# Alexa & Homey - passing values as tag **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [December 8, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-homey-passing-values-as-tag/22120 "2019-12-08T18:07:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vaderag](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/vaderag/32/150_2.png) [@vaderag](https://community.homey.app/u/vaderag)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-homey-passing-values-as-tag/22120/1 "2019-12-08T18:07:46Z")
Hi all, I have an Alexa question that search doesn’t seem to show has been asked I just found the Bosch smart home skill and since I have a smart oven I’d quite like to set this up with Homey so that I can say “Alexa, preheat the oven to 180 degrees” I know how to create the device and get that working and the skill allows for this, but I don’t know how to send the 180 value to Homey - can this be done? ---
**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-homey-passing-values-as-tag/22120/2 "2019-12-08T19:28:48Z")
Hi, no, that’s not possible with homey devises. Homey is offering all devices to Alexa which are compatible to Alexa (only lights, thermostats and switches at the moment). So you need to create a virtual device/switch (or more than one) to start a flow in Homey. You can rename these devices in Alexa to a name you could say (device name “oven 180 degrees” for using like “Alexa, switch on oven 180 degrees”). ---
**Author:** ![vaderag](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/vaderag/32/150_2.png) [@vaderag](https://community.homey.app/u/vaderag)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-homey-passing-values-as-tag/22120/3 "2019-12-08T20:21:02Z")
Thanks, that was my suspicion and my planned course of action, just was hoping there was a better way for the time the wife wants to bake a cake at 173 degrees for some reason 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-homey-passing-values-as-tag/22120/4 "2019-12-10T12:45:47Z")
Technically speaking its possible, you can trigger a flow based upon alexa hearing a string, then turning the rest of the string into a variable … It could be added to [[Alpha : 1.7.1] Amazon - Alexa Text to Speech, Announcements, Weather, News, Traffic and more](https://community.homey.app/t/alpha-1-7-1-amazon-alexa-text-to-speech-announcements-weather-news-traffic-and-more/8356) but would depend on demand. ---
**Author:** ![vaderag](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/vaderag/32/150_2.png) [@vaderag](https://community.homey.app/u/vaderag)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-homey-passing-values-as-tag/22120/5 "2019-12-11T13:14:34Z")
Hi @Jamie - I actually came across your app but I think I must have misunderstood - I was reading that this sends information _to_ Alexa rather than taking information _from_ Alexa? I would have thought a lot of people would find this functionality useful! ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 10:53am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/alexa-homey-passing-values-as-tag/22120/6 "2019-12-12T10:53:17Z")
It cant ‘take’ commands ‘from’ alexa. But it can listen for things … a small distinction