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The smart home app would not talk to agents, so now the AI runs my house

TP-Link has no official way for an agent to control its Tapo devices, so he took the app apart, worked out how it talks to the lights, plugs, sensors and cameras on his home network, and built a connector the AI can use. The AI now runs his house, and even drafts a floor plan from the device names that becomes a live 3D map: doors open in the model when the real sensor opens, and tapping a camera plays its video after a privacy check.

How it works

  1. Take the Tapo app apart to learn how it talks to devices locally
  2. Build a connector server the AI can call
  3. Test against his own bulbs, plug, hub sensors, doorbell and cameras
  4. Add a floor plan drafted from device names, fixed by him, drawn as a live 3D map
  5. Gate camera video behind the cameras own privacy switch

Why it’s worth knowing

When the sensor on his real door opens, the door in the little model house opens too.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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