Fact · Voice and AI
In Home Assistant's interface, you create a sentence trigger by entering one or more sentences, and you leave out punctuation.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Enter one or more sentences that you would like to trigger an automation. Do not use punctuation.”
Adding a custom sentence to trigger an automation, Home Assistant project, Home Assistant, 2026, Adding a custom sentence to trigger an automation (creating the trigger in the interface).
Open the original- What it measures
- The steps for an automation with a Sentence trigger, which starts when Assist hears one of the sentences you enter.
- What it does not show
- The sentence must also match what Assist can hear, and the device must be exposed to Assist before the trigger will fire.