Telegram Remote Control for N8n Workflows
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Remotely manage your n8n workflows directly from Telegram. This powerful setup allows you to quickly activate or deactivate critical automations using simple chat commands, providing essential control even when you're away from your computer.
About This Workflow
Never be caught off guard by a misbehaving or stalled workflow again! This n8n workflow transforms your Telegram chat into a powerful remote control for your entire n8n instance. Designed for situations where immediate action is required but a desktop isn't accessible, it enables you to send /start [workflow_name] or /stop [workflow_name] commands directly from your phone. Whether it's to pause an erroneous marketing campaign automation or kickstart a critical sales pipeline update, this solution ensures you retain full oversight and control, securely filtered to your private chat ID.
Key Features
- Remote Workflow Management: Activate or deactivate any n8n workflow on the fly using Telegram commands.
- Secure Access Control: Filters commands by a specific Telegram chat ID, ensuring only authorized messages are processed.
- Intuitive Command Interface: Use simple
/startand/stopcommands combined with customizable workflow names (e.g., "marketing", "sales"). - Emergency Response Ready: Ideal for quickly addressing issues with automated processes when away from your desk.
- Customizable Workflow Toggles: Easily extend to manage any number of workflows by adding new rules to the switch nodes.
How To Use
- Telegram Bot Setup: Create a new bot using @BotFather and obtain its API key. Add this key to your n8n Telegram credentials.
- n8n API Key: Generate an n8n API key in your n8n instance settings (
Settings > n8n API) and configure new n8n API credentials. - Identify Your Chat ID: Open the 'Receive commands from Telegram' node, click 'Listen to events', then send a direct message to your new bot. Copy your chat ID from the triggered event data.
- Configure Chat Filter: In the 'Keep only messages from a specific chat id' filter node, paste your Telegram chat ID into the
Value2field to ensure secure access. - Define Commands & Workflows: Adjust the 'Switch depending on command' and 'Switch depending on content' nodes to match your desired
/start,/stopcommands and the specific workflow names you wish to manage (e.g., "marketing", "sales"). - Link Workflow IDs: For each 'Activate' and 'Deactivate' n8n node, provide the full URL of the n8n workflow you want to control (e.g.,
https://your.n8n.instance/workflow/YOUR_WORKFLOW_ID). The workflow ID will be automatically extracted.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "21efb6a1-685d-4c27-9dcb-f7ee3fb1d300",
"name": "Telegram Remote Control for N8n Workflows",
"nodes": 14,
"category": "Operations",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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