Build a Telegram AI chatbot with human takeover using Trilox and GPT-4o-mini
UnknownUnknown. This template uses community nodes we can't verify statically. Uses community nodes that can't be verified statically (unverified community packages are off by default in 3.0). Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 29 nodes and runs on Telegram events (message) (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects OpenAI Chat Model, Telegram, OpenAI and Trilox (community).
How it runs
Trigger: On Telegram events (message) (plus 1 other trigger).
- Message Type Router (Switch): routes items into 2 branches
- Channel Router (Switch): routes items into 6 branches
- Extract Text (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: text
- Download Voice File (Telegram): work with file
- Forward to Telegram (Telegram): uses Telegram
- Merge: merges the data from its input branches
- Transcribe Voice Message (OpenAI): transcribe (audio)
- Record Visitor Message (Trilox): uses Trilox
- Check Handler (Pre-Bot) (Trilox): check handler
- Handler Status Router (Switch): routes items into 3 branches
…plus 9 more steps. See the full node list below.
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
We can't fully verify this one: it relies on 2 community packages, and n8n 3.0 turns unverified community packages off by default (N8N_UNVERIFIED_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false).
- Check that n8n-nodes-trilox is verified or supports 3.0 (used in Record Visitor Message, Record Bot Response, Record Awaiting Message).
- Check that n8n-nodes-trilox is verified or supports 3.0 (used in Trilox Trigger (Agent Reply)).
Nodes used (14)
- AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent - OpenAI Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOpenAi - Simple Memory
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.memoryBufferWindow - Structured Output Parser
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.outputParserStructured - Switch
n8n-nodes-base.switch - Telegram Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.telegramTrigger - Telegram
n8n-nodes-base.telegram - OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi - Merge
n8n-nodes-base.merge - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - If
n8n-nodes-base.if - No Operation, do nothing
n8n-nodes-base.noOp - Trilox
n8n-nodes-trilox.trilox - Trilox Trigger
n8n-nodes-trilox.triloxTrigger
From the author
> ⚠️ This template uses the Trilox community node (n8n-nodes-trilox) and requires self-hosted n8n. Who is this for n8n developers building Telegram chatbots who need to take over from the bot when it fails — without the customer getting double replies. How…