# Quick memo to get Alexa see Homey flows as scenes

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**Created:** [July 7, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/quick-memo-to-get-alexa-see-homey-flows-as-scenes/139384 "2025-07-07T14:47:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/quick-memo-to-get-alexa-see-homey-flows-as-scenes/139384/1 "2025-07-07T14:47:22Z")

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📋 QUICK MEMO — Syncing Homey with Alexa Without Chaos

🎯 Goal:

Make Homey flows appear as scenes in Alexa, while avoiding duplicated devices and broken routines.

🟣 0. Rename devices in Homey with a prefix (e.g. “H\_”, “TEMP\_”)

Helps quickly identify Homey-sourced devices in Alexa after detection.

🟣 1. Create a Homey flow that can be detected as a scene

- ✅ Mark the flow as a **favorite** (star icon enabled)
- ✅ Give it a **clear and simple name** (e.g. “Turn on display”)
- ❌ Avoid complex conditions or triggers that Alexa can’t interpret
- ⚠ Avoid creating virtual devices unless absolutely needed to make the flow visible

🟡 2. Trigger detection in Alexa

- Open _Alexa \> Skills \> Philips Hue \> Settings_\*
- This triggers a **full scan** of connected systems  
\*(_Works with other skills too, not just Hue)_
- ✅ Alexa picks up Homey flows as **scenes**
- ❌ But also discovers **all exposed Homey devices** , leading to duplicates

🔴 3. Handling duplicated devices

- 👀 Newly detected devices are marked **“New”** (green dot)

- ⚠ Alexa treats these as separate entities, which **breaks existing routines**

- 🧼 Solution:

- Manually **remove the newly detected Homey devices** (thanks to the prefix)

- Keep the original versions to ensure routines continue to work properly

🧹 4. Optimized manual cleanup

- Create a group in Alexa called **“To Delete”**
- Add all duplicated Homey devices to the group
- Remove each device manually via **Forget Device**
- 🕐 Estimated time: 5–10 minutes depending on detection volume

🎯 Outcome

- 🎉 Homey flows show up as Alexa scenes
- 🤖 Existing Alexa routines stay functional
- 🧘‍♂️ Your smart home remains clean, organized, and duplicate-free

Hope this could help