AI Agent (Self-Hosted Automation with n8n + Kokoro TTS + Airtable + Telegram)

Turn Telegram into your personal AI-powered assistant.

AI Agent is a fully self-hosted automation that lets you communicate with a multi-tool AI agent using text or voice — right from Telegram.

It can:

• Look up contacts from Airtable
• Book meetings in Google Calendar
• Send smart emails using Gmail
• Understand voice notes via OpenAI Whisper
• Reply with natural voice using self-hosted text-to-speach tool (Kokoro TTS API)

Demo

What’s Included

• Ready-to-use n8n workflow (.json)Import directly into your n8n instance
• Sample Airtable baseIncludes example records and schema to plug in immediately
• Pre-configured AI agent logicIncludes prompt templates and Kokoro TTS (HTTP node) for natural replies

Requirements

To run this, you’ll need:

• A VPS or cloud server with Docker (Hetzner, Digital Ocean, etc.)
• Self-hosted n8n
• Telegram bot token (free)
• Airtable (free account)
• Google Calendar + Gmail OAuth (for optional tools)
• TogetherAI or OpenRouter keys (free/paid)
• Kokoro TTS (optional, for voice replies)

Who It’s For

• Indie hackers who want a self-hosted AI assistant
• Automation nerds who love n8n + Airtable
• Creators tired of copy/paste & browser tabs
• People who want to talk to their stack via Telegram