Toggle the Christmas lights
Turns your HomeKit Christmas lights on or off depending on the current state.
Shortcut Information
The shortcut checks, the power state of a specific HomeKit device, and, if there already is power, turns the device off, and if there is no power, turns it on.
Use this shortcut for a HomeKit-powered light switch with your Christmas lights connected as a one-tap shortuct to turn them on and off as needed — works well as a single Shortcuts widget on the Home Screen
Use this shortcut for a HomeKit-powered light switch with your Christmas lights connected as a one-tap shortuct to turn them on and off as needed — works well as a single Shortcuts widget on the Home Screen
Actions Used
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If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
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Control [Home]
Set the state of [name of Home set up in the Home app] by selecting scenes and accessories to automate.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Toggle%20the%20Christmas%20lights
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Toggle%20the%20Christmas%20lights
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Toggle the Christmas lights”
end tell
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