": {
"openAiApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
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"value": "={{ $json.message.text }}"
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"name": "sessionId",
"type": "number",
"value": "={{ $json.message.chat.id }}"
}
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"name": "Send a text message",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.telegram",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
"text": "={{ $json.output }}",
"chatId": "={{ $('Telegram Trigger').item.json.message.chat.id }}",
"additionalFields": {
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"credentials": {
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"name": "<your credential>"
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"name": "Simple Memory",
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"parameters": {
"sessionKey": "={{ $('Telegram Trigger').item.json.message.chat.id }}",
"sessionIdType": "customKey",
"contextWindowLength": 7
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"parameters": {
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"leftValue": "={{ $json.message.text }}",
"rightValue": ""
}
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{
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"leftValue": "={{ $json.message.voice.file_id }}",
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"name": "Get a file",
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"parameters": {
"fileId": "={{ $json.message.voice.file_id }}",
"resource": "file",
"additionalFields": {}
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"credentials": {
"telegramApi": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
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{
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"name": "Transcribe a recording",
"type": "@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi",
"position": [
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"parameters": {
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"resource": "audio",
"operation": "transcribe"
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"content": "\ud83d\udca1 It activates this workflow and triggers/initiates the Telegram message!"
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"content": "\ud83d\udca1 It split the input from the user. If the user input is text. Then it goes directly to the test field. Else it will be converted into Text Format."
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"content": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ud83d\udca1 This node helps your agent to fetch the voice note file"
},
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"content": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ud83d\udca1 Transcriber helps to convert the voice into words/text format to analyze the word from the user. "
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"creator": "Balakrishnan",
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"content": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ud83d\udca1 These nodes get the input text message from Telegram. Then it throws to the AI Agent to give the response back with the help of the OpenAI Chat Model!"
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"creator": "Balakrishnan",
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"parameters": {
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"content": "\ud83d\udca1 Your AI agent can:\n1. **Receive** messages from the Telegram chat\n2. **Respond** with the OpenAI Chat Model and provide helpful answers.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"
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"content": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ud83d\udca1 This is the **GPT 4.1 mini** chat model. Here we need to connect with our **API key** to utilize this AI model.\n\n\ud83d\udca1 And this is a simple memory to help your agent remember the last few messages to stay on topic."
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"content": "\ud83d\udca1 This will send back the response to the user in Telegram. \n\n\ud83d\udca1 Here we need to connect with our **Telegram API key** to make a connection."
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}
}
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About this workflow
Who It’s For: This workflow is designed for developers, founders, community managers, and automation enthusiasts who want to bring a personal AI assistant directly into their Telegram chat. It lets users interact naturally—either through text or voice messages—and get instant,…
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