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Assist Satellite

This is an integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] for remote satellites that use Assist to control and interact with Home Assistant. This allows other integrations to represent these satellites in a consistent manner.

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Building block integration

This assist satellite is a building block integration that cannot be added to your Home Assistant directly but is used and provided by other integrations.

A building block integration differs from the typical integration that connects to a device or service. Instead, other integrations that do integrate a device or service into Home Assistant use this assist satellite building block to provide entities, services, and other functionality that you can use in your automations or dashboards.

If one of your integrations features this building block, this page documents the functionality the assist satellite building block offers.

List of triggers

The Assist Satellite integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] provides the following triggers. Each link below opens a dedicated page with examples, fields, and a step-by-step UI walkthrough.

  • Satellite became idle (assist_satellite.idle) Triggers after one or more Assist satellites return to the idle state.

  • Satellite started listening (assist_satellite.started_listening) Triggers after one or more Assist satellites start listening for a voice command.

  • Satellite started processing (assist_satellite.started_processing) Triggers after one or more Assist satellites start processing a voice command.

  • Satellite started responding (assist_satellite.started_responding) Triggers after one or more Assist satellites start playing back a response.

For an overview of every trigger across all integrations, see the triggers reference.

List of conditions

The Assist Satellite integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] provides the following conditions. Each link below opens a dedicated page with examples, fields, and a step-by-step UI walkthrough.

  • Satellite is idle (assist_satellite.is_idle) Tests if one or more Assist satellites are idle.

  • Satellite is listening (assist_satellite.is_listening) Tests if one or more Assist satellites are listening for a voice command.

  • Satellite is processing (assist_satellite.is_processing) Tests if one or more Assist satellites are processing a voice command.

  • Satellite is responding (assist_satellite.is_responding) Tests if one or more Assist satellites are playing back a response.

For an overview of every condition across all integrations, see the conditions reference.

List of actions

The Assist Satellite integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] provides the following actions. Each link below opens a dedicated page with examples, parameters, and a step-by-step UI walkthrough.

For an overview of every action across all integrations, see the actions reference.