Life Admin & Home
Handle meal planning, daily briefs, errands and household tasks
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Other or custom
Map and control a whole smart home
Karpathy's agent scanned the home network, logged into Sonos, reverse-engineered APIs, mapped lights, HVAC, shades, pool and security, and built a dashboard.
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Use case overview
Karpathy's agent scanned the home network, logged into Sonos, reverse-engineered APIs, mapped lights, HVAC, shades, pool and security, and built a dashboard.
Reported experience
What they did
Karpathy prompted the agent in chat with "Can you find my Sonos?". The agent scanned the home IP network, logged into the unprotected Sonos, web-searched and reverse-engineered its API endpoints, then repeated the process on lights, HVAC, shades, pool, spa, and security systems. It built its own dashboard and APIs to stitch the systems together; Karpathy later issued commands such as "Dobby, it's sleepy time".
How it went
The agent produced a unified control center for the full house and now executes high-level commands across all devices. The post states no further metrics or shortfalls.
Example prompts
Scan my home network at [network range] and identify the smart devices on it, such as [lights, speakers, thermostat, cameras]. Map what each one can do and how to control it, then build a simple local dashboard that shows them in one place. Only read and list devices at first, and ask me before logging in to any account or sending any control command.
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