Command-based Telegram bot for article summarization & image prompts with OpenAI
Ready for 3.0Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 11 nodes and runs on Telegram events (message). Along the way it connects Telegram and OpenAI.
How it runs
Trigger: On Telegram events (message).
- Route: Check for Help Command (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Response: Send Help Menu (Telegram): uses Telegram
- Route: Check for Summary Command (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Fetch: Download Article Content (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
- Route: Check for Image Command (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
- Parse: Extract Text from HTML (HTML): parses or builds HTML
- AI: Process Image Generation Request (OpenAI): work with image
- AI: Generate Article Summary (OpenAI): uses OpenAI
- Response: Send Image Generation Notice (Telegram): uses Telegram
- Response: Send Article Summary (Telegram): uses Telegram
Services it uses
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Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.
Nodes used (6)
- If
n8n-nodes-base.if - Telegram
n8n-nodes-base.telegram - Telegram Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.telegramTrigger - HTTP Request
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - HTML
n8n-nodes-base.html - OpenAI
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From the author
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