Control your n8n instance remotely with Telegram bot commands

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.