Smart Home Control

"Cuttlefish, set the living room light to warm white, 40% brightness." — One sentence, and the light turns on.

Scenario Description

You have Philips Hue or other smart lighting devices. Through Hermes Agent's openhue skill, you can control lights and switch scenes directly from chat.

Prerequisites

✅ Philips Hue Bridge installed and connected to your LAN
✅ openhue skill installed
✅ Hermes Gateway running (Feishu/Telegram recommended)

Step 1: Install the Skill

You: Install the openhue skill
Hermes: openhue installed. You need to configure the Hue Bridge IP and username.

If you don't have a Philips Hue Bridge, you can also achieve smart home control through other methods:

Solution	Supported Devices	Skill
Philips Hue	Hue lights	`openhue`
Home Assistant	All categories	`homeassistant`
HomeKit	Apple ecosystem	Apple skill group
MQTT	Custom devices	Custom skill

Step 2: Configure Hue Bridge

bash

# In ~/.hermes/.env
HUE_BRIDGE_IP=192.168.1.xxx
HUE_USERNAME=your-hue-username

To get the Hue Username: press the button on the Bridge, then have Hermes execute pairing.

Step 3: Test Control

You: List all lights
Hermes: [Querying Hue Bridge...]
        Found 6 lights:
        1. Living Room Main Light (on, brightness 80%)
        2. Living Room Ambient Light (off)
        3. Bedroom Light (on, brightness 50%)
        4. Study Desk Lamp (off)
        ...

You: Set the living room main light to warm white, 40% brightness
Hermes: [Executing command...] Living room main light set to warm white, 40% brightness.

Step 4: Create Scenes

You: Create a "Movie Mode" scene:
    - Living room main light off
    - Living room ambient light set to deep blue, 20% brightness
    - All other lights off

Then simply say:

You: Switch to movie mode
Hermes: Switched to movie mode 🎬

Step 5: Add Scheduled Tasks

You: Create the following scheduled tasks:
    1. Every morning at 7:00 — Gradually turn on lights, simulating sunrise
    2. Every night at 11:00 — Dim all lights to minimum, signal bedtime

Example Scheduled Scene Configuration

Hermes: Created 2 scheduled tasks —

☀️ Sunrise Mode (Daily 07:00)
   07:00 → Bedroom light 5% warm white
   07:05 → Bedroom light 15% warm white
   07:10 → Bedroom light 30% natural white + Living room light 10%
   07:15 → All lights at normal brightness

🌙 Sleep Mode (Daily 23:00)
   23:00 → All lights switch to warm tone
   23:10 → Brightness down to 50%
   23:20 → Brightness down to 20%
   23:30 → Only night light remains, all others off

💡 You can combine a weather API to let Cuttlefish adjust automatically: brighten lights on overcast days, keep normal brightness on sunny days.

Advanced Tips

Geofencing: Combined with Home Assistant, lights turn on automatically when you arrive home
Weather integration: Automatically brighten lights on overcast days
Voice control: Control lights via Feishu voice messages
Status check: Check your home light status even when you're away

Smart Home Control ​

Scenario Description ​

Prerequisites ​

Step 1: Install the Skill ​

Step 2: Configure Hue Bridge ​

Step 3: Test Control ​

Step 4: Create Scenes ​

Step 5: Add Scheduled Tasks ​

Example Scheduled Scene Configuration ​

Advanced Tips ​

Further Reading ​