Build your personal assistant with n8n
Build a personal assistant that lives in Telegram, without writing code: send it a message and it saves your notes, expenses, tasks and reminders in a Google Sheet and creates your reminders in Google Calendar.
For complete beginners: every click, every technical term and, above all, why we do things is explained.
Outline · 7 lessons
Prepare
- Prerequisites: getting everything ready Free · 15 min
Build the assistant
- A Telegram bot that replies Included in the course · 15 min
- The brain: an AI agent Included in the course · 20 min
- Memory: Google Sheets Included in the course · 20 min
- Reminders + Google Calendar Included in the course · 15 min
- Queries: expenses, tasks and summaries Included in the course · 15 min
Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting: errors we all run into Included in the course
Frequently asked questions
- This information is free elsewhere. Could I just ask ChatGPT?
- Yes, you can. It will take you an evening and three mistakes. The guide gets you there in 1 hour; the workflow in 20 minutes. You are paying for the time saved, not the information.
- Does n8n cost money?
- There is a free trial, then around €20/month, OR you can self-host it for free. The guide explains both options.
- I know nothing about this. Is it for me?
- It is designed for you. No code. If you can copy and paste, you can do this.
- What about my data?
- Everything stays in YOUR Google Sheet and YOUR n8n account. Nothing passes through me.
- Does it work in my country or in another language?
- Yes. The assistant replies in the language of your message. You can change the time zone in one field.