Struggling with custom intent

Configuration Voice Assistant
1

I’m trying to create a custom intent that changes the value of an input_number helper.

In my sentences/en/jarvis.yaml file I have

language: "en"
intents:
  SetCarBatteryLevel:
    data:
      - sentences:
          - "set the car battery to seventy percent"

and in my intent_script I have

intent_script:
  SetCarBatteryLevel:
    action:
      - action: input_number.set_value
        target:
          entity_id: input_number.car_battery_charge_level
        data:
          value: 70

If I ask Assist to “set the car battery charge level to 70%” it does exactly that.

How do I make the value part a variable that is captured by the custom sentence and passed to the intent script?

I’ve tried using trigger slots, as in

  SetCarBatteryLevel:
    data:
      - sentences:
          - "set the car battery charge level to {value} percent"

and

 SetCarBatteryLevel:
    action:
      - action: input_number.set_value
        target:
          entity_id: input_number.car_battery_charge_level
        data:
          value: "{{trigger.slots.value}}"

but that didn’t work and the intent was not processed locally.

2

To set my heating I have:

CustomSetTemperature:
  action:
    - service: climate.set_temperature
      data:
        temperature: "{{ temp }}"
      target:
        entity_id: climate.hallway

Edit: Sorry, should have included the sentence:

language: "en"
intents:
  CustomSetTemperature:
    data:
      - sentences:
          - "(set|change) [the] (temperature | heating | thermostat) to {temp} [degrees]"
lists:
  temp:
    range:
      from: 0
      to: 35
3

Yeah, I also tried

SetCarBatteryLevel:
  action:
    - action: input_number.set_value
      target:
        entity_id: input_number.car_battery_charge_level
      data:
        value: "{{ value }}"

that didn’t work. I know setting a fixed number works so it’s just getting the variable right.

4

If you are using yaml, you need to set the type of the variable.
For example

lists:
  value :
    range:
      from: 0
      to: 100

Also check which way numbers are recognized, as words or as digits.

5

I tried that too

  SetCarBatteryLevel:
    data:
      - sentences:
          - "(set|change) [the] car (battery|battery level) to {value} [percent]"
        requires_context:
          domain: "input_number"
        lists:
          value:
            range:
              from: 0
              to: 100

I think this might be the root of the issue. If I simply put

    - action: input_number.set_value
      target:
        entity_id: input_number.car_battery_charge_level
      data:
        value:  70

in the intent script, it clearly recognises 70 as a number. However, if I try to use a wildcard such as {value} then instead of the number 70, put {{value}} in the intent script, am I hitting a formatting issue where the {{value}} variable is rendered as a something other than a number. In which case, something like {{value|int}} should work. But if that’s the case, why does {temp} and {{temp}} work in @jackjourneyman example work?

I did wonder if it’s because there is already a built-in intent to change the temperature of a climate entity, but there is no built-in intent that can change the value of an input_number helper.

6

If other commands with numeric values work, there is nothing wrong with the format.
Try removing

        requires_context:
          domain: "input_number"

Your phrase is unique enough that it won’t conflict with the built-in intents.
If that doesn’t help either, do the automation in the GUI, there’s less chance of error there, and all new variables are automatically assigned the wildcard type

7

Okay, this is interesting.

In my custom_sentences/en/jarvis.yaml file I have

language: "en"
intents:
  SetCarBatteryLevel:
    data:
      - sentences:
          - "(set|change) [the] car (battery charge|battery charge level) to {value} [percent]"
        lists:
          value:
            range:
              from: 0
              to: 100

Now when I use the Assist sentence parser in Developer Tools to test the sentence by typing “set the car battery charge level to 90 percent” I get the following result:

intent:
  name: SetCarBatteryLevel
slots:
  value: '90'
details:
  value:
    name: value
    value: 90
    text: '90'
targets: {}
match: true
sentence_template: >-
  (set|change) [the] car (battery charge|battery charge level) to {value}
  [percent]
unmatched_slots: {}
source: custom
file: en/jarvis.yaml

So the intent is being correctly recognised. It’s obviously what I have in the intent_script that is not being correctly processed.

Here’s what’s in the intent_script.

First of all , my intent_script is in a file called intent_script.yaml which is correctly located in the homeassistant/ directory. I have correctly pointed my config towards it by having the line
intent_script: !include intent_script.yaml
Inside the intent_script.yaml file I have

  SetCarBatteryLevel:
    action:
      - action: input_number.set_value
        target:
          entity_id: input_number.car_battery_charge_level
        data:
          value: "{{ value }}"

and it still doesn’t work!

8

Okay, I’m closing this one off here. I could not get the custom sentence and intent in a script to work so I went for an automation instead.

It took a bit of digging to get the right variable to use and to strip off the % sign after the number, but this automation works.

alias: Set Car Battery Level via Assist
triggers:
  - command:
      - >-
        (set|change) [the] car (battery charge|battery charge level) to {number}
        [percent]
    trigger: conversation
conditions: []
actions:
  - variables:
      level: "{{ trigger.slots['number'] | regex_replace('%', '') | int }}"
  - target:
      entity_id: input_number.car_battery_charge_level
    data:
      value: "{{ level }}"
    action: input_number.set_value
mode: single