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.