Approve employee time-off requests from Telegram automatically

When an employee requests leave, the manager approves or rejects it with one tap and everyone gets notified instantly.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; a person has to approve before it continues.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Simple Merge (5)

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Starts itA stepA personA record or sheetOne path onlyPaths rejoinResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Messaging & NotificationsSpreadsheet & Database OpsHR & Recruiting
Connects
Google SheetsTelegramGoogle Forms

The problem it solves

Leave requests get buried in email threads or forgotten sticky notes, so employees wait days for an answer. You have to manually track who is approved, chase down managers for a decision, and then remember to tell the employee.

Who it fits

HR teams or small business managers who handle employee leave and time-off requests.

How it works

  1. An employee submits a leave request through a form that saves to a spreadsheet
  2. The manager instantly receives a Telegram message with Approve and Reject buttons
  3. The manager taps a button to make the decision
  4. The spreadsheet is updated with the approved or rejected status
  5. The employee gets a Telegram message with the final decision
What you get

Leave requests approved with a single tap

You approve or reject an employee's leave request with one tap on Telegram, and everyone gets notified right away.

What you get

An updated leave request record and an instant decision message to the employee.

What you need

A Google Workspace account and a Telegram bot.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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