🔧 Ai-powered Telegram trivia bot with auto question generation & user management

⚡ 3,474 views · 🔧 Miscellaneous

💡 Pro Tip — For lead enrichment, ScraperNode can pull LinkedIn profiles, company data, and job listings directly into your pipeline — useful for building prospect lists without manual research.

Description

Complete Telegram Trivia Bot with AI Question Generation

Build a fully-featured Telegram trivia bot that automatically generates fresh questions daily using OpenAI and tracks user progress with NocoDB. Perfect for communities, education, or entertainment!

Get Started with n8n now!

✨ Key Features

• 🤖 AI Question Generation: Automatically creates 40+ new trivia questions daily across 8 categories
• 📊 Smart User Management: Tracks scores, prevents question repeats, maintains leaderboards
• 🎮 Game Mechanics: Star-based difficulty scoring, answer history, progress tracking
• 🏆 Competitive Elements: Real-time leaderboards with emoji rankings and user positioning
• 🛡️ Robust Architecture: Error handling, state management, and data validation

🚀 Perfect For

• Community Engagement: Keep Telegram groups active with daily trivia challenges
• Educational Content: Create learning experiences with categorized questions
• Business Applications: Employee training, customer engagement, lead generation
• Personal Projects: Learn n8n automation while building something fun

📱 Supported Commands

• /start - Welcome new users with setup instructions
• /question - Get personalized trivia questions (never repeats correctly answered ones)
• /score - View current points and statistics
• /leaderboard - See top 10 players with rankings
• /stats - Detailed accuracy and performance metrics
• /help - Complete command reference

🔧 How It Works

User Journey:

1. User sends /question command to bot
2. System checks their answer history to avoid repeats
3. Displays fresh question with multiple choice options
4. Processes answer, updates score based on difficulty stars
5. Saves complete answer history for future filtering

AI Content Pipeline:

1. Daily scheduler triggers question generation
2. OpenAI creates 5 questions per category (8 categories total)
3. Questions automatically saved to NocoDB with difficulty ratings
4. Content includes explanations and proper formatting

🛠️ Set Up Steps

Prerequisites:

• n8n instance (cloud or self-hosted)
• NocoDB database (free tier works)
• OpenAI API key (Not required if you want to add questions yourself)
• Telegram bot token

Database Setup: Create 3 NocoDB tables with the exact field specifications provided in the sticky notes. The workflow includes complete schema documentation.

Configuration Time: ~15 minutes for database setup + API keys

Detailed Setup Instructions: All setup steps, database schemas, and configuration details are documented in the workflow’s sticky notes for easy implementation.

📈 Advanced Features

• Question History Tracking: Users never see correctly answered questions again
• Difficulty-Based Scoring: 1-5 star rating system with corresponding points
• Category Management: 8 different trivia categories for variety
• State Management: Proper game flow with idle/waiting states
• Error Handling: Graceful fallbacks for all edge cases
• Scalable Architecture: Supports unlimited concurrent users

🎯 Business Applications

• Lead Generation: Capture user data through engaging trivia
• Employee Training: Create custom questions for onboarding
• Customer Engagement: Keep users active in your Telegram community
• Educational Tools: Subject-specific learning with progress tracking
• Event Activation: Conferences, workshops, or team building

💡 Customization Options

• Modify question categories for your niche
• Adjust scoring systems and difficulty levels
• Add custom commands and features
• Integrate with other platforms or APIs
• Create specialized question sets

🔗 Get Started

Ready to build your own AI-powered trivia bot? Start with n8n and follow the comprehensive setup guide included in this workflow template.

Next Steps:

1. Import this workflow template
2. Follow the database setup instructions in sticky notes
3. Configure your API credentials
4. Test with sample questions
5. Launch your trivia bot!

Turn your friend group into trivia champions with AI-generated questions that spark friendly competition!

🔗 Nodes Used

Telegram, Telegram Trigger, NocoDB, Schedule Trigger, OpenAI

📥 Import

Download workflow.json and import into n8n: Workflow menu → Import from File

📖 Importing guide · 🔑 Credential setup