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Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

Prafulla — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 06:52:28 GMT

We built the Google Home script editor to give you more control over your home automations (announcement post). We are still in the early days of the script editor, and we highly value feedback and ideas from our community to shape its future.

You can use this post to:

Share ideas that will help you build your next scripted automation
Vote on other people's ideas by clicking the "Kudos" button next to the idea

How do I submit an idea? Can I submit more than one idea?

To submit an idea, simply click the "Reply" button below this post and add your idea in the following format:

Idea: Weather as a starter
Example automation: If it's about to rain today, remind me to carry my umbrella.

We encourage you to submit as many ideas as you like, but please use one comment per idea so that it's easy for others to vote on your ideas.

How do I vote for an idea? Can I vote on more than one idea?

To vote for an idea, simply click the "Kudos" button next to the idea that helps you with your use case. Please use your votes thoughtfully so that we can clearly understand what matters to you the most.

Will my idea be implemented? Will the top-voted idea be implemented?

We will do our best to prioritize what is important across our entire community and look at feedback across many channels throughout the product cycle. We will very actively use your feedback in our prioritization exercise, but cannot make any guarantees or promises that you'll see your idea/feedback implemented into the product. That said, we will do our best to address the pain points and problems our community is trying to solve.

We look forward to hearing your ideas!

Prafulla Rawal, Senior Product Manager, Google Home

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

Index — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 05:59:31 GMT

Idea: Add the ability to have some kind of virtual switch or global variable to store some kind of state. You should be able to use this state as a condition or even as a starter (value changed)

Example automation: Some devices don't have a On/Off state but only a way to toggle the current state, whatever the current state is. This notably affects IR devices like simple fans or similar. These can be controlled by IR blaster devices like the SwitchBot Mini Hub. However, since you don't know the current state of the device, you can't really use it within automations. Example: I would like to turn off my fan when I start my bedtime routine. Since the automation doesn't know the current state of the fan, it would turn it on if the wasn't on to begin with. With the virtual switch I could synchronize/store the current state and build a routine around it. In general this would enable many more complex automations.

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

Index — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 06:00:03 GMT

Idea: Please add the ability to have a starter based on a webhook.

Example automation: Probably many of us using the Script Editors are familar with programming and using APIs. Since there are many devices out there which don't support an integration with Google Home or similar, but provide a webhook, we could use a webhook starter as a step to integrate these devices into our automations.

Also, this wouldn't be limited to actual devices. With a webhook starter you could come up with your own complex logic somewhere which would never fit into the Script Editor's abilities.

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

Index — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 06:00:26 GMT

Idea: Similar to the suggestion of having a webhook to start an automation, it would be great to be able to trigger a webhook as an action.

Example automation: With that you could call your custom logic/app/API based on something happening in your home.

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

Alphabet — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 07:26:16 GMT

Idea: Google Assistant Query as a condition

Example automation: Turn on the sprinklers at a set time, but confirm with the user first.

Context:

The idea is to have the Google Assistant ask for confirmation. The supported devices can be phone (notification), speaker/display (asks through voice), etc. It would be similar to the `OkGoogleEvent` and `BroadcastCommand`. It would broadcast a question ("Do you want to turn on the sprinklers now?"), and expect a response which can be compared to the `is` field. For example if `is: Yes` and the user says `Yes` then the condition is true and the actions run. You could also have something like a `default` field if the user fails to respond.

I could also see this being paired with occupancy detection and home presence. Such as only ask if no one is inside but people are still home (likely outside). However, that would require conditional conditionals which I'm not sure if the current syntax supports.

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

mizuhaunomori — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 06:02:47 GMT

Support for starters type: time.between
Currently, if you want to change the color temperature of lighting at a specific time of day
It seems to be necessary to create two scripts with almost the same content, one with the ON switch already turned on, and another with the ON switch turned on within a certain time period.

starters: type: time.schedule condition: type: device.state.OnOff
starters: type: device.state.OnOff condition: type: time.between

If these two are prepared, the light will not turn on when Off and will change to the specified color temperature when it turns on regardless of the state.

But this is too long.
starters type: time.between condition: type: device.state.OnOff
It would be half the work if it could be written as

If you have any other great ideas, please let me know!
Also, apologies for the difficult to read text!

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

Eurik123 — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 12:23:15 GMT

Idea:Use google home hub's motion sensor as trigger

Example automation: When someone comes to front of Google home, when it's dark outside, it turns on the lights

Sorry for bad English

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

bothygesen — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 06:43:54 GMT

Idea: To be able to use sensor data from a Philips Hue motion sensor

Example automation: To close blinds/ curtains/ shutters when the sensor is exposed to direct sunlight.

Context: All HUE motion sensor also measure LUX. These values are not available to see in the Google Home app nor the native HUE app itself.
But some 3rd party apps like "Hue essentials" give you access to the level of light measured by the motion sensor.

At the moment i have a HUE motion sensor sitting in my window. Once it measures more than 30.000 LUX - which is direct sunlight - it will trigger a lamp to turn on, and when that lamp turns on my blinds/ shutters will close.

This is of course a workaround and not ideal, and i would obviously be much more happy to be able to create this scenario and automation directly in the Google Home app using the LUX data directly.

One thing that i dont understand is, why not all sensor data is available in the Google Home app.
I have several Shelly products, and on my Google Nest hub i can access both temperature and humidity data. But in the Google Home app only humidity.
How hard can it be to display the data, when the sensor is providing it?

Same with the HUE motion sensor. They measure both movement, temperature and light level/ LUX. It should not be that hard to make the data available in the Google Home app.....

/Bo Thygesen

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

Snak3d0c — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 07:16:36 GMT

IDEA:
Allow for a variable to store (and then restore) the state of an object.
In my case this objects are Philips Hue light bulbs.

Example automation:
I have it setup (with tasker) that when someone presses the doorbell, the lights across the house flash in a red color x-amount of times.

When the lights are on at the time someone rings the bell, it will remember the initial color (or state) , flash that light in red and once the automation is over, it will return it to its original color. If the light was off, it will turn it back off.

This is useful in different areas in the house where the doorbell's reach isn't as loud or inaudible all together.

- When in the garden (floodlights will flash)
- In the bedroom (when asleep i don't get woken by sound but i do by light)
- At my office, when the music is on i don't here the doorbell
- ....

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

Alphabet — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 07:26:55 GMT

Idea: Toggle Option for OnOffCommand`

Example automation: Turn a light that is off, on or turn a light that is on, off. This would work for any device that supports `OnOffCommand`.

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

Diazed — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 09:59:33 GMT

Idea: Google Calendar entries as starters or condition

Example automation: The lights are not turned on in the morning when you are off and don't have to go to work. Have the lights switch when your faviourite team plays. Use lights as a sublte reminder for appointments.

You could react to the start or end of a calendar entry.
Or have the condition that checks for all-day long events.

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

Diazed — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 10:03:43 GMT

Idea: Support for managing Alarms

Example automation: Pause my alarm when my motion sensor noticed me walking around 10min prior. Don't start my alarm when nobody is at home. Don't wake me up when i am off work that day.

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

Diazed — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 10:11:38 GMT

Idea: Support sleep sensors (Nest Hub 2 / FitBit Watches ..)

Example automation: Turn off the bedroom lights when someone fell asleep there. Set an alarm that wakes me up in 1hour (Alarms not yet supported) when i'm falling asleep mid day. Turn off my doorbell when i am asleep (Also far from supported)

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

Vitor_Videira — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 13:07:06 GMT

Idea: weather / temperature / humidity as starters

Example automation: when temperature is over 24°C turn on a fan. When the humidity is over 70% turn on a dehumidifier. When it's too sunny close the blinds.

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

SgtPlatta — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 14:38:41 GMT

Idea: motion sensors as starters
Automation: when a motion does not detect motion for X seconds or minutes then perform action Y

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

Prafulla — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 14:48:04 GMT

Hi @SgtPlatta - This is already supported. Check this example that turns off the light if there is no motion for 5 minutes.

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

ViciousNarwhal — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 14:57:34 GMT

About time Google releases this long promised capability, but mostly too late just like in the "AI" game. I've moved on to using Home Assistant for automations. It's now my primary place to connect devices which I selectively share to Google Home. Google Assistant is now just the dumb voice that I talk to to interact with Home Assistant.

The death of Google is going to be their loss of pioneering, being open, and taking chances. They have so much potential, but the corp bureaucracy now gets in the way of releasing things until they've been so overly sanitized and locked down that they become almost useless. Stop dragging your feet and stop trying to protect me from myself!!

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

Prafulla — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 17:09:59 GMT

Hi @Alphabet - While this is a great idea, sharing a workaround that you can use for now. The script below uses assistant.command.OkGoogle to toggle the device with the help from Google Assistant. Give it a try and see if this helps?

metadata: name: Test toggle description: Toggle a device using Assistant query automations: starters: - type: assistant.event.OkGoogle eventData: query is: Test automation actions: - type: assistant.command.OkGoogle okGoogle: Toggle living room lamp devices: Living room display - Living room

Re: Script Editor: Share your ideas and vote on others' ideas!

Neston — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 17:01:11 GMT

Idea: Add individual/personal home presence sensing as starter (based on phone location)

Example automation: Turn on office lights only when I arrive at home (not when any of my family members arrive home without me).

Use Google WiFi as a starter

Mwareman — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 18:57:26 GMT

Hello:

It would be useful to have connecting to home Wifi as a starter. For example:

when my phone connects to the Google Wifi turn on certain light(s)

then after 30 minutes delay turn light(s) off

Mike