Awesome-openclaw-skills google-home

Control Google Nest devices (thermostats, cameras, doorbells) via the Google Smart Device Management API using curl and jq.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/google-home" ~/.claude/skills/sundial-org-awesome-openclaw-skills-google-home && rm -rf "$T"

OpenClaw · Install into ~/.openclaw/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/google-home" ~/.openclaw/skills/sundial-org-awesome-openclaw-skills-google-home && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/google-home/SKILL.md

source content

Google Home / Nest CLI

Control Google Nest devices via the Smart Device Management (SDM) API using curl + jq.

Setup (Required)

Create a Google Cloud Project
- Go to https://console.cloud.google.com
- Create a new project
Enable the SDM API
- APIs & Services → Library
- Search "Smart Device Management"
- Enable it
Create OAuth Credentials
- APIs & Services → Credentials
- Create OAuth 2.0 Client ID
- Download the JSON file
- Extract
```
client_id
```
  and
```
client_secret
```
Register Your Devices
- Visit https://nests.google.com/frame/register-user
- Accept the terms

Get Access Token

# Replace with your values
curl -s \
  -d "client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID" \
  -d "client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET" \
  -d "refresh_token=YOUR_REFRESH_TOKEN" \
  -d "grant_type=refresh_token" \
  https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v4/token

Quick Start

# List devices
google-home-cli devices

# Get thermostat info
google-home-cli thermostat "Living Room" --info

# Set temperature (heat/cool/auto)
google-home-cli thermostat "Living Room" --temp 72

# Query camera
google-home-cli camera "Front Door" --status

Device Commands

Thermostats

```
google-home-cli thermostat <name>
```
— show current temp/humidity
```
--temp <degrees>
```
— set target temperature
```
--mode heat|cool|auto
```
— set HVAC mode
```
--fan on|auto
```
— control fan

Cameras & Doorbells

```
google-home-cli camera <name>
```
— get stream/status
```
--snapshot
```
— download current image
```
--stream
```
— start live stream URL

Speakers & Displays

```
google-home-cli speaker <name>
```
— device info
```
--volume 0-100
```
— set volume
```
--stop
```
— stop playback

Environment Variables

export GOOGLE_HOME_CLIENT_ID="your-client-id"
export GOOGLE_HOME_CLIENT_SECRET="your-client-secret"
export GOOGLE_HOME_ACCESS_TOKEN="your-access-token"

Alternative: Direct API Calls

# List all devices
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  "https://smartdevicemanagement.googleapis.com/v1/enterprises/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/devices"

# Get device traits
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  "https://smartdevicemanagement.googleapis.com/v1/enterprises/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/devices/YOUR_DEVICE_ID"

Helper Script

nest

CLI helper is included at

scripts/nest

# Make it available globally
ln -sf /Users/mitchellbernstein/clawd/skills/google-home/scripts/nest /usr/local/bin/nest

# List devices
nest list

# Get thermostat status
nest status "enterprises/PROJECT_ID/devices/DEVICE_ID"

# Set temperature (Celsius)
nest temp "enterprises/PROJECT_ID/devices/DEVICE_ID" 22

# Set mode
nest mode "enterprises/PROJECT_ID/devices/DEVICE_ID" HEAT

Configuration

Create

~/.config/google-home/config.json

{
  "project_id": "your-google-cloud-project-id",
  "access_token": "your-oauth-access-token"
}

Notes

Tokens expire; refresh them periodically

Device names use full path:

enterprises/PROJECT_ID/devices/DEVICE_ID

Temperature is in Celsius (convert from Fahrenheit if needed)
Camera streams require additional permissions