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Control Your n8n Instance Remotely with Telegram Bot Commands

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Created by: Arthur Braghetto || arthurmb

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This workflow contains community nodes that are only compatible with the self-hosted version of n8n.

Your n8n Command Center in a Telegram Chat

Remotely manage and operate your n8n instance from Telegram with powerful admin commands.

This workflow connects your n8n instance with a Telegram Bot, giving you remote control over key admin operations through simple chat commands.

📱 You can

  • List your workflows (workflows)

  • Execute a workflow (execute [name])

  • Activate/deactivate workflows (activate [name], deactivate [name])

  • List past executions (executions [name])

  • Permanently delete archived workflows (cleanup)

  • Create backups of all your workflows and credentials (backup)

  • Get help (help)

  • Get notified when a workflow fails and when n8n instance starts.

This is especially useful for self-hosted instances when you want quick access to your automation environment from your mobile device.

📌 Notes

  • backup only works on self-hosted setups.
  • execute, activate, deactivate, and executions require the workflow name as argument.
  • Workflows must contain the appropriate trigger nodes to be executed or activated.
  • Commands and arguments are not case sensitive, there is no need to prefix with slash and spaces in the argument name are supported.

⚙️ Setup

  • Create your credentials for Telegram API and n8n API.
  • Edit all Telegram and n8n nodes. Select your credentials on them. On telegram nodes provide your chatid.
  • Detailed step-by-step instructions are available in the workflow notes.
  • In each workflow that fails and you want to receive a warning, configure this workflow as Error Workflow in its settings.