Get the state of Home
Get the state of [name of Home set up in the Home app).
Toggle the Christmas lights
Turns your HomeKit Christmas lights on or off depending on the current state.
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Scripting Actions
If
Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.
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
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