OpenHue — Control Philips Hue Lights via Chat

Control your Philips Hue setup through natural language. Lights, scenes, rooms — all from a quick message.

Features

• 💡 Turn lights on and off
• 🎨 Change colors
• 🔆 Adjust brightness
• 🎭 Activate scenes
• 🏠 Control rooms and zones
• ⏰ Timers and schedules

Install

clawhub install openhue

🔑 Requires: HUE_BRIDGE_IP, HUE_USERNAME

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Usage Examples

Basic control:

"Turn on the bedroom lights"
"Turn off all lights"
"Kitchen at 50%"

Colors and ambiance:

"Warm white in the living room"
"Blue light in the office"
"Movie mode"

Scenes:

"Activate the Relax scene"
"Evening mode"
"Bright light for reading"

Rooms and groups:

"Turn off the first floor"
"All lights to 100%"
"Downstairs to warm white"

Timers:

"Turn off the lights in 30 minutes"
"Fade in the bedroom light over 10 minutes"
"Turn on the office at 8 AM"

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Setup

1. Find Your Bridge IP

Open the Hue app on your phone → Settings → My Hue System → Bridge and note the IP address. Or check your router’s device list.

2. Create an API User

Press the physical button on the Bridge, then run:

curl -X POST http://<bridge-ip>/api \
  -d '{"devicetype":"openclaw#device"}'

Copy the username value from the response.

3. Add to OpenClaw Config

nano ~/.openclaw/openclaw.yaml

env:
  HUE_BRIDGE_IP: "192.168.1.100"
  HUE_USERNAME: "your-generated-username"

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Auto-Discovery

The skill automatically discovers all rooms, zones, and lights from your Hue app. Use the same names you set in the Hue app:

"Turn on Office" ← matches the "Office" room in Hue app
"Activate Relax" ← matches the "Relax" scene

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Tips

• Pre-build scenes in the Hue app, then activate them by name through OpenClaw
• Add light routines to your morning automation — “gradually brighten the bedroom over 10 minutes at 7 AM”
• Pair with other skills — “start my focus playlist and set the office to bright white”