Onboard frontline workers via Telegram using DeepSeek and Notion

by Divyanshu Gupta ✓ · 2 views · created 2026-09-20 · HR, AI Chatbot

What this workflow does

This workflow has 35 nodes and runs on Telegram events (message) (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects Telegram and Notion. It also calls api.deepseek.com and api.notion.com over HTTP.

How it runs

Trigger: On Telegram events (message) (plus 1 other trigger).

1. Route by Message Type (Switch): routes items into 3 branches
2. Fetch Pending Onboarding Records (Notion): get many (database page)
3. Set Employee Fields (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 4 fields: chatId, firstName, lastName…
4. Download Document from Telegram (Telegram): work with file
5. Find Policy Page in Notion (Notion): get many (database page)
6. Send Help Message (Telegram): uses Telegram
7. Filter: keeps only the items that match a condition
8. Find Existing Record in Notion (Notion): get many (database page)
9. Check Document File Type (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
10. Update Notion Policy Status (Notion): update (database page)

…plus 23 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

TelegramNotion

HTTP calls to: api.deepseek.com, api.notion.com

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Nodes used (11)

• Telegram Triggern8n-nodes-base.telegramTrigger
• Switchn8n-nodes-base.switch
• Edit Fields (Set)n8n-nodes-base.set
• Notionn8n-nodes-base.notion
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• Ifn8n-nodes-base.if
• Telegramn8n-nodes-base.telegram
• Extract from Filen8n-nodes-base.extractFromFile
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Schedule Triggern8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger
• Filtern8n-nodes-base.filter

From the author

Quick overview This workflow automates onboarding of hourly and frontline staff entirely through Telegram.Employees submit ID documents, which AI reads and verifies automatically. Notion tracks status as a live HR dashboard. Handles policy acknowledgment,…

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