Bookkeeping & finance

Log expenses by sending receipt photos to Telegram

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Summary: Log expenses by sending receipt photos to Telegram is an AI-agent recipe for small businesses in the Bookkeeping & finance category. Problem it solves: Paper receipts pile up. Built with n8n; difficulty: Beginner. Cost: Template: $0 on n8n.io. Running n8n and the connected APIs costs extra (not priced here). Verified against its primary source on 2026-10-16.

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Problem it solves: Paper receipts pile up
What it does: Send a receipt photo to a Telegram bot; OCR.space extracts amount, date and description; saved to Sheets
Who it's for: Owner/freelancer
Agent / tools: n8n + Telegram + OCR.space + Google Sheets
Inputs: Receipt photos
Outputs: Expense rows
Prerequisites: n8n, Telegram bot, OCR.space key
Difficulty: Beginner
Cost (as stated by the source): Template: $0 on n8n.io. Running n8n and the connected APIs costs extra (not priced here).
Warnings: The author describes OCR.space as free; tier limits not checked
Primary sources: https://n8n.io/workflows/6686

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What it does

Send a receipt photo to a Telegram bot; OCR.space extracts amount, date and description; saved to Sheets

Warnings & notes

Warnings & notes: The author describes OCR.space as free; tier limits not checked

Details

Problem it solves: Paper receipts pile up
Who it's for: Owner/freelancer
Agent / tools: n8n + Telegram + OCR.space + Google Sheets
Inputs: Receipt photos
Outputs: Expense rows
You'll need: n8n, Telegram bot, OCR.space key
Difficulty: Beginner
Cost: Template: $0 on n8n.io. Running n8n and the connected APIs costs extra (not priced here).
Only costs stated publicly by the source are shown. Running the tools usually has its own costs.
Date checked: 2026-10-16
Review status: Verified against source

Primary sources

https://n8n.io/workflows/6686

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