Google Home Control

Control smart home devices (lights, TV, etc.) via the Google Assistant SDK. Use when the user wants to trigger home automation commands.

Google Home Control (N.O.V.A.)

Created by: Mathew Pittard (Mat)
Portfolio: mathewpittard.vercel.app

This skill allows Clawdbot to control your smart home devices (lights, TVs, appliances) directly using a Python-based bridge to the Google Assistant SDK.

🛠️ Step-by-Step Setup

To get this skill working, you'll need to link it to your own Google account. Follow these steps:

1. Create a Google Cloud Project

1. Go to the Google Cloud Console.
2. Create a new project (e.g., "My Smart Home").
3. Enable the Google Assistant API.

2. Configure OAuth

1. Go to APIs & Services > Credentials.
2. Configure your OAuth Consent Screen (set User Type to "External" and add yourself as a test user).
3. Create an OAuth 2.0 Client ID with the type Desktop app.
4. Download the JSON file and rename it to client_secret.json.

3. Prepare the Python Environment

This skill requires a Python virtual environment with specific dependencies:

# Create and activate environment
python3 -m venv google_home_env
source google_home_env/bin/activate

# Install requirements
pip install google-assistant-sdk[samples] google-auth-oauthlib[tool] tenacity

4. Authorize and Generate Credentials

Run the following command in your terminal to authorize the SDK:

google-oauthlib-tool --client-secrets /path/to/your/client_secret.json --scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/assistant-sdk-prototype --save

• This will open a browser window. Log in and grant permissions.
• It will save a credentials.json file to ~/.config/google-oauthlib-tool/credentials.json.

5. Final Configuration

Ensure the google_home_env is accessible to Clawdbot. When Clawdbot runs the skill, it will look for your credentials in the standard ~/.config path automatically.

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🚀 Usage

Simply tell the agent what to do:

• "Turn off the office lights."
• "Set the TV volume to 20."

The agent will use the control.py script inside this skill to execute the command via Google Assistant.