Turn receipt photos sent to Telegram into clean transaction records

Send a photo of a receipt to your Telegram bot and get back clean, typed transaction details in seconds.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Every path runs.

Pattern: Parallel Split (2)

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Starts itA stepEvery pathResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Messaging & Notifications
Connects
Telegramunli.devGoogle SheetsAirtable

The problem it solves

Typing receipts and screenshots into your books by hand is slow and error-prone, and it is easy to mistype a number or lose track of a purchase. You end up with messy, inconsistent records that take extra time to clean up later.

Who it fits

Small business owners, bookkeepers, or anyone who needs to log receipts and payments on the go.

How it works

  1. A photo of a receipt or screenshot is sent to your Telegram bot
  2. The image is analyzed to read the numbers and details
  3. The details are pulled out into clean, organized text
  4. You get a reply in Telegram with the finished transaction record
  5. The record can also be saved to Google Sheets or Airtable
What you get

Receipts logged the moment you snap a photo

Send a photo of a receipt to your Telegram bot, and clean, typed transaction details come back ready to drop into your books.

What you get

A clean, structured summary of each transaction sent right back to you in Telegram.

What you need

A Telegram bot and an unli.dev Vision API key, with optional Google Sheets or Airtable access for storage.

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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