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Talking to Saga

Say “Hey Saga” to the listener, then just talk — plain sentences, no commands to memorize. The examples below are things that actually work today, grouped by what Saga reaches for.

Wake word Hey Saga Wait for the confirmation beep, then speak your request. Only the always-on listener is awake for this right now — other clients are push-to-talk.

Home control

LIGHTS · SWITCHES · SCENES

Say a natural name for the thing, not its technical ID — Saga resolves it against Home Assistant for you.

turn on the living room lights turn off the fan dim the lights turn the lamp blue toggle the office switch

Weather, time & date

DIRECT — NO CHARACTER FLOURISH

These are answered as plain facts, not performed, so the numbers stay exact.

what's the weather is it going to rain tomorrow how cold is it tonight what time is it what's today's date

Timers

COUNTDOWN

set a timer for 10 minutes set a 5 minute pasta timer

Known gap: a timer confirms when it's set, but doesn't yet announce itself out loud when it runs out.

Notes

NO DUE DATE

For things to jot down with no particular time attached.

make a note that the gate code is 4471 note that we're out of coffee filters what's on my list read my notes

Reminders

DUE DATE SET

Give a time any way that's natural — a relative offset, a day, a clock time, or both.

remind me to call mom in 20 minutes remind me to water the plants on Friday remind me tomorrow morning to take the trash out what are my reminders anything due today

Known gap: reminders are pull-only — Saga won't speak up on its own when one is due yet. Ask what's on the list.

Marking things done

NOTES + REMINDERS

I did that mark the vet reminder done cross that off my list

This only checks the item off — it's never deleted, so a misheard match is never destructive. Completed items stay on the list until cleared by hand.

Long-term memory

PERSISTS ACROSS SESSIONS

For durable facts about you or the household — not checklist items. Use notes/reminders for those instead.

remember that I'm allergic to shellfish what do you know about my allergies do you remember my birthday

The car

CAR PARKER AUTOMATION

where's my car parked when do I need to move my car how soon until street sweeping

Just talking

IN CHARACTER

Anything that isn't one of the above gets a reply in character, from one dry aside to a longer, more reflective answer for a genuinely philosophical question. Saga never breaks character or admits to being software — that's not a bug to report.

What Saga can't do yet

No proactive speech. Timers and reminders confirm when set, but nothing announces itself unprompted — ask, don't wait.
One listener. "Hey Saga" wake-word capture only runs on the one always-on device today.
Deletion isn't a voice action. Marking something done checks it off; actually removing items from the list is a Home Assistant task, not a spoken one.