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Telegram AI agent recipes
7 sourced recipes on AppToBot use Telegram, ranked by our reliability rating. Costs below are only what each source reports.
What you need to run them
- A Telegram account and a bot token, which you create for free with Telegram's @BotFather.
- Often paired with: n8n (7), Gemini (4), Google Sheets (4), OpenAI (2), OpenRouter (1).
- Setup: 5 Medium, 2 Easy. Skill: 5 Intermediate, 2 Beginner.
- 0 of 7 self-hosted per source · 7 of 7 no-code.
Running cost, as reported
- Free to run: 1 recipe · show
- API pennies: 5 recipes · show
- Paid plan needed: 0 recipes
- Not reported: 1 recipe · show
From each source, never estimated. “API pennies” means pay-as-you-go API usage with no subscription named, not a verified amount. Exact lines are in the table below. How we sort costs
All Telegram recipes
Tiers come from what each source reports. “API pennies” means pay-as-you-go API usage with no subscription named, not a verified amount. What the tiers mean
| Recipe | Replaces | Stack | Cost after | Setup | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI recipe book in Telegram + Google Sheets | Recipe manager apps | n8n + Gemini or OpenAI + Telegram + Google Sheets | API pennies Gemini or OpenAI API usage + n8n; free template | Medium | 3/5 |
| Free OCR receipt logger | Manual expense spreadsheets | n8n + OCR.space + Telegram + Google Sheets | Free to run Free (OCR.space free key) + n8n | Easy | 3/5 |
| Hacker News AI digest to Telegram | Scrolling Hacker News for AI stories | n8n + OpenRouter (GPT-5) + Telegram | Not reported Not reported (HN API is free; OpenRouter credits extra) | Medium | 3/5 |
| Send a phrase in Telegram, get an Anki flashcard | Making flashcards by hand / paid flashcard decks | n8n + OpenAI GPT-4 + Telegram + Google Sheets + Anki | API pennies OpenAI API usage + n8n; free template; Anki is free on desktop | Medium | 3/5 |
| Telegram calorie & macro logger (Cal AI alternative) | Calorie-counting apps like Cal AI | n8n + Gemini + Telegram + Google Sheets | API pennies Gemini API usage + n8n; free template | Medium | 3/5 |
| Vocabulary drip in Telegram every few hours | Vocabulary and word-of-the-day apps | n8n + Gemini + Telegram | API pennies Gemini API usage + n8n; free template | Easy | 3/5 |
| Amazon price-drop alerts to Telegram | Price-tracker sites/extensions | n8n + Google Gemini + Telegram | API pennies $20 template (n8n listing) + Gemini API + n8n | Medium | 2/5 |
“Not reported” means the source doesn't say. Ratings are editorial, see methodology. Product names are trademarks of their owners; AppToBot isn't affiliated with Telegram.
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