Build a Telegram bot that sends emails and checks calendar
Julian Goldie used Replit agents/automations (with an OpenAI key and Outlook OAuth) to ship a Telegram bot that checks calendar gaps and sends Outlook invites in 28 chat turns. Beta quirks included weak playground memory and occasional formatting glitches.
- Agent or tool
- Replit Agent
- Topic
- Personal Assistant
- Reported on
- X
- Added
- 2026-10-15
Why it matters
This is the classic promise of AI agents: a helper that handles errands and reminders on your behalf. Real cases like this show how close that promise is today. It is one of 50 sightings filed under Personal Assistant on Agent Sightings (number 31 by interest), and one of 24 involving Replit Agent.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into Replit Agent or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Build a Telegram bot that can check my Outlook calendar and draft meeting invites. Use OAuth, show the message flow before publishing, and do not send invites until I test in dry-run.
Tip: Start small: run it once on a low-stakes example, read what the agent did, and only then let it run on real work.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on X: https://x.com/JulianGoldieSEO/status/1970461781899547063. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.