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Personalized AI assistant with voice support, email/calendar & web tools integration

Needs changes

by Carl Fung · 2,468 views · created 2025-08-10 · Personal Productivity, Multimodal AI

Needs changes. This template uses 1 thing(s) that n8n 3.0 removes: SerpApi (Google Search). 1 breaking item(s) found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What to replace before upgrading

Removed in 3.0Replace with
SerpApi (Google Search)
SerpAPI
No direct replacement: call the SerpApi REST API with an HTTP Request tool, or use a verified community node

Nodes used (18)

TelegramOpenAIOpenAI Chat ModelSerpApi (Google Search)AirtableCalculatorBasic LLM ChainAnthropic Chat ModelGoogle CalendarHacker NewsSimple MemoryGmailGoogle DriveWikipediaAI Agent

What it does

✨ Intro This workflow shows how to go beyond a “plain” AI chatbot by: 🧠 Adding a Personality Layer — Link an extra LLM to inject a custom tone and style. Here, it’s Nova, a sassy, high-fashion assistant. You can swap in any personality without changing the main logic. 🎨 Custom Styling with CSS — Easily restyle the chatbot to match your brand or project theme. Together, these make your bot smart, stylish, and uniquely yours. ⚙️ How it Works 📥 Route Input Chat trigger sends messages to a Switch. If a Telegram video note exists → runs the audio path. Otherwise → runs the text path. 🎤 Audio Path Telegram Get a File → OpenAI Speech-to-Text → pass transcript to the agent. 💬 Text Path Chat text is normalized and sent to the agent. 🛠 Agent Brain Uses tools like Gmail 📧, Google Calendar 📅, Google Drive 📂, Airtable 📋, SerpAPI 🌐, Wikipedia 📚, Hacker News 📰, and Calculator ➗. 🧾 Memory Keeps the last 20 messages for context-aware replies. 💅 Optional Personality Polish An LLM Chain adds witty or cheeky tone on top of the agent’s response. 🛠 Setup Steps ⏱ Time Required ~10–15 minutes (+5 minutes for each Google/Airtable connection). 🔑 Connect Credentials OpenAI (and/or Anthropic) Telegram Bot Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive Airtable SerpAPI 📌 Configure IDs Set Airtable base/table. Set Calendar email. Adjust Drive search query defaults if needed. 🎙 Voice Optional Disable Telegram + Transcribe nodes if you only want text chat. 🎭 Choose Tone Edit Chat Trigger’s welcome text/CSS for custom look. Or disable persona chain for neutral voice. 🚀 Publish Activate workflow and share the chat URL. 💡 Detailed behavior notes are available as sticky notes inside the workflow.

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