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The AI checks my Homey devices and flows and saves me a lot of handwork

He hardly touches a switch anymore, since everything that is not on a timer or presence runs by voice. Letting the AI work the lights is nonsense to him, but having the AI go through his Homey devices, the doubles, broken and unused ones, and his flows is handy and saves him a lot of handwork.

How it works

  1. The AI reads his Homey devices and flows
  2. It spots doubles, broken and unused devices
  3. He skips the handwork of checking them himself

Why it’s worth knowing

The useful job was not switching lights. It was reading his whole smart home setup and finding the dead and doubled devices for him.

Where it’s from

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

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