What I'm working on

[joshuar]

Just a quick note of the things I'm working on with the agent for anyone who is interested. I'll try to keep this updated with each release where possible.

Sensors/Actions

• volume control and mute toggle (requires MQTT¹. (added in v9.0.0)
• package updates and actions (requires MQTT¹, PackageKit).
• set wallpaper (requires MQTT¹ XDG Portal).
• detect dock status (requires D-Bus) [SENSOR] Add an IsDocked sensor #159 (added in v9.1.1
• detect microphone usage [SENSOR] connected microphone usage #99
• detect webcam usage [SENSOR] Webcam in use #71
• create buttons/switches in HA that run arbitrary commands on the device (requires MQTT) (added in v9.5.0)
• event entities.
• wake word/voice command integration
• webcam face detection monitor

Packaging/Installation

• Flatpak package.
• RPM/DEB repos.
• arm/arm64 containers (available since v9.3.0)

Under the hood

• Better Linux distro detection.
• Migrate from Cobra to Kong for command-line options/control.

Footnotes

1. Go Hass Agent MQTT Docs ↩ ↩² ↩³