control-ikea-lightbulb

This skill provides a lightweight Python script to control a local smart bulb (supports TP-Link Kasa-compatible bulbs via python-kasa). It is intended for local LAN devices that do not require cloud credentials; control is by IP address.

When to use this skill - When you want to turn a bulb on or off - When you want to set brightness (0-100) - When you want to set color (HSV) - When you have the bulb's local IP and it's accessible from this machine

Contents - scripts/control_kasa_light.py — main runnable script (Python 3.9+) - scripts/light_show.py — small light-show controller for sequences (uses python-kasa). Changes include: - Default white uses a high color temperature (9000K) to make white appear "whiter"; pass --white-temp to override. - Bug fixes: the off-flash between blue→red now ignores transitions to white (saturation==0) to avoid white<->blue ping-pong, and white-temp is only applied to white steps (fixes red being skipped during off-flash). White steps also set brightness even without --double-write. - scripts/run_test_light_show.sh — helper to run light_show via uv

Notes - This repo is set up for uv (no manual environment activation). Dependencies live in pyproject.toml and wrappers prefer uv run. Example: uv run --project ./skills/control-ikea-lightbulb python ./skills/control-ikea-lightbulb/scripts/control_kasa_light.py --ip 192.168.4.69 --on --hsv 0 100 80 --brightness 80 - Install uv: - brew install uv (macOS) - pipx install uv (cross-platform) - The provided wrapper script requires uv: ./skills/control-ikea-lightbulb/scripts/run_control_kasa.sh --ip 192.168.4.69 --on --hsv 0 100 80 --brightness 80 - The test helper also prefers uv: ./skills/control-ikea-lightbulb/scripts/run_test_light_show.sh --ip 192.168.4.69 --duration 6 --transition 1 --off-flash --verbose - If your device is actually an IKEA TRADFRI device (not Kasa), this script is a starting point; tell me and I will add TRADFRI support. - No cloud credentials are required; control happens over LAN to the device's IP.

Quick start 1. Install uv (macOS): brew install uv 2. Turn the bulb on (replace the IP): ./skills/control-ikea-lightbulb/scripts/run_control_kasa.sh --ip 192.168.4.69 --on 3. Set color and brightness: ./skills/control-ikea-lightbulb/scripts/run_control_kasa.sh --ip 192.168.4.69 --hsv 0 100 80 --brightness 80

Git note - No local environment artifacts are tracked; use uv.

Note about Python requirements and recent change - The skill previously declared python-kasa>=0.13.0 which caused dependency resolution failures on this machine. To make the skill runnable locally the project's pyproject.toml was adjusted to: - requires-python = ">=3.11, <4.0" - python-kasa>=0.10.2 - This allows the resolver to pick a compatible python-kasa on machines with Python 3.11+. If you prefer a different constraint (or want me to revert this change), tell me and I will update the pyproject.toml and README accordingly.