Seeking assistance customizing a sentence/intent with templating
Seeking assistance customizing a sentence/intent with templating
Howdy.
I have the following helpers:
input_text.countdown_date_01_nameinput_datetime.countdown_date_01_date,input_text.countdown_date_02_nameinput_datetime.countdown_date_02_date- I want to add a couple more if I can get this to work
I want to be able to speak "how many days until X", where X is the value of either input_text.countdown_date_01_name or input_text.countdown_date_02_name, and have Home Assistant speak the response "there are Y days until X", where X is the value of either input_text.countdown_date_01_name or input_text.countdown_date_02_name, whichever was spoken.
I know how to determine the number of days until the date that is the value of input_datetime.countdown_date_01_date or input_datetime.countdown_date_02_date. But so far I've been unable to figure out how to configure the sentence/intent so that HA knows which one to retrieve the value of.
In config/conversations.yaml I have:
intents:
HowManyDaysUntil:
- "how many days until {countdownname}"
In config/intents/sentences/en/_cmmon.yaml I have:
lists:
countdownname:
values:
- '{{ states("input_text.countdown_date_01_name") }}'
- '{{ states("input_text.countdown_date_02_name") }}'
In config/intent_scripts.yaml I have:
HowManyDaysUntil:
action:
service: automation.trigger
data:
entity_id: automation.how_many_days_until_countdown01
(this automation currently is hardocded to calculate and speak the days until input_datetime.countdown_date_01_date)
The values of my helpers are currently:
input_text.countdown_date_01_name= "vacation"input_datetime.countdown_date_01_date= "6/1/2024'
When I speak "how many days until vacation" I get Unexpected error during intent recognition.
I'd appreciate your help with this!
Not 100℅ sure...
Your intent script might need to be a bit different using
speech: text:As shown below https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/intent_script/
intent_script: CustomOutsideHumidity: speech: text: "It is currently {{ states('sensor.outside_humidity') }} percent humidity outside."Aldo have a look at https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/voice/intent-recognition/template-sentence-syntax/ for the common.yaml
Thanks for the references, but at least one example from https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/intent_script/ seems to be wrong/outdated.
From that page:
Local lists
Sometimes you don't need a slot list available for all intents and sentences, so you can define one locally, making it usable only in the context of the intent data (like a collection of sentences) where it was defined. For example:
language: en intents: AddListItem: data: - sentences: - add {item} to [my] shopping list lists: item: wildcard: trueThis is the code in my
conversations.yaml:intents: HowManyDaysUntil: data: - sentences: - how many days until {countdownname} lists: countdownname: - "this" - "that"Here are the only difference I see between my code and the example above:
- I don't have
language: en(but when I add it, I getInvalid config for 'conversation' at conversations.yaml, line 1: 'language' is an invalid option for 'conversation', check: conversation->language) - The example uses a wildcard and I'm using strings (but I'm following their other examples to have a list of strings)
However, this yaml gets
Invalid config for 'conversation' at conversations.yaml, line 9: value should be a string 'conversation->intents->HowManyDaysUntil->0', got NonePerhaps I can't have intents in conversations.yaml? Or maybe not lists? I started this project by editing
config/intents/sentences/en/_cmmon.yamlbut that's a bad idea because an update would wipe my customizations. What's the appropriate place for me to add custom sentences/intents/responses/lists?i'm willing to try to help you but to be honest, it is far from my limited knowledge... and i'm also not english native so i do sometimes struggle to understand some specifc docs...
That being said, looks like exemple given at https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/voice/intent-recognition/template-sentence-syntax/ isn't inside _common.yaml
# Example light_HassTurnOn.yaml language: "en"also i just realised that this is developer document which could explain why _common.yaml modifications would be wiped out after an update.
I just had a look to the non developer doc and it suggest intent_script is to be added to configuration.yaml and intent to
custom_sentences/<language>as shown here https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/conversation/# Example configuration.yaml entry intent_script:# Example temperature.yaml entry language: "en" intents:
- I don't have