Telegram AI Calendar Assistant
# Setup Guide for Telegram AI Calendar Assistant This guide will walk you through setting up the necessary API credentials for your "Telegram AI Calendar Assistant" workflow. This workflow integrates several powerful services to create an intelligent assistant: * **OpenAI**: For natural language understanding, response generation, and voice-to-text transcription. * **Telegram**: To interact with users via a bot. * **Google Calendar**: To manage your calendar events. * **Google Sheets**: To log events for tracking and auditing. Let's get your automation ready! --- ## 1. OpenAI API Key Setup Your workflow uses OpenAI for two key purposes: 1. **Language Model:** The 🤖 OpenAI Model (GPT-4o mini) node provides the core intelligence for your AI agent. 2. **Voice Transcription:** The 🎤 Transcribe Voice to Text node uses OpenAI's Whisper model to convert voice messages from Telegram into text. To make this possible, you'll need an OpenAI API Key. ### A. Quick Facts * **Time Required:** 5-10 minutes * **Difficulty:** Easy * **Cost:** Paid (pay-as-you-go). OpenAI offers a small amount of free credit upon signup, but continued usage will require a payment method. ### B. Account Creation Steps 1. **Visit OpenAI:** Open your web browser and go to [https://platform.openai.com/signup](https://platform.openai.com/signup). 2. **Sign Up:** * You can sign up using your Google or Microsoft account for a quicker process. * Alternatively, enter your email address and create a password. * Follow the on-screen prompts for email verification and phone number verification. 3. **Success Check:** Once signed up, you should be redirected to the OpenAI Platform dashboard. Look for a welcome message or navigation options like "API keys" or "Usage". ### C. Billing Setup **Important:** OpenAI's API is a paid service. Even with initial free credits, you will likely need to add a payment method to avoid interruptions, especially for sustained or higher usage.