Chat with GPT-5 on Telegram: AI-Powered Conversational Bot

Description

💬 GPT-5 Powered Telegram Bot — AI/ML API + n8n

This n8n workflow lets users chat with GPT-5 directly in Telegram.
It simulates typing for a natural UX, sends messages to GPT-5 via AI/ML API, and replies back in the same chat.
Optionally, each interaction can be logged in Google Sheets.

🚀 Features

📩 Telegram-based chat input
💬 Typing indicator before reply
🧠 High-quality AI responses via openai/gpt-5-chat-latest (AI/ML API)
📤 Replies sent back in Telegram with formatting
📝 Optional logging to Google Sheets
🔒 Secure credential handling in n8n

🛠 Setup Guide

1. 📲 Create Telegram Bot

Open @BotFather
Use /newbot, choose name + username
Save the API token

2. 🔐 Set Up Credentials in n8n

Telegram API: paste the BotFather token
AI/ML API: create a key from aimlapi.com
(Optional) Google Sheets: connect via OAuth2/Service Account

3. 📗 Prepare Google Sheet (optional logging)

Name: e.g., GPT5 Bot Logs
Sheet: Sheet1
Columns:

user_id | date | query | response

4. 🔧 Configure Workflow

Import the JSON into n8n
Attach your credentials to the Telegram + AI/ML API nodes
(Optional) update Google Sheets node with Sheet ID

⚙️ Flow Summary

| Node | Function |
| ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| 📩 Receive Telegram Message | Trigger on user message |
| 💬 Simulate Typing | Sends "typing…" action to Telegram |
| 🧠 Process with GPT-5 | Calls AI/ML API with message text |
| 📤 Send Response to Telegram | Replies back to user with model output |
| 📝 Log Interaction (optional) | Appends log row to Google Sheets |

💡 Example User Flow

User sends:

What’s the capital of Japan?

Bot replies after "typing…":

The capital of Japan is Tokyo.

Conversation continues naturally.

🧪 Testing

Use a test chat with your bot
Trigger via /execute workflow (not “Execute Node”)
Add Set or Console nodes for debugging

📎 Resources

🔗 AI/ML API Docs
🤖 GPT-5 Models