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The AI can run my house lights through Homey. It is slow, but it works.

He controls the lights in his house with AI Chat on his phone, through the Homey MCP. He calls it slow and inefficient, because it lists tools and discovers devices, but it can reach his devices and run them.

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How it works

  1. He asks the AI on his phone to control the lights
  2. The AI lists its tools and discovers the devices through the Homey MCP
  3. The lights respond

Why it’s worth knowing

A chat app on his phone can reach into his house and run the actual lights, no smart home app in between.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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