Track Commodity Prices On Telegram
Monitor Gold, Silver, and Oil prices every 4 hours and receive live updates, market signals, and macro drivers directly in your Telegram chat.
Commodity Price Alert to Telegram
What It Does
Every 4 hours, this workflow fetches live spot prices for Gold, Silver, and WTI Crude Oil, assesses the overall commodity market direction, and sends a concise plain-text alert straight to your Telegram.
Why It Matters
Commodity prices move fast. Federal Reserve statements, geopolitical tensions, and OPEC decisions create sharp intraday swings. By the time you check manually, the opportunity or the risk has already passed. This workflow keeps you informed automatically, six times a day, without opening a single financial app.
How It Works
| Step | Component | Action Performed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scheduled Trigger | Fires every 4 hours automatically on a set schedule. |
| 2 | AI Agent | Browses live commodity data, calculates 24-hour changes, assesses market direction, and identifies the macro driver. |
| 3 | Telegram | Delivers a clean plain-text message instantly to your Telegram chat. |
What You Get
- Live Gold price in USD per troy ounce with 24-hour change percentage.
- Live Silver price in USD per troy ounce with 24-hour change percentage.
- Live WTI Crude Oil price per barrel with 24-hour change percentage.
- Overall market signal: Bullish, Neutral, or Bearish.
- Brief macro context explaining what is driving the current price action.
- Consistent delivery 6 times per day.
Who It Is For
- Commodity traders tracking gold, silver, and oil intraday.
- Investors with commodity or energy exposure in their portfolio.
- Finance professionals monitoring inflation hedges.
- Anyone who wants deep market context without relying on a Bloomberg terminal.
Setup
- Connect your Telegram bot (easily created via BotFather in Telegram).
- Select this workflow to start running every 4 hours.
- Receive your first alert within the next 4-hour cycle.
Customize It
- Add more commodities like Platinum, Natural Gas, or Copper by editing the AI Agent prompt.
- Change frequency to hourly for more granular monitoring.
- Add a Slack or email node to receive alerts on multiple channels.
Timezone Note
The trigger runs on UTC. Alerts fire at 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20:00 UTC.
Built By
Shamanth Kumar M Staff Technical Program Manager with over 14 years in engineering delivery. I build intelligent automation systems that replace manual work, from sprint tracking to DevOps pipelines to delivery health dashboards.
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