Smarter automations with dummy switches

The Home app has some frustrating limitations around creating automations or triggering events that don’t require auth from the user. Apps like Eve allow you to hook into more HomeKit APIs and create automations that can react to more sensors. What’s missing though is awareness of the automation suite as a whole e.g. overrides, priorities, and general awareness of how a bunch of automations could be modelled as a whole system. Continue reading.