# Openhue

> Controls Philips Hue smart lights, rooms, and scenes via the OpenHue CLI and a Hue Bridge. Use when the user asks to turn lights on or off, change brightness or color, activate a scene, list rooms, discover bridges, or manage smart lighting. Handles setup, querying light state, and adjusting individual or grouped lights by name or ID.

- Skill: `mahabdalla/openhue` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add mahabdalla/openhue`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/mahabdalla/openhue/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: mahabdalla (https://skillmd.com/u/mahabdalla)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/mahabdalla/openhue

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# OpenHue CLI

Use `openhue` to control Hue lights and scenes via a Hue Bridge.

Setup

- Discover bridges: `openhue discover`
- Guided setup: `openhue setup`

Read

- `openhue get light --json`
- `openhue get room --json`
- `openhue get scene --json`

Write

- Turn on: `openhue set light <id-or-name> --on`
- Turn off: `openhue set light <id-or-name> --off`
- Brightness: `openhue set light <id> --on --brightness 50`
- Color: `openhue set light <id> --on --rgb #3399FF`
- Scene: `openhue set scene <scene-id>`

Notes

- You may need to press the Hue Bridge button during setup.
- Use `--room "Room Name"` when light names are ambiguous.

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