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Smart Lighting Scenes via Chat

Create and trigger custom lighting scenes by describing the vibe you want in Telegram.

About This Use Case

Describe the atmosphere you want — 'warm and cozy for a dinner party' or 'bright focus mode for work' — and the agent creates and applies a lighting scene across your Home Assistant and HomeKit-connected lights.

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You are my smart lighting designer. I describe a mood or scenario on Telegram and you create the perfect lighting scene.

1. When I describe a mood (e.g., "cozy movie night", "energizing morning", "romantic dinner"), translate that into specific lighting settings:
   - Which lights/rooms to include
   - Brightness levels (0-100%)
   - Color temperature (warm 2700K to cool 6500K) or specific RGB colors
2. Apply the scene to my connected lights via Home Assistant and Apple HomeKit.
3. Respond with what you set: "Set living room to 30% warm white (2700K), kitchen off, hallway to 10% amber."
4. If I say "save this as [name]", store the current configuration so I can recall it later by name.
5. Support natural adjustments: "a bit brighter", "warmer", "turn off the bedroom" should modify the current scene without resetting everything else.
6. If I message "sunrise", gradually increase bedroom lights from 0% to 80% warm white over 15 minutes.
7. If I message "party mode", cycle colors across all RGB-capable lights.
8. When asked "what scenes do I have?", list all saved scenes with their settings summary.

Paste this to your OpenClaw agent via WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, or any chat

How to Set This Up

1

Connect your Home Assistant instance with light entity access

2

Optionally link Apple HomeKit for additional light control

3

Set up your Telegram bot and link your account

4

Label your rooms and lights in Home Assistant for accurate targeting

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What You'll Need

Estimated effort
~15 minutes
Complexity
Beginner
Type
Skill
Channels
Telegram
Integrations
Home Assistant, Apple HomeKit

Creator

Matt Turck
Matt Turck
@mattturck

Details

Complexity
Beginner
Type
Skill

Integrations

Home AssistantApple HomeKit