AI Telegram Chat Assistant powered by OpenAI
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Overview
Unlock Instant AI Assistance in Your Telegram Chats with this AI Agent
This n8n workflow transforms your Telegram account into an intelligent conversational partner. It listens for incoming messages, processes them using an AI Agent powered by OpenAI's advanced chat models, and then sends a contextually relevant and friendly response back to the user. The AI is specifically prompted to act as a helpful assistant and incorporate emojis, making interactions more engaging.
Key Features & Benefits
- Real-time Telegram Interaction: Connects directly to your Telegram bot to receive and send messages.
- Intelligent Responses: Leverages OpenAI's powerful language models (via Langchain agent node) to understand intent and generate human-like replies.
- Helpful AI Persona: Pre-configured to act as a supportive assistant, complete with emojis for a friendlier tone.
- Direct Replies: Automatically sends responses back to the originating Telegram chat, ensuring seamless conversation flow.
- Customizable AI Behavior: Easily modify the AI's instructions in the 'AI Agent' node to tailor its personality, knowledge, or response style.
- Streamlined Automation: Automates responses, freeing up time for solopreneurs and teams.
Use Cases
- Provide instant first-line customer support via Telegram for B2C e-commerce businesses, answering common product questions.
- Offer quick answers and guidance to B2B SaaS users within a dedicated Telegram support channel.
- Automate responses to frequently asked questions in community Telegram groups, improving engagement and reducing manual effort.
- Create a personalized AI assistant for solopreneurs to handle quick queries or schedule reminders via Telegram.
- Act as an internal knowledge base assistant for teams using Telegram for communication.
Prerequisites
- An n8n instance (Cloud or self-hosted).
- OpenAI API Key with access to a suitable chat model (e.g., gpt-3.5-turbo, gpt-4).
- Telegram Bot API Token (obtainable from BotFather on Telegram).
Setup Instructions
- Download the n8n workflow JSON file.
- Import the workflow into your n8n instance.
- Configure the 'Telegram Trigger' node: Click on 'Credentials', select 'Telegram API', and create new credentials using your Telegram Bot API Token. If you don't have a bot, create one using BotFather on Telegram to get a token.
- Configure the 'OpenAI Chat Model' node: Click on 'Credentials', select 'OpenAI API', and create new credentials using your OpenAI API Key.
- (Optional) Customize the prompt in the 'AI Agent' node's 'Text' parameter to modify the assistant's behavior. The default is
Respond to this as a helpful assistant with emojis: {{ $json.message.text }}. - In the 'Telegram' sender node, ensure the 'Chat ID' parameter is set to
={{ $('Telegram Trigger').item.json.message.chat.id }}and the 'Telegram API' credential is the same as used in the trigger. - Activate the workflow.
- Send a message to your Telegram bot to test the AI assistant.
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