Home Assistant Actionable Notifications – Step-by-Step Setup (Mobile & Alexa)

📱🔊 Home Assistant Actionable Notifications – Step-by-Step Setup (Mobile & Alexa) This video is a complete step-by-step guide to setting up actionable notifications in Home Assistant — both for mobile devices and Alexa! Whether you're on Android, iOS, or want Alexa to ask you questions and respond to your answers, this tutorial has you covered. We’ll walk through everything: How to send interactive push notifications to your mobile How to set up Alexa actionable notifications using HACS (Home Assistant Community Store) and input_text Live demos, warnings, and best practices for automation scripts 🧠 All code and files from this video 📂 GitHub Repository (Lazy Tech Geek): 👉 https://github.com/LazyTechGeek/Actionable-Notifications 🔗Remote Access with DuckDNS and NGINX: https://youtu.be/jdyZ6lp1Emg 💡 Chapters are included, so feel free to jump to the sections you need! 00:00 Intro 00:25 Warning: This video is long — check the chapters! 01:05 Actionable Notifications Overview (PowerPoint) 07:40 Identify your mobile device name 08:57 Rename iPhone (optional) 11:30 Rename Android (optional) 13:55 Changing notification settings on Android **Actionable Notifications** **Mobile Section** 17:18 Confirming your mobile can receive notifications 19:04 Creating the actionable notification trigger (mobile) 23:25 Creating the actionable notification response (mobile) 25:19 Live demo: Mobile notification in action 26:58 Discussion: Automations calling scripts 27:01 Warning: Be cautious when splitting scripts 29:51 (Optional) Creating a reusable script for automations 31:49 (Optional) Creating automation to call the script **Actionable Notifications** **Alexa Section** 34:00 Actionable notifications with Alexa 34:23 Installing HACS 36:00 Downloading Alexa Media Player Integration via HACS 37:00 Adding Alexa Media Player Integration from Devices & Services 40:11 Alexa actionable notifications overview 40:52 Adding `input_text` entry to configuration.yaml 41:49 Creating the Alexa skill 46:57 Downloading `AlexaActionNoBinaryLinux.zip` 49:07 Editing `lambda_function.py` (Nabu Casa & DuckDNS) 50:32 Generating long-lived access token 51:42 ⚠️ Warning: True/False is case-sensitive 54:46 Linking account (Nabu Casa only) 57:46 Signing in via mobile (Nabu Casa only) 59:32 Adding `activate_alexa_actionable_notification` script entry 01:00:36 Finding your Skill ID 01:01:58 Disabling the "Okay" confirmation 01:06:08 Creating the actionable notification trigger (Alexa) 01:10:45 Creating the actionable notification response (Alexa) 01:12:34 Testing the Alexa automation 01:13:06 (Optional) Creating a reusable script for automations 01:15:09 (Optional) Creating automation to call the script 01:16:38 Live demo: Alexa notification in action 01:17:07 Outro 📚 Alexa Actionable Notification Resources by Keaton Taylor (Original Structure) These instructions were based on Keaton Taylor’s excellent guide: 📘 Wiki Overview: https://github.com/keatontaylor/alexa-actions/wiki 📝 Input Text Setup: https://github.com/keatontaylor/alexa-actions/wiki/Initial-Home-Assistant-Configuration 💻 Alexa Developer Console: https://developer.amazon.com/alexa/console/ask 🧠 Interaction Model (Skill Package): https://github.com/keatontaylor/alexa-actions/tree/master/skill-package/interactionModels/custom 📦 AlexaActionsNoBinaryLinux.zip: https://github.com/keatontaylor/alexa-actions/releases 🧾 activate_alexa_actionable_notification Script Guide: https://github.com/keatontaylor/alexa-actions/wiki/Home-Assistant-Talking-to-Alexa-(The-Script) 🎵 MUSIC USED IN THIS VIDEO Intro Track: Powerful Action Rock Trailer 🎤 Artist: RocknStock 🎧 Source: Pixabay 🔗 Link: https://pixabay.com/users/rocknstock-28545072/ 💬 Questions or stuck on a step? Drop a comment below or join our Discord community for help! 🔗 https://discord.gg/jEaremqDJd 👍 Enjoyed the video? Give it a like, leave a comment, and subscribe for more Home Assistant tutorials & automations! 🔔 Subscribe here!: https://www.youtube.com/@LazyTechGeek?sub_confirmation=1