Google Home Control (N.O.V.A.)

Created by: Mathew Pittard (Mat)

Portfolio: mathewpittard.vercel.app

This skill allows Clawdbot to control your smart home devices (lights, TVs, appliances) directly using a Python-based bridge to the Google Assistant SDK.

🛠️ Step-by-Step Setup

To get this skill working, you'll need to link it to your own Google account. Follow these steps:

1. Create a Google Cloud Project

1. Go to the Google Cloud Console.
2. Create a new project (e.g., "My Smart Home").
3. Enable the Google Assistant API.

2. Configure OAuth

1. Go to APIs & Services > Credentials.
2. Configure your OAuth Consent Screen (set User Type to "External" and add yourself as a test user).
3. Create an OAuth 2.0 Client ID with the type Desktop app.
4. Download the JSON file and rename it to client_secret.json.

3. Prepare the Python Environment

This skill requires a Python virtual environment with specific dependencies:

# Create and activate environment
python3 -m venv google_home_env
source google_home_env/bin/activate

# Install requirements
pip install google-assistant-sdk[samples] google-auth-oauthlib[tool] tenacity

4. Authorize and Generate Credentials

Run the following command in your terminal to authorize the SDK:

google-oauthlib-tool --client-secrets /path/to/your/client_secret.json --scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/assistant-sdk-prototype --save

• This will open a browser window. Log in and grant permissions.
• It will save a credentials.json file to ~/.config/google-oauthlib-tool/credentials.json.

5. Final Configuration

Ensure the google_home_env is accessible to Clawdbot. When Clawdbot runs the skill, it will look for your credentials in the standard ~/.config path automatically.

🚀 Usage

Simply tell the agent what to do:

• "Turn off the office lights."
• "Set the TV volume to 20."

The agent will use the control.py script inside this skill to execute the command via Google Assistant.