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Routines should be able to include more than one skill and spoken command for “from the device you speak to”
Routines should be able to include more than one skill and spoken command for “from the device you speak to”…
For example, I have four bedrooms with echos and smart lights. I would like to be able to speak the same one phrase (“bedtime”) in any of those rooms and have a routine turn off the lights in that room (custom - lights off) and open sleep sounds brown noise (skill) on the echo in that room. Presently, routines are limited to only one “custom” OR one “skill” action “from the device you speak to” making it necessary for different…
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Allow multiple custom commands or skills in a single routine
Presently, if you create a routine and select either custom command or skill, then go to add another one or either of these, the selection gets greyed out thereby not allowing for multiple custom commands or skills in a single routine.
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SmartHome Alexa.TemperatureSensor as a routine trigger
Would be great if SmartHome's Alexa.TemperatureSensor interface is supported as a routine trigger (not the Echo's one but the generic one)
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Sunset offset greater than 60 minutes.
Allow the sunset trigger to be offset by more than 60 minutes, similar to other platforms which allow greater control. Today I have to use a 3rd party to complete a task at sunset minus 90 and can only use Alexa at sunset minus 60. I'd prefer to keep this completely within Alexa.
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An advanced web editor for routines
My idea has two parts:
1. Add a web editor for routines also on alexa.amazon.* that works like android/iOS app editor
2. Add also an "advanced mode" where you can directly write code and, maybe, add more complex logic, variables ecc...3 votes -
Correct / Allow for any smart device as a trigger
Your routines will not allow for any of my light switches or plugs to be used as a trigger, hence switch goes on anounce something as action. This restriction makes no sence and cannot seem to be able to find any smart switches or plugs that will show in the routines device triggers screen.
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Routine Trigger > Alarm > When Alarm is set & Reference the alarm's time
This would be amazing and work so well with many people's routines from all I hear from the community, youtube, family and friends.
Lately "when alarm is dismissed" was added as a routine's trigger. Please consider adding "when alarm is set" and combine it with referencing the alarm time.
E.g. Trigger: "When alarm is set" > Action: "Turn on light" 30 minutes before alarm rings.
This can not be achieved with "schedule" since alarms can be set at different times.
Its pretty much 2 feature requests, I know, but it would increase any alarm based routine by aaa lot :)
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Insert a skill at the begin of a routine
I can only use a skill at the end of a routine? Why? I want to start with a skill inside my routine, but I get everytime a message, that this skill must be at the end of a routine.
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Allow controlling local servers through ssh
My idea is to issue a command to Alexa that'll make it ssh into a server connected to the same LAN and issue commands (e.g., "sudo reboot", "sudo shutdown now") or run scripts.
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Allow custom skill to recommend and set routines instead of users if permitted
Alexa Routines are nice but it's still too tech-y to set up. If a custom skill has some actions suitable for using as routines, it would be great for a custom skill to recommend, ask permission from user, and set routines instead of users. This will reduce user's conflictions and increase skill usage.
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Music & Media Action - Ability to Select Speaker
In routines option for Music and Media action. I'd like the ability to control which speaker the action plays on. Instead of the only option being for the whole routine. For example having a routine play a spotify playlist on 1 speaker speaker while white noise skill on another speaker. All from one voice command. This would allow for more flexible routines based on bed-times and wake-ups.
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Add "Connect" Command to Routines
Add functionality to connect echo to bluetooth devices. Voice command "Connect" needs to be available for routine execution. Please consider Germany with translated command "Verbinde"
Currently the Echo is not automatically reconnecting on every Bluetooth device. The voice command is solving this but does not provide the user experience I expect. If I turn off external speaker for energy saving reasons at night, I cannot automatically play on the external device next morning as this is not connected.
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Add option to allow routine to immediately continue after any action
When you add a Music routine without specifying a length, you effectively halt the routine, no actions after that will run. I don't know if there are other actions that do this. If there were an checkbox or something in each action to "Allow routine to immediately continue" after the current action starts, this would fix the issue. Thanks, have a great day.
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Add option to request user input and parse to other steps
When creating a routine, have an option to add a step where Alexa seeks user input (voice) so that additional information or steps can be configured. Would work well with integration of logic gates in routine builder as well, and ability to parse user input to future steps.
Ex. ‘Goodnight’ routine that turns off living room lights/tv and asks about turning on bedroom tv.
User: Alexa, I’m heading to bed.
Alexa: Do you want me to turn on the bedroom TV for you?
User: Yes
Routine runs standard commands to turn off living room lights and tv, as well as…
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Have routines that vary depending on the device
I have IRC devices in two rooms, controlling a TV, Audio Device, Cable box. They both have the same model cable box.
I would like to be able to trigger different routine logic path depending on which echo device receives the command.
IE: "Alexa Start NBC" would trigger the remote code or scene for the bedroom IRC when the bedroom echo receives the command, or the living room IRC which the livingroom echo receives the command.
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temperature alarm
The ability for Alexa to use outside temperature as an alarm trigger. "Alexa notify me if the outside temperature is under 72 degrees." A better implementation for Alexa's with a skill like Weather Bug would be "Alexa notify me if the outdoor temperature is [over/under] the indoor temperature." and the perfect implementation would be a standing command to notify me whenever the indoor & outdoor temps transition past each other.
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Using acronyms in custom routines
It is not possible to use acronyms in custom routines as the invocation needs periods and they are not allowed as they are considered special characters. For example if you write "watch c n n", Alexa understands "watch c. n. n." and won't recognize or match the phrase. Could you please find a way to allow the use of acronyms in a routine?
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Allow creating triggers based on thermostat current temperature
That, and combining triggers would make automating the home a breeze:
If (temp > 75) and (weather_temp < 73): turn on window fan.11 votes -
Routines playing music triggered by a dismissed alarm should play the music only on the device which triggered the alarm.
i.e. I want to play music as soon as i wake up and dismiss my alarm. I have multiple echos in different rooms. Right now the music will always play on the same device no matter on which echo the alarm went off.
However it would be nice to specify it to the device which triggered the routine.
Like it is already possible for voice-triggered routines where you can select to play music from "the device you speak to".1 vote -
If then else, variables, and subroutines
When a routine is triggered (e.g. motion detected) i would like to be able to run one of multiple possible routines (sub routines) depending on variable i could set in others.
For example i run a routine when i go to bed that turns off my lights and plays soft music for an hour. I would like to be able to also set the variable $inbed = true and then in my motion detected routine have if $inbed then table light on else all lights on and then my wake up/alarm routine can set $in_bed = false as…
21 votes
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