"Alexa, turn on the lights" to actually turn them on to a desired default

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I had a requirement to get the simple “Alexa, turn on the lights” working so that she didn’t just turn them on with whatever the last settings were. I was quite surprised at how easy it was so I thought I would share it.

Here’s my automation, just switch out the entity names and you are done :slight_smile:

alias: Alexa - Living Room White
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: alexa_smart_home
    event_data:
      request:
        namespace: Alexa.PowerController
        name: TurnOn
        entity_id: light.living_room_lights
condition: []
action:
  - service: scene.turn_on
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: scene.living_room_white_2
mode: single