Lead Gen Agent (Telegram)

Overview Use your voice or text to command a Telegram-based AI agent that scrapes leads or generates detailed research reports—instantly.

This workflow turns your Telegram bot into a full-blown outbound machine. Just tell it what type of leads you need, and it’ll use Apollo to find and save them into a spreadsheet. Or drop in a LinkedIn profile, and it’ll generate a personalized research dossier with info like job title, company summary, industry insights, and more. It handles voice messages too—just speak your request and get the results sent back like magic.

Who’s it for Cold emailers and growth marketers
Solo founders running outbound
SDRs doing daily prospecting
Agencies building high-quality lead lists or custom research for clients

How it works Triggered by a message (text or voice) in Telegram
If it’s voice, it transcribes using OpenAI Whisper
Uses an AI agent to interpret intent: scrape leads or research a person
For lead scraping: Gathers criteria (e.g., location, job title) via Telegram
Calls the Apollo API to return fresh leads
Saves the leads to Google Sheets
For research reports: Takes a LinkedIn profile link
Uses AI and lead data tools to create a 1-page professional research report
Sends it back to the user via email

Example outputs Lead scraping**: Populates a spreadsheet with names, roles, LinkedIn links, company info, emails, and more
Research report**: A formatted PDF-style brief with summary of the person, company, and key facts

How to set up Connect your Telegram bot to n8n
Add your OpenAI credentials (for Whisper + Chat agent)
Plug in your Apollo API key or scraping tool
Replace the example spreadsheet with your own
Customize the prompts for tone or data depth
(Optional) Add PDF generation or CRM sync

Requirements Telegram Bot Token
OpenAI API Key
Apollo (or other scraping API) credentials
LinkedIn URLs for research functionality

How to customize Replace Apollo with Clay, People Data Labs, or another scraping tool
Add a CRM push step (e.g. Airtable, HubSpot, Notion)
Add scheduling to auto-scrape daily
Reformat the research report as a downloadable PDF
Change the agent’s tone or role (e.g. “Outreach Assistant,” “Investor Scout,” etc.)