Toggle the Christmas lights

Turns your HomeKit Christmas lights on or off depending on the current state.

Preview

Scripting Actions

Apps, Home

Get the state of Home

Get the state of [name of Home set up in the Home app).

Control Flow, Scripting

Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.

Apps, Home

Control Home

Set the state of [name of Home set up in the Home app] by selecting scenes and accessories to automate.

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Toggle%20the%20Christmas%20lights

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Toggle%20the%20Christmas%20lights

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Toggle the Christmas lights” end tell

Public, Shortcuts, Siri Shortcuts

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