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Self-learning AI assistant with permanent memory | GPT,Telegram & Pinecone RAG

Needs changes

by Tianyi ✓ · 6,328 views · created 2025-03-16 · Personal Productivity, AI Chatbot

Needs changes. This template uses 1 thing(s) that n8n 3.0 removes: AI Agent v1 (old agent modes). 1 breaking item(s) found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This AI workflow has 23 nodes and runs on Telegram events (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects Telegram, OpenAI, Pinecone Vector Store and Embeddings OpenAI and 2 more.

How it runs

Trigger: On Telegram events (plus 1 other trigger).

  1. Switch: routes items into branches
  2. Google Docs: uses Google Docs
  3. Edit Fields_Text (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
  4. DownloadAudio (Telegram): uses Telegram
  5. OpenAI: uses OpenAI
  6. Edit Fields (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
  7. AI Agent: runs an AI agent, with model: Deepseek; 2 tools (Google Docs, Pinecone Vector Store); memory: Window Buffer Memory
  8. OpenAI: uses OpenAI
  9. Edit Fields_Image (Edit Fields (Set)): sets or maps fields
  10. Pinecone Vector Store: uses the Pinecone vector store, with embeddings: Embeddings OpenAI; document loader: Default Data Loader

…plus 3 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

TelegramOpenAIPinecone Vector StoreEmbeddings OpenAIGoogle DocsOpenAI Chat Model

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

1 thing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0. Fix it before you upgrade:

  • AI Agent v1 (old agent modes) in AI Agent (v1.7): replace with Latest AI Agent node (Tools Agent). For SQL Agent, use a Postgres or MySQL tool with a recent AI Agent.

Rather not rewrite it? Many of these flows can be rebuilt in Make (free plan).

Removed in 3.0Replace with
AI Agent v1 (old agent modes)
AI Agent (v1.7)
Latest AI Agent node (Tools Agent). For SQL Agent, use a Postgres or MySQL tool with a recent AI Agent.

Nodes used (15)

From the author

Your AI secretary that self-learning every day and remembers everything you said (text, audio, image). Imagine having a personal AI secretary accessible right from your Telegram, ready to assist you with information and remember everything you discuss. This…

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