๐Ÿš€ Telegram Bot for Task Management with Airtable

May 16, 2025 ยท 2 min read
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๐Ÿ“ฑ Telegram Bot for Field Tasks

Project: a smart Telegram bot that helps field teams efficiently complete tasks and report on them in just a few clicks.


โ“ Why do you need this bot?

Many companies face problems like:

  • ๐Ÿšซ Tasks get lost, employees forget to report
  • ๐Ÿ“‰ Managers find it hard to track task status
  • ๐Ÿ•’ Photo reports are collected manually and slowly

Solution: a bot that handles it all. Simple, fast, and clear.


โš™๏ธ How does it work?

  1. ๐Ÿ‘ค Employee starts /start, selects their role and enters their name
  2. ๐Ÿ”˜ Gets a โ€œGo to tasksโ€ button
  3. ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ Selects a region (e.g., โ€œNorthโ€ or โ€œCenterโ€)
  4. ๐Ÿ“‹ Sees a task list:
    • ๐Ÿ”ง Fix the network
    • ๐Ÿ“ถ Install Wi-Fi
  5. ๐Ÿ“ธ Clicks โ€œComplete taskโ€ and sends a photo report
  6. ๐Ÿค– Bot:
    • saves the photo and executorโ€™s name
    • ๐Ÿ’พ updates Airtable
    • sends โ€œโœ… Task completedโ€
    • automatically returns to region selection

Server and terminal


๐ŸŒŸ Why is this convenient?

Features:

  • ๐Ÿง  FSM: bot โ€œremembersโ€ userโ€™s current step
  • ๐Ÿ–ฑ๏ธ Intuitive buttons: โ€œBack,โ€ โ€œSelect region,โ€ โ€œCompleteโ€
  • ๐ŸŽจ Emojis: add visual logic and make interaction pleasant
  • ๐Ÿ“ท Photo required: task cannot be completed without a photo
  • โ˜๏ธ Airtable link: tasks live in the cloud and update in real time
  • ๐Ÿ”„ Auto navigation: no manual return needed โ€” bot does it automatically

Team working


๐Ÿ“Š Airtable as a database

Uses an Airtable base where:

  • ๐Ÿ—‚๏ธ Tasks are stored by roles and locations
  • ๐Ÿ“ธ Photos and executor names are saved
  • โœ”๏ธ Status updates after task completion

Integration via API โ€” everything happens automatically.

Airtable example


๐Ÿšš Where is it useful?

  • ๐Ÿ“ฆ Courier services
  • ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Installation teams
  • ๐Ÿ‘ท Engineers and service teams
  • ๐Ÿข Internal company task management

๐Ÿ’ก Advantages of the solution

  • ๐Ÿ–ฑ๏ธ Minimal clicks โ€” maximum results
  • ๐Ÿ“ฒ No separate app needed โ€” works in Telegram
  • ๐ŸŒ Scalable and flexible
  • ๐Ÿ‘ฅ Easy to add new employees

๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ 24/7 Deployment

Bot hosted on a server:

  1. ๐ŸŒ VPS rental (e.g., Timeweb Cloud)
  2. ๐Ÿ Installing Python, Git, pip
  3. ๐Ÿ“‚ Cloning the code repository
  4. โš™๏ธ Setting up .env file with keys
  5. โ–ถ๏ธ Running: python3 main.py
  6. ๐Ÿ“Ÿ Using tmux โ€” bot works even when terminal is closed

๐Ÿ“ฉ Want a bot like this?

Write to us โ€” and weโ€™ll automate your teamโ€™s tasks together!

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