OpenHue CLI

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Lets your agent turn Philips Hue lights on or off and change brightness, color, and scenes.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the OpenHue CLI skill

About this capability

Control Philips Hue lights/scenes via the OpenHue CLI.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by bitterbot-ai/bitterbot-desktop in skills/openhue/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Use openhue to control Hue lights and scenes via a Hue Bridge.

Setup

  • Discover bridges: openhue discover
  • Guided setup: openhue setup

Read

  • openhue get light --json
  • openhue get room --json
  • openhue get scene --json

Write

  • Turn on: openhue set light <id-or-name> --on
  • Turn off: openhue set light <id-or-name> --off
  • Brightness: openhue set light <id> --on --brightness 50
  • Color: openhue set light <id> --on --rgb #3399FF
  • Scene: openhue set scene <scene-id>

Notes

  • You may need to press the Hue Bridge button during setup.
  • Use --room "Room Name" when light names are ambiguous.

Signals

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