n8n Template: Menu-Driven Commands for Telegram Bots (No Typing)

Stop building Telegram bots that require tedious typing for simple tasks! 🤖

This n8n template provides a structured way to create menu-driven interactions, replacing complex typed instructions with simple clicks – making life easier for both you and your users. It offers a reliable, non-conversational framework to build Telegram bots that respond precisely to menu commands and handle subsequent user input.

Save hours of development time and avoid the user friction often associated with bots requiring free-form text for structured tasks.

What You Get:

• 📄 Ready-to-Import n8n Workflow (.json file): The complete, functional template.
• 📝 Fully Annotated Workflow: Clear sticky notes explain every section, including the crucial one-time setup and how to customize.
• ⚙️ Extensible Design: Start with 3 pre-configured commands and easily add more following the embedded instructions.

Why Choose This Template?

• ✅ Build Deterministic Bots: Create interactions that are predictable and directly tied to user menu selections. Perfect for specific tasks, data collection, and service requests.
• 🖱️ Simplify User Interaction: Users just click buttons in your Telegram bot menu – no complex natural language processing needed on your end, and no confusing instructions for them.
• ⏱️ Save Development Time: Get a proven structure for command handling and state management, letting you focus on your specific processing logic.
• 🧩 Easy Customization: Simply plug your own n8n nodes into the clearly marked placeholder sections to process user input for each command.
• 🚀 Standard Nodes Only: Works seamlessly across all n8n deployment types (Cloud, Self-Hosted, Desktop). No community node dependencies!

Who Is This For?

• n8n Users: Anyone who wants to build structured Telegram bots without the overhead of conversational AI.
• Businesses: Companies needing reliable bots for data collection, service requests, simple support flows, or triggering specific automations via Telegram.
• Developers & Automators: Anyone looking for a solid, reusable pattern for handling command-based interactions in n8n.

Simple Setup:

1. Import the .json file into your n8n instance.
2. Run the one-time "Temp to Initiate Static Data" node (instructions in sticky notes).
3. Configure your Telegram Bot credentials in the relevant nodes.
4. Replace the placeholder "Command X processing" nodes with your own automation logic!

Please Note:

• Requires an active n8n instance (Cloud, Self-Hosted, or Desktop).
• Basic understanding of n8n concepts is recommended.
• This template provides the core structure; adding robust error handling within your custom logic is highly recommended for production use.

Get this template today and start building reliable, menu-driven Telegram bots the easy way! 👇