# Control Philips Hue Lights with OpenHue

Managing Hue lights manually can interrupt daily routines and focused work. This skill translates clear requests into OpenHue CLI actions for lights, rooms, and scenes.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add aiskillstore/openhue
```

## Metadata

- Status: approved
- Slug: openhue
- Skillstore revision: r2
- Version status: missing
- Tree hash: a77cb118dfcb23a5fcdc3245b1cec0eead5008e09531e5e340e9bf6b04eb3dec
- Author: aiskillstore
- GitHub username: aiskillstore
- License: MIT
- Repository: https://github.com/aiskillstore/marketplace/tree/main/skills/mylukin/openhue/
- Ref: ebdfe608f5de2b66ff37ab4af12af8ac4f5e8006
- Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- Audit status: complete
- Agent install advisory: allowed
- Manual install advisory: allowed
- Artifact signature: available
- Audit attestation: unavailable
- Human verification: not\_verified
- Risk factors: external\_commands, network
- Quality score: 50
- Quality tier: warning
- Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/openhue
- Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/openhue/manifest

## Capabilities

- Lists available Hue lights, rooms, and scenes.
- Turns individual lights or entire rooms on and off.
- Sets brightness from zero to 100 percent.
- Adjusts supported lights by color name, RGB value, or color temperature.
- Activates named scenes within a selected room.
- Applies multi-setting presets for bedtime, work, or movie viewing.

## Use Cases

- Adjust Everyday Lighting: Control a named lamp or room without opening the Hue application.
- Prepare a Focused Workspace: Set office brightness and temperature for focused work sessions.
- Activate Accessible Lighting: Use natural-language requests to control lights when manual switches are difficult to reach.

## Prompt Templates

### List Hue Resources

```
List all Hue lights, rooms, and scenes available through OpenHue. Do not change any device.
```

### Set One Light

```
Turn on [light name] and set its brightness to [percentage]. Confirm the target and setting before execution.
```

### Activate a Room Scene

```
Activate the [scene name] scene in [room name]. Verify that both resources exist and ask for confirmation before execution.
```

### Coordinate Multiple Rooms

```
Inspect available resources, then propose settings for [rooms] based on [activity]. Show every planned change and execute only after confirmation.
```

## Limitations

- Requires the OpenHue CLI and a reachable Philips Hue Bridge on the local network.
- First-time bridge pairing requires a physical button press.
- Color settings work only with color-capable Hue bulbs.
- Does not control non-Hue devices, HomeKit automations, televisions, or HVAC systems.

## Best Practices

- List resources first when device, room, or scene names are uncertain.
- Confirm room-wide and multi-device changes before execution.
- Use brightness, temperature, and color values supported by the target bulbs.

## Anti Patterns

- Do not guess light, room, or scene names.
- Do not use this skill for devices outside the Philips Hue ecosystem.
- Do not repeatedly retry commands when the bridge is unreachable or pairing is incomplete.

## Security Audit

- Audited at: 2026-07-23T20:19:24.082\+00:00
- Summary: Five findings confirm intended OpenHue command execution, and the homepage URL is a benign, low-severity network reference. Five backtick findings are Markdown false positives; review also found device-state changes without required confirmation.

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