How to build a personal AI assistant on Telegram
In this tutorial, you will learn how to build a personal AI assistant on Telegram that can answer questions, remember conversations, and eventually connect to other services using n8n's automation platform. 1. Create a Telegram bot - search for "BotFather" in Telegram, type /newbot, and save the API token you receive. 2. Sign up for n8n (free 14-day trial) and create a new workflow with a Telegram trigger using your bot token. 3. Add an AI Agent node after the trigger, connect it to your preferred AI model (like those from OpenAI), and use the message text as the prompt. 4. Add a Telegram "Send Message" node to return the AI's responses to your chat using the chat ID from the trigger. 5. Enable Window Buffer Memory in the AI Agent settings so your bot remembers previous conversations. You can also expand the assistantās capabilities by connecting it to calendars, emails, notes apps, and other services.