3. Home Automation

📓   Page updated on February 16, 2026

Overview

Jarvis offers a lot of home automation with yaml file mappings.

All the home automation tasks are 100% optional
All the feed files are required to be placed in a directory named fileio within current working directory.

Contacts

Jarvis can send on demand notifications using a contacts.yaml file stored in fileio directory. Uses gmail-connector for SMS and email notifications.

Setup Instructions

Note: Jarvis currently supports sending emails only when the contacts.yaml file is present, however phone numbers can be used directly.

phone:
  Tony: 0123456789
  Thor: 1234567890
email:
  Eddard: ned@gmail.com
  Aegon: egg@yahoo.com

Smart Devices

Jarvis supports MagicHome for lights, LGWebOS and Roku for TVs.

This feature requires a smart_devices.yaml file which should be stored within the fileio directory.

• TV hostnames should include the brand name [LG/Roku] to distinguish the modules accordingly.

  • This will be set by default, if yours doesn't include the brand name change it in the TV settings.

• To wake up Roku TVs using MAC address, make sure the Bandwidth saver feature is turned off under,

  Settings/Network/Bandwidth saver >> Off
  

• For first time users on LGWebOS TVs, there will be a prompt on the TV to accept the connection request.

  • Once the connection request is accepted a client key will be generated and logged.
  • Please make sure to store this in smart_devices.yaml file to avoid repeated connection prompt.

Setup Instructions

• The source file should have an initial key to distinguish between Lights and TV
• The name used in the keys (for both lights and tv) will be the identifier when an action is requested.
• Lights should be a dictionary of identifier and a list of hostnames.
• TVs should be a nested dictionary of multiple parameters.
• The source file (smart_devices.yaml) should be as following:

Lights:
  bedroom:
    - 'HOSTNAMES'
  hallway:
    - 'HOSTNAMES'
  hallway basement:
    - 'HOSTNAMES'
  kitchen:
    - 'HOSTNAMES'
  living room:
    - 'HOSTNAMES'
TV:
  living room tv:
    hostname: 'LGWebOSTV'
    client_key: 'CLIENT_KEY'  # Generated automatically if unavailable
    mac_address:  # Mac addresses can either be a string or a list
    - 'WIRED_MAC_ADDRESS'
    - 'WIRELESS_MAC_ADDRESS'
  bedroom tv:
    hostname: 'RokuTV'
    mac_address: 'MAC_ADDRESS'

Startup Scripts

Jarvis can execute any python or shell script during startup without any user interaction.

This feature requires a directory called scripts within the fileio directory.

Setup Instructions

Simply place the startup script within the fileio/scripts. Jarvis will only trigger the scripts those names that end with .py or .sh or .zsh without having an _ at the begining.

Example:

In the example below, only the scripts ngrok.py and stack.sh will be triggered.

fileio/
|-- scripts/
|   |-- ngrok.py
|   |-- stack.sh
|   |-- _offline.py

⚠️ Please note, that the startup scripts trigger everytime the API/Jarvis is restarted. So, be mindful about long-running scripts. Long-running scripts without a breakpoint or redundancy check logic, might lead to memory leaks.

Automation

Jarvis can execute offline compatible tasks at pre-defined times without any user interaction.

This feature requires an automation.yaml file which should be stored within the fileio directory.

Setup Instructions

The YAML file should contain a dictionary within a dictionary that looks like the below.

OPTIONAL: The key, day can be a list of days, or a str of a specific day or simply a str saying weekday or weekend when the particular automation should be executed.

Not having the key day will run the automation daily. Date format should match exactly as described below.

06:00 AM:
  - task: set my bedroom lights to 50%
    day: weekday  # Runs only between Monday and Friday
06:30 AM:
  - task: set my bedroom lights to 100%
    day:  # Runs only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
    - Monday
    - wednesday
    - FRIDAY
08:00 AM:  # Runs only on Saturday and Sunday
  - task: set my bedroom lights to 100%
    day: weekend
09:00 PM:  # Runs daily (can take both list of dict and dict as argument)
  task: set my bedroom lights to 5%
12:00 AM:  # Even performs tasks that are not supported via voice commands
  - task: restart all background processes
  - task: turn off all lights
    day: weekday

Background Tasks

Jarvis supports both internal and external background tasks to be scheduled.

• Jarvis can run internal tasks at certain intervals.

This feature requires a background_tasks.yaml file which should be stored within the fileio directory.

Setup Instructions

- seconds: 1_800
  task: turn off all lights except bedroom  # Runs every 30 minutes
  ignore_hours:  # Ignore the schedule from 5-6 AM and 7-8 PM
    - 5
    - 19
- seconds: 10_800
  task: remind me to drink water  # Runs every 3 hours ignoring the hours specified
  ignore_hours: "21-6"  # Ignore the schedule between 9 PM and 6 AM
- seconds: 1_800
  task: lock screen  # Runs every 30 minutes
  ignore_hours:  # Ignore the schedule from 5-6 AM and 7-10 PM
    - 5
    - 19-22

Restrictions

Jarvis can place function(s) level restrictions for offline communicators.

• This restriction can also be modified by offline communicators.
• Once a restriction is placed, the matching commands will not be executed unless the restriction is removed explicitly.

This feature requires a restrictions.yaml file which should be stored within the fileio directory.

Setup Instructions

The YAML file should contain a list of function names that looks like the below.

- car  # Blocks ALL car related operations via offline communication
- garage  # Blocks ALL garage related operations via offline communication

⚠️ This is a direct mapping to the functions, so invalid function names are not validated by Jarvis. This will make the restriction void.

Custom Conditions

Jarvis can execute function(s) directly based on a custom condition map, via both voice and offline communicators.

• The condition mapping may contain one or more functions to be executed for a single keyword/phrase.
• These functions are executed as ordered in the mapping file and responses will be delivered as each task is done.
• For offline communicators, in case of multi-function mapping, the responses are gathered and then delivered at once.

This feature requires a conditions.yaml file which should be stored within the fileio directory.

Setup Instructions

The YAML file should contain a dictionary within a dictionary that looks like the below.

lumos:  # custom keyword
  lights: turn on all lights  # function_name: phrase passed as argument
knox:
  lights: turn off all lights
  television: turn off bedroom tv
fire up the chopper:  # custom phrase
  garage: open garage
  car: start car

⚠️ This is a direct mapping to the functions, so the input phrases are not validated by Jarvis. This will raise a UserWarning if invalid function name or phrase is entered in the mapping file.