Google assistant custom phrases

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Is the google assistant integration capable of allowing me to ask custom things, the same way IFTTT does?

For example, I ask what the temperature of a certain sensor is. Or, is a door open or closed.

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Yes, it is

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How?

and is it possible to ask google something which runs a node-red flow? (without using IFTTT)

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“Hey Google, what is the temperature of <CERTAIN SENSOR>?”

Yes, it is.

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You can have a look at this integration Dialogflow - Home Assistant

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There is not a single answer to that.

A lot of entities can be exposed natively to Google. The door sensor would be exposed as binary sensor and you can ask Google its state. The same goes for temperature sensors.

You can use custom commands by exposing scripts and optionally use routines to trigger them for better usability. But querying information is not so great with this method.

You can use Dialogflow. Here you can basically do almost anything, but the usability when speaking to Google is really bad.

You need to work with one of those options depending on the exact requirements.

But to answer your question: no, HA can’t do that like IFTTT

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