Assist automation activation sentence

Cory1974 · December 22, 2024, 12:02pm

Is there any way to use a contraction in the activation sentence?

I have a sensor that tells me the battery level. And I am able to ask what the battery level is. Right now to do that I have to say “what is door camera battery level”. A more natural sentence for me would be “what’s the door camera’s battey level”. I know it’s minor. But I keep forgetting and using the contraction. And get told that the home assistant doesn’t recognize the device.

mchk · December 22, 2024, 4:08pm

You have two options.
Make a phrase for yourself.

Or contact the community on GitHub so that they expand the possible options.
The first option is preferable, you will get the result in a few minutes.

Although, both of your phrases fit into the existing request format.

github.com

home-assistant/intents/blob/10ec5101fc70adfc2b4e189126bc37bf2208dc9f/sentences/en/_common.yaml#L406


      
          clean: (vacuum|clean)
          
          # Context awareness expansion rules
          all: "(all [[of] <the>]|every [single]|each [and every])"
          are_all: "[<are>] <all>"
          home: "(home|house|apartment|flat)"
          everywhere: "(everywhere|all over|[<in>] <the> [(entire|whole)] <home>|[<in>] <all> (room|area|floor)[s])"
          here: "([in] here|[in] (this|<the>) (room|area|space))"
          
          # Questions
          what_is_the_class_of_name: "(<what_is> the <class> (of|in|from|(indicated|measured) by) <name> [in <area>]|<what_is> <name>['s] <class> [in <area>]|<what_is> <area> <name>['s] <class>)"
          
          # Timers
          timer_set: "(start|set|create)"
          timer_cancel: "(cancel|stop)"
          timer_duration_seconds: "{timer_seconds:seconds} second[s]"
          timer_duration_minutes: "({timer_minutes:minutes} minute[s] [[and] {timer_seconds:seconds} second[s]])|({timer_minutes:minutes} and [a] {timer_half:seconds} minute[s])|({timer_half:seconds} a minute[s])"
          timer_duration_hours: "({timer_hours:hours} hour[s] [[and] {timer_minutes:minutes} minute[s]] [[and] {timer_seconds:seconds} second[s]])|({timer_hours:hours} and [a] {timer_half:minutes} hour[s])|({timer_half:minutes} an hour[s])"
          timer_duration: "<timer_duration_seconds>|<timer_duration_minutes>|<timer_duration_hours>"
          
          timer_start_seconds: "{timer_seconds:start_seconds} second[s]"

You need to make tests for phrases in the “developer tools - assist” tab to understand what the problem is

It seems that the problem will be solved in the future.
currently the smart apostrophe is not taken into account in templates