Send birthday and anniversary reminders with Groq AI gift ideas to Telegram

Birthday & Anniversary Reminder with AI Gift Ideas — Telegram Never forget a birthday again. This workflow checks your contacts daily and sends you a Telegram alert 7 days before each birthday and on the day itself — with a warm, AI-generated personal message and 3 gift ideas tailored to the person's interests. How It Works 1. Fill a Google Sheet ("People" tab) with: name, birthday, relationship, interests 2. The workflow runs daily at 8 AM (configurable) 3. Checks if any birthday is today → sends 🎂 "TODAY" alert 4. Checks if any birthday is in 7 days → sends 📅 "REMINDER" alert 5. AI (Groq, free tier) writes a warm, personalized birthday message based on the person's name, age, relationship, and interests 6. AI suggests 3 specific gift ideas with price estimates ($20-100) 7. Everything sent to your Telegram in one clean message What You'll Receive on Telegram 🎂 TODAY — Khalil Mansour turns 34! 👤 friend 📅 2026-04-26 💡 Interests: football, gaming, tech gadgets 💌 MESSAGE: Happy Birthday Khalil! 🎉 Wishing you an epic 34th year filled with incredible goals, clutch victories, and exciting new tech to geek out over. You deserve all the best — enjoy your day! 🎁 GIFT IDEAS: 1. FIFA 26 Ultimate Edition ($60) 2. Razer BlackShark V2 gaming headset ($45) 3. Anker portable phone charger for match days ($30) Workflow Architecture ▶️ Manual Test ──→ 📖 Read People → 📅 Check Dates → 🎁 Format Messages ⏰ Daily 8 AM ──↗ ↓ 🤖 AI Personalize ← Groq Chat Model ↓ 📝 Combine Message ↓ 📲 Send Telegram 9 nodes total. Each node has a clear, single responsibility. Google Sheet Format Create a Google Sheet with a tab named "People" and these columns: | name | birthday | relationship | interests | |---|---|---|---| | Mom | 1965-08-20 | family | gardening, cooking | | Ahmad | 1990-05-15 | friend | photography, hiking | | Sarah | 1985-12-03 | colleague | books, cooking | | Boss | 1978-11-02 | work | golf, wine, travel | What You Need - Google Sheet with your contacts (format above) - Telegram bot — create via @BotFather in 2 minutes, then send /start to your bot - Groq API key — free, no credit card needed (console.groq.com) Setup (10 minutes) 1. Import the workflow JSON into n8n 2. Open 📖 Read People → select your Google Sheet and set tab name to "People" 3. Open 📲 Send Telegram → add your Telegram credential and set your Chat ID (get it from @userinfobot on Telegram) 4. Open Groq Chat Model → add your Groq API credential 5. Click ▶️ Manual Test to verify everything works 6. Activate the workflow — it runs automatically every day at 8 AM Features - 7-day advance reminder — enough time to buy and ship a gift - Day-of alert — never miss sending a birthday message - AI-personalized messages — warm, unique messages based on who the person is and what they like - AI gift suggestions — 3 specific ideas with prices, tailored to their interests - Age calculation — automatically calculates how old they're turning - Year wrap-around — correctly handles birthdays that already passed this year - Graceful fallback — if AI is unavailable, you still get the basic reminder - Manual test button — test the full workflow before activating Customizable - Reminder window — change from 7 days to any number (edit one line in the Check Dates node) - Alert time — change from 8 AM to any time (edit the cron in the Schedule trigger) - AI model — swap Groq model in the Chat Model node (default: llama-3.1-8b-instant) - Multiple events — works for birthdays, anniversaries, or any annual date — just add rows Monthly Cost $0. Google Sheets is free. Telegram Bot API is free. Groq free tier (14,400 requests/day) easily handles a few AI calls per day. Setup Time 10 minutes. Import → connect 3 credentials → fill your contacts sheet → activate. Done forever.