Send weekly GitHub digests to Telegram with Qwen via OpenRouter

Quick overview This workflow runs weekly or on demand via Telegram commands (/report, /issues, /prs, /status) to fetch all your GitHub repositories and events, summarizes the last 7 days using an OpenRouter-hosted Qwen model, and sends a multi-part engineering digest to your Telegram chat. No dashboards, no manual reporting.

How it works 1. Runs on a weekly schedule (Monday 9 AM) or triggers when a Telegram message containing /report, /issues, /prs, or /status is received. 2. Fetch all repositories - Pulls your complete repo list from GitHub via the User Repos API. Filters out archived repos automatically. 3. Fetch events per repo — Calls the GitHub Events API for each repository (up to 100 recent events per repo). 4. Filter and aggregate — Groups events by repo, counts activity by type (commits, issues, PRs, releases), tracks contributors, and detects stale repos. 5. Route based on activity — A Switch node handles three paths: has activity (generate report), all repos failed (send API error alert), or no activity (silent stop). 6. AI-powered report generation — Sends aggregated stats to Qwen 3 via OpenRouter. The AI generates structured, human-readable reports with highlights, per-repo details, weekly insights, and next-week priorities. 7. Command-aware output — /report generates a full 4-part weekly digest. /issues lists open issues. /prs shows PR status. /status gives a quick health check with emoji indicators. 8. Multi-message delivery — Reports are split into multiple Telegram messages to stay within the 4096-character limit and improve readability on mobile devices. 9. Fallback resilience — If the AI model fails, a code node formats raw stats without AI. If all GitHub repos fail to fetch, an error alert is sent to Telegram. The user always gets feedback.

Setup 1. Create a GitHub Fine-grained Personal Access Token: Settings → Developer settings → Fine-grained tokens. Permissions: Contents (Read-only). Scope it to the repositories you want to monitor. Or use a Classic PAT with the repo scope. 2. Create a Telegram bot with @BotFather, add a Telegram Bot API credential in n8n, and obtain the target chat ID. 3. Create an OpenRouter API key and configure an OpenAI-compatible credential in n8n with base URL https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 for the Qwen model call. (or use any OpenAI-compatible endpoint). 4. In n8n, add credentials: Header Auth (GitHub token) + Telegram Bot API + OpenAI API (OpenRouter). 5. In "Fetch GitHub Repositories" and "Retrieve GitHub Events" nodes: assign the GitHub Header Auth credential. 6. In "Send Messages to Telegram" and "Send Error Alert" nodes: set your Telegram chat ID. 7. In "OpenAI Report Model" node: assign your OpenRouter (OpenAI-compatible) credential. 8. Activate the workflow. Send /report to your Telegram bot to test.

Requirements - n8n instance (self-hosted or cloud) - GitHub Personal Access Token (Fine-grained with Contents Read-only, or Classic with repo scope) - Telegram Bot token + chat ID - OpenRouter API key (or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint) - GitHub account with at least one repository

Customization - Filter repos: If you have more than 100 repositories, the GitHub User Repos API returns paginated results. Add a Code node between "Fetch GitHub Repositories" and "Retrieve GitHub Events" to handle pagination, or filter to specific repos: - var myRepos = ['owner/repo1', 'owner/repo2'];items = items.filter(function(item) {return myRepos.indexOf(item.json.fullname) !== -1;}); - Change schedule: Edit the cron in "Weekly Digest Trigger". Daily at 9am = every day, Friday 5pm = every Friday, Twice a week = Monday and Thursday. - Swap the LLM: Change the model in "OpenAI Report Model" to any OpenRouter-supported model (GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini) or point to a self-hosted model by changing the base URL in the credential. - Change output channel: Replace "Send Messages to Telegram" with Discord, Slack, Notion, or Email nodes. The report format works across all platforms. - Add more commands: Edit "Parse Telegram Command" to accept new commands (e.g., /releases, /contributors). Add the new command logic in the LLM prompt under a new MODE section. - Single message mode: Remove the ||| splitting logic in "Format Telegram Messages" and concatenate all report parts into one message.

Additional info Perfect for indie hackers, solo developers, open-source maintainers, and small engineering teams who want a lightweight weekly engineering report without expensive analytics tools or Jira setups.

WHY THIS APPROACH

Why not GitHub Insights? GitHub Insights shows raw metrics on a dashboard you have to visit. This workflow creates a human-readable engineering digest delivered directly to your Telegram — you don't need to leave your chat app to know what happened.