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By the way, I’ve done something similar for Google Assistant and Xiaomi vacuums (through IFTTT) and in the end I went with writing a python script for some more flexibility.

Not saying you should but check here if you want some inspiration:

Selective room cleaning with Google Assistant and Xiaomi Roborock S6 using IFTTT

Hey Google, clean the living room and the kitchen! Wouldn’t you expect that to work out of the box with your new modern robot vacuum? With my Xiaomi Roborock S6 it didn’t so this is how I ended up getting it working using HA and IFTTT. This should work with any robot vacuum from Xiaomi with support for maps where rooms can be defined. This is heavily inspired by Howto: Xiaomi vacuum zoned cleaning and if you want help with setting up the integrations the help you seek is likely in that thread. …