Use Case
Talk to Your Smart Home in Plain English
"“Set the kitchen lights to dim warm at 9pm and remind me when the laundry's done.” One sentence. Done."
If you have Home Assistant or another smart-home hub, OpenClaw can become its plain-English remote. You stop fighting with brittle automations and start talking to your house — all over your existing chat apps and your own LAN.
How it works
1. Install OpenClaw on a small always-on device
A Raspberry Pi or any cheap mini-PC works perfectly (covered in Chapter 2 + cloud chapter).
2. Connect to Home Assistant
Use the Home Assistant skill — auth-token only, no cloud account needed.
3. Pick your control surface
Talk to your home from WhatsApp, Telegram, or a local web UI.
4. Add voice if you want
Optional: bolt on Whisper for voice-message commands. Still 100% local.
Things you can ask
- “Turn off all lights downstairs and lock the front door.”
- “Run the morning scene at 7am tomorrow.”
- “If motion is detected after 11pm, message me.”
Where in the guide
- •Chapter 5 — Skills
- •Chapter 8 — Recipe: Home automation
- •Appendix C — Voice add-on
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