# Email: Homey in ChatGPT (ChatGPT Integration: A Missed Opportunity) **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** official, flow, advancedflow, ai, chatgpt\ **Created:** [June 8, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/email-homey-in-chatgpt-chatgpt-integration-a-missed-opportunity/155938 "2026-06-08T18:37:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jos\_Visser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jos_visser/32/158461_2.png) [@Jos\_Visser](https://community.homey.app/u/Jos_Visser)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/email-homey-in-chatgpt-chatgpt-integration-a-missed-opportunity/155938/1 "2026-06-08T18:37:58Z")
Hi everyone, on the 4e of June I received the email about the new ChatGPT integration: **“Describe what you want to automate. ChatGPT helps you set it up.”** As an active Homey user, this got me really excited. In my opinion, the true value of AI in a smart home isn’t in simply turning a light on or off (we already use voice assistants or the app for that). The real game-changer would be **designing, building, and migrating complex (Advanced) Flows**. Think about automating repetitive tasks, eliminating old scripts, or batch-converting an outdated set of flows into a single, streamlined Advanced Flow. Essentially: “automation-as-code” using natural language. Unfortunately, the reality is a huge letdown. The integration falls completely short on exactly this front. When you actually put ChatGPT to work to build or restructure flows, the AI quickly pulls the handbrake. This is the harsh reality that ChatGPT itself outlines regarding its limitations: - **No Advanced Flow graph editing:** ChatGPT cannot create or manipulate visual nodes because flows are visual elements, not text-based configurations that the AI can push directly into Homey. - **No bulk migrations:** You can’t ask it: _“I have these 10 remotes, please rebuild these flows more efficiently.”_ - **Very limited generation:** Only extremely basic flows with directly available cards can (sometimes) be generated. The moment any real logic is involved, it stops. Instead of an AI engineer doing the heavy lifting for you, you essentially just get a **“clickable text instruction” on your screen**. In the end, you still have to manually drag, drop, and connect everything yourself in the Homey Web App. To make matters worse, even with simple commands, the AI struggles with device IDs and throws errors stating it cannot uniquely identify the devices in the session. The marketing email paints a picture of lifting your smart home to the next level with a single click. But as long as ChatGPT cannot actually autonomously generate (Advanced) Flows, and we are still stuck manually dragging visual nodes around, this adds very little value for power users. Right now it feels like a neat gimmick, while the potential for true automation could have been so much more. What are your thoughts on this? Have any of you tried letting it generate more complex logic, or are you hitting the exact same brick walls? ---
**Author:** ![smarthomesven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/smarthomesven/32/79712_2.png) [@smarthomesven](https://community.homey.app/u/smarthomesven)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/email-homey-in-chatgpt-chatgpt-integration-a-missed-opportunity/155938/2 "2026-06-08T19:00:49Z")
I think ChatGPT can build HomeyScripts? > **[HomeyScript | Homey](https://homey.app/en-us/app/com.athom.homeyscript/HomeyScript/)** > > Script your Home ---
**Author:** ![Jos\_Visser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jos_visser/32/158461_2.png) [@Jos\_Visser](https://community.homey.app/u/Jos_Visser)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/email-homey-in-chatgpt-chatgpt-integration-a-missed-opportunity/155938/3 "2026-06-08T19:40:54Z")
I think you’re missing the point. Suggesting Homey Scripts completely defeats the purpose of an AI assistant, and it’s definitely not what Athom advertised. The email explicitly stated: “Describe what you want to automate. ChatGPT helps you set it up.” If the solution to a limited AI integration is “just write JavaScript instead,” then the integration fails its core promise. If the current system is simply not capable enough to handle actual flow orchestration, and it should never have been marketed as a seamless, one-click automation builder. That’s why I’m looking for fellow users that have the same issue, and hoping for homey to pick it up and work on it. ---
**Author:** ![smarthomesven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/smarthomesven/32/79712_2.png) [@smarthomesven](https://community.homey.app/u/smarthomesven)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/email-homey-in-chatgpt-chatgpt-integration-a-missed-opportunity/155938/4 "2026-06-08T19:54:10Z")
The primary issue is the GUI. It needs x and y coordinates for Advanced Flows, and the AI (at least Claude) doesn’t really understand the position of those cards. Besides that, Homey can only load all Flow cards all at once. This means that every single Flowcard is loaded with all available options such as tokens it returns and title in all languages, which uses a lot of tokens so you’d need a model with a high context. Homey doesn’t have an option for “lazy loading” which most webapps use nowadays ---
**Author:** ![Jos\_Visser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jos_visser/32/158461_2.png) [@Jos\_Visser](https://community.homey.app/u/Jos_Visser)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/email-homey-in-chatgpt-chatgpt-integration-a-missed-opportunity/155938/5 "2026-06-08T20:18:46Z")
If that is the issue, then Athom really needs to work on a solution for a problem they created themselves. My thinking here is simple: Homey has build there own API, so just get the data, hand it over to the AI efficiently, and let the AI handle the logic. We shouldn’t have to worry about the system choking on too many options or getting confused by where to place blocks on a visual screen. That’s on Athom to solve on the backend. Until they figure out how to bridge that gap properly, the integration just isn’t ready to do what they promised in the email and also their own support website: [https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/27950286160540-How-to-connect-Homey-to-ChatGPT](https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/27950286160540-How-to-connect-Homey-to-ChatGPT) ---
**Author:** ![smarthomesven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/smarthomesven/32/79712_2.png) [@smarthomesven](https://community.homey.app/u/smarthomesven)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/email-homey-in-chatgpt-chatgpt-integration-a-missed-opportunity/155938/6 "2026-06-08T20:33:37Z")
> [@Jos\_Visser](#): > > so just get the data, But in order to do so, it needs to get all trigger, condition and action Flowcards. Also all devices need to be fetched, and if you want to modify an existing Flow you’d need to get all Flows as well. There’s not really an option to only get specific items, if an app (f.e. ChatGPT) needs something, it needs to fetch everything from the API. It can be thousands of lines of JSON. Homey’s API was never really designed for AI it seems like. ---
**Author:** ![Jos\_Visser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jos_visser/32/158461_2.png) [@Jos\_Visser](https://community.homey.app/u/Jos_Visser)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/email-homey-in-chatgpt-chatgpt-integration-a-missed-opportunity/155938/7 "2026-06-09T00:24:54Z")
But isn’t that exactly what MCP is supposed to be for? From what I understand, MCP should act as the filter for the massive data dump Homey is giving. At least, that should be the standard. Instead of forcing the AI to read thousands of lines of JSON all at once and choking the system, MCP is designed so the AI can just ask Homey for exactly what it needs at that moment. Let’s be honest: Home Assistant wasn’t made to be used with AI either, just like most products out there. But in this day and age, everyone needs to adapt or stop. Launching a marketing campaign for a “one-click ChatGPT integration” when the backend plumbing isn’t actually ready for it—at least, based on what you’re saying—is just disappointing. Half measures like this are not going to work, and they aren’t going to be accepted by users who pay for a premium product. If Athom is selling us on AI integration, they need to build the proper bridge to support it. But again @smarthomesven, you’re just giving reasons why it isn’t working or won’t work. My goal here is to get in touch with other users who are trying to do the same as me—create flows and advanced flows with ChatGPT—and are failing. Or, even better, to get a response from Athom themselves so we can get a clear picture of the current state and what the future holds. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/email-homey-in-chatgpt-chatgpt-integration-a-missed-opportunity/155938/8 "2026-06-09T01:23:11Z")
> [@Jos\_Visser](#): > > to get a response from Athom themselves This is just a users forum. To contact Athom, goto homey.app/support. > [@Jos\_Visser](#): > > the reality is a huge letdown Not defending Athom in any way, but I don’t understand how you think it can do “magic”? I’m not sure what you read, and where It only says _help you_, _Chatabcde can help you create_. I don’t read “it will do anything you had in mind” anywhere, but maybe it’s just me ![Screenshot_20260609_031455_Ecosia](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/1/f/1f23d23f721c2bcd66ff564cecde031fb75721ea.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Jos\_Visser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jos_visser/32/158461_2.png) [@Jos\_Visser](https://community.homey.app/u/Jos_Visser)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/email-homey-in-chatgpt-chatgpt-integration-a-missed-opportunity/155938/9 "2026-06-09T07:03:36Z")
Well, according to Athom, they do read and follow the community forums. What company wouldn’t if they want to know what’s actually going on with their users? And of course, I have already created a support ticket as well. As for my expectations being “unrealistic”—this is exactly what I, and many others, expect when we read an email like that or a support page telling me: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/9/e91f8e5396609d866777c725d754d29a219956fd.jpeg) I want to be able to ask ChatGPT: “I have a zone with one light and one remote. Make an Advanced Flow to turn the light on/off with the remote, and use a long press to dim or brighten the light.” Of course, this is a simplified example, but these are exactly the types of flows that are a massive pain to set up manually for every single remote, room, zone, and mood in a large house. There are so many personal flows I would love to spin up quickly—like a movie time scene, a sunset routine, or an away-from-home state. I am definitely not expecting magic. Just being able to generate these “basic” remote control flows, dimming behaviors, and mood shifts for a zone would make me, and a lot of other users, incredibly happy. In fact, once those flows are built and pushed to my system, I wouldn’t even care about keeping ChatGPT connected to my home anymore. I just want it to do the heavy lifting of building the foundations. ---
**Author:** ![smarthomesven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/smarthomesven/32/79712_2.png) [@smarthomesven](https://community.homey.app/u/smarthomesven)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/email-homey-in-chatgpt-chatgpt-integration-a-missed-opportunity/155938/10 "2026-06-09T12:29:40Z")
> [@Jos\_Visser](#): > > Well, according to Athom, they do read and follow the community forums. No, they don’t. The only official support channel is: > **[Support | Homey](https://homey.app/en-us/support/)** I just think it’s a bug. You should report it to Support ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Bittner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_bittner/32/16698_2.png) [@Peter\_Bittner](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Bittner)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/email-homey-in-chatgpt-chatgpt-integration-a-missed-opportunity/155938/11 "2026-06-12T12:27:17Z")
I’ve been using ChatGpt for Homey and I think it is great. I have some very complex flows to manage my solar environment but they need to be refreshed. ChatGPT’s response and proposed approach was fantastic. Evan if it cant write the flows itself it can build the scripts required and provide me with a structured approach which will be significant. If all I have to do is develop the flows I’ll be more than happy. ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Lewis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robert_lewis/32/121246_2.png) [@Robert\_Lewis](https://community.homey.app/u/Robert_Lewis)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 1:15am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/email-homey-in-chatgpt-chatgpt-integration-a-missed-opportunity/155938/12 "2026-08-14T01:15:22Z")
is there a simple way to book mark the chatpgt and homey integration? a url or something. struggling to work out an easy way to access it ---
**Author:** ![smarthomesven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/smarthomesven/32/79712_2.png) [@smarthomesven](https://community.homey.app/u/smarthomesven)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/email-homey-in-chatgpt-chatgpt-integration-a-missed-opportunity/155938/13 "2026-08-14T01:31:28Z")
> [@Robert\_Lewis](#): > > a url or something. Yes: [https://chatgpt.com/?surface=work&hints=plugin%3Aasdk\_app\_6946bbc90ca4819188f817f992348b98](https://chatgpt.com/?surface=work&hints=plugin%3Aasdk_app_6946bbc90ca4819188f817f992348b98) Use this link ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Lewis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robert_lewis/32/121246_2.png) [@Robert\_Lewis](https://community.homey.app/u/Robert_Lewis)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/email-homey-in-chatgpt-chatgpt-integration-a-missed-opportunity/155938/14 "2026-08-14T02:24:59Z")
thanks ---
**Author:** ![weide43](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/weide43/32/79186_2.png) [@weide43](https://community.homey.app/u/weide43)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 7:30am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/email-homey-in-chatgpt-chatgpt-integration-a-missed-opportunity/155938/15 "2026-10-09T07:30:40Z")
@Jos_Visser I agree with you that the interesting part is designing and building, not switching a lamp. That is the direction I took with a community app, so for what it’s worth (I made it, keep that in mind): MCP AI Bridge runs an MCP server on the Homey itself. Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or a local model can then read your existing flows and explain them back, and build new basic and Advanced Flows with the cards in place. It looks up the real card ids on your Homey and checks the flow before saving, and it does not go through Athom’s cloud integration, so its rate limits do not apply. In 5.0, now in test, you can also give every assistant a home profile with what your devices are really called and your house rules, it draws a flow for you before creating it, and it keeps a copy of a flow before changing it. Moving automations over from another system works the same way: paste them in and ask for the Homey version. Setup and everything else: [[APP][Pro] MCP AI Bridge: talk to your Homey with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Cursor, Mistral, Ollama, LM Studio, n8n, Home Assistant or any AI, also from Telegram and WhatsApp](https://community.homey.app/t/155930)