Trigger Assist using normal language (text) from an automation/webhook | Home Assistant | Page 1

neon cosmos Jan 30, 2025, 10:45 PM

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Hello guys!

Sorry if this is obvious, I have tried googling and searching, but have some trouble since "assist" will trigger all words containing "(home) assistant".

I want to interact with the text based chat bot Assist using an automation, but cannot find how. Basiccally I have another device that will send natural language commands as text to a HA webhook. I want to trigger the Assist just as I would type it in the chat in web UI.

Is this possible and can you please point me in the right direction?

Thanks 🙂

fathom gale Jan 31, 2025, 6:59 AM

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i don't know why it's not documented anymore, but you have a conversation.process action you can use

neon cosmos Jan 31, 2025, 11:12 PM

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Thank you! That was exactly what I thought I was looking for! Now I have the problem of not getting the response through webhook. So my idea was probably not so good in practice.

I have an old rotary dial phone with a raspberry pi inside. One of the functions in my python script is transcribing my Norwegian voice commands (not supported directly in HA), translating them into english and sending them to HA. But not so useful in practice without response.

All good ideas are welcome 🙏😅

#Trigger Assist using normal language (text) from an automation/webhook