Using Alexa to set a variable

[lonebaggie]

Use a dummy bulb . Alexa can set , this gives you a hundred trigger values

Create a virtual Dimmer or light template for Alexa

I have created lots of automation’s via the Alexa routines feature, which then switches input boolean components in HA to action the request. This is getting cumbersome using one input boolean for each routine. I would like to create a virtual dimmer in HA then expose this entity to Alexa. This would give me a 100 different responses via the dimmer, using just one entity, is this possible?

I use it for this

Speech Parser script to extract entity Id information into readable form for Alexa or Google Assistant TTS

EDIT please note I have completely re-written the program and instructions following @ReneTode advice EDIT1 Have updated script again. Warning options and syntax has changed again (sorry) EDIT version 1.0 rewritten with regex to simplify the code also added new options. can now compare state values = >< + and -. See the code for new examples EDIT: Version 1.1 correct parsing errors EDIT: Version 2.0 now has a global search and replace . Translate option EDIT Version 2.1 minor update I …