[Feature]: Trigger automations

[dennisvandehoef]

Requested feature

Currently, an automation is exported as a switch.
This means that from ALexa, I can only enable/disable the automation but I whould like to trigger/run it.

If this is not possible, we probably want to improve this in the readme 😸

Documentation & Issues

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[adegenkolbe]

Same would be cool for scripts too

[knuti1960]

I tried this with a HA-script in Home (Google), it works. I say: "Hey Google, lock PC", and the script is executed immediately, the PC is locked. Should also work with Alexa.

[t0bst4r]

For scripts and automations I am sending the generic homeassistant.turn_on and turn_off commands.

If that doesn't work we can easily change that.
Can you please verify that using the HA dev tools?

[nick-fisch]

I tried this with a HA-script in Home (Google), it works. I say: "Hey Google, lock PC", and the script is executed immediately, the PC is locked. Should also work with Alexa.

I can confirm this. Starting an automation using Google Assistant does not do anything. Starting a script from Google Home that just runs the automation works.

[knuti1960]

Now I tried it with 2 different automations, one for vac room cleaning, one for turning off a lightgroup, both don't work with google home.
Unfortunately, I am not familiar with the HA developer tools.