HassIL

The Home Assistant Intent Language (HassIL) parser for intents.

Template syntax

Dependencies

• PyYAML

Installation

Run the script/setup script to automatically create a virtual environment and install the requirements.

Running

python3 -m hassil <yaml_file_or_directory> [<yaml_file_or_directory> ...]

Once loaded, you may type in a sentence and see what intent it matches. For example:

python3 -m hassil examples/en.yaml --areas 'living room'
what is the temperature in the living room
{'intent': 'HassClimateGetTemperature', 'area': 'living room', 'domain': 'climate'}

Make sure to provide area names with --areas. Device or entity names can be provided with --names.

python3 -m hassil examples/en.yaml --areas office --names trapdoor
open the trapdoor in the office
{'intent': 'HassOpenCover', 'name': 'trapdoor', 'area': 'office'}

Sampling Sentences

Sentences for each intent can be sampled from the intent YAML files:

python3 -m hassil.sample examples/en.yaml -n 1
{"intent": "HassTurnOn", "text": "turn on the entity"}
{"intent": "HassTurnOff", "text": "turn off the entity"}
{"intent": "HassOpenCover", "text": "open the entity in the area"}
{"intent": "HassCloseCover", "text": "close the entity in the area"}
{"intent": "HassLightsSet", "text": "set the entity color to red"}
{"intent": "HassClimateSetTemperature", "text": "set temperature to 0 degrees in the area"}
{"intent": "HassClimateGetTemperature", "text": "what is the temperature in the area"}

The --areas and --names arguments are the same from python3 -m hassil, but default to generic "area" and "entity" terms.

Exclude the -n argument to sample all possible sentences.

Sentence Templates

Uses a custom parser written in Python.

• Alternative words or phrases
  • (red|green|blue)
  • turn(s|ed|ing)
• Optional words or phrases
  • [the]
  • [this|that]
  • light[s]
• Permutations of words or phrases
  • (patience; you must have) my young Padawan
  • is [the] light (on; in <area>)
• Slot Lists
  • {list_name}
  • {list_name:slot_name}
  • Refers to a pre-defined list of values in YAML (lists), either global or local (particular to the intent to which the sentence refers)
• Expansion Rules
  • <rule_name>
  • Refers to a pre-defined expansion rule in YAML (expansion_rules), either global or local (particular to the intent to which the sentence refers)

YAML Format

language: "<language code>"
intents:
  <intent name>:
    data:
      # List of sentences/slots/etc.
      - sentences:
          - "<sentence template>"
          - "<sentence template>"
        # Optional
        slots:
          # Fixed slots for the recognized intent
          <name>: <value>
        requires_context:
          # Must be present in match context
          <name>: # Any provided value is good
        excludes_context:
          # Must NOT be present in match context
          <name>: <value or list>
        expansion_rules:
          # Expansion rules which only apply to the intent, referenced as <rule_name>
          <rule_name>: <sentence template>
        lists:
          # Lists which apply only to the current set of sentences, referenced as {list_name} or {list_name:slot_name}
          <list name>:
            values:
              # See below for other possible types
              - "items"
              - "in list"
        metadata:
          # Arbitrary key/value pairs that will be available in the result
          <key>: <value>

# Optional lists of items that become alternatives in sentence templates
lists:
  # Referenced as {list_name} or {list_name:slot_name}
  <list name>:
    values:
      - "items"
      - "in list"
      - in: "text in"
        out: <value for slot>
        # Optional
        context:
          <name>: <value>
        metadata:
          # Arbitrary key/value pairs that will be available in the result
          <key>: <value>
  <range_name>
    range:
      type: "number"
      from: 0
      to: 100  # inclusive
      multiplier: 1.0  # multiply to get final value
  <wildcard_name>
    wildcard: true

# Optional rules that are expanded in sentence templates
expansion_rules:
  # Referenced as <rule_name>
  <rule_name>: "<sentence template>"

# Optional words that the intent recognizer can skip during recognition
skip_words:
  - "<word>"

Inline Range Lists

Within a sentence template, you can create a range list inline with the format {start..end,[step]:slot_name}. For example:

language: "en"
intents:
  SetBrightness:
    data:
      - sentences:
          - "set brightness to {0..100:brightness}"

During matching, a range list from 0 to 100 will be available and its value will be stored in the brightness slot.

An optional step can be used as well:

language: "en"
intents:
  StartTimer:
    data:
      - sentences:
          - "start timer for {10..100,10:seconds} seconds"

This range list goes from 10 to 100 in steps of 10, so the sentence "start timer for 11 seconds" will not be recognized.