Safety and security automations
Notice leaks, open doors, stove concerns, and other important conditions sooner while keeping approved alarms, safety controls, and human decisions in charge. These recipes provide supplemental information and actions rather than claiming a sensor proves safety.
Choose a recipe
Use away lighting
Make ordinary-looking lighting changes without claiming that lights secure a home.
Add supplemental fire response
Support path lighting and alerts without delaying alarms or declaring an all-clear.
Send an immediate water leak alert
Name the wet sensor and require inspection before clearing the incident.
Report a garage door left open
Keep the condition visible without assuming motion proves the doorway is clear.
Create a stove reminder
Tie a reminder to an approved state or deliberate timer without improvised control.
Close a garage through approved equipment
Alert first and preserve entrapment protection, warnings, and confirmation.
Add optional presence sound while away
Use sound as a reversible deterrent without presenting it as a security system.
Check for an unlocked door
Keep unlocked status visible and name every unresolved lock during an intentional bedtime check.
Start here
Begin with alert-only behavior and add control only when equipment is approved for it.
- Water leak alert - the location, urgent message, and manual inspection are explicit
- Garage door left-open alert - it improves awareness without moving the door
- Away lighting - the action is reversible and keeps normal switches available
What to keep in control
- Never delay an alarm while waiting for automation confirmation.
- Never infer identity, permission, occupancy, or safety from one sensor.
- Keep locks, switches, appliance controls, and emergency equipment available.
- Confirm final state before reporting an automatic command as successful.
What to verify
Test alert-only behavior, stale or conflicting data, low batteries, power loss, hub restart, and the documented manual response. Use qualified review where electrical, fuel, plumbing, alarm, or moving-door equipment requires it.