I’ve been using Homey Pro for a while now, and while I love the ecosystem, creating advanced automations is becoming increasingly frustrating and messy.
Homey was born to make smart homes simpler, but right now, programming complex logic feels completely counterintuitive. For example, right now I’m trying to set up a smart irrigation Flow, and it’s turning into an absolute nightmare.
To make it work efficiently, I need to combine a dozen variables:
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It needs to check if the weather is cloudy or sunny.
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The temperature must not be higher than a certain threshold.
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The humidity must be within a specific range.
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It shouldn’t have rained for a certain number of hours.
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And finally, the trigger should only fire if my solar panels reach a specific power production to power the water pump.
Trying to stack all these nested “AND/OR” conditions, logic tokens, and delays in the standard Flow builder is incredibly overwhelming and nearly impossible to keep clean. It completely defeats the purpose of having an intuitive hub.
With AI advancing so rapidly, are there any plans to integrate a Generative AI Flow Builder?
Imagine just typing what you want in plain text: “Run the irrigation pump only if it hasn’t rained in the last 24 hours, the humidity is low, the weather is cloudy, and solar production is above 2kW.” — and having Homey map out the logic cards automatically.
This would be a massive game-changer, especially for managing complex real-world setups like solar energy and garden automation.
Is Athom working on any AI integration for Flows, or does anyone have a clean workaround for handling this level of complex logic without losing their mind?
Thanks!
