@philip-nguyen, there's a similar question here.

These are the high level steps:

1. Create 2 commands that just run echo (doesn't matter what), and name them PlugOn and PlugOff.
2. Setup two Alexa routines - one that turns on your smart plug when the PlugOn command runs, and other that turns it off when the PlugOff command runs.
3. Create a script. At the beginning of the script, do the following:
4. Set variable called PLUG_IS_ON with a default value of true.
5. To make sure the plug is on at first, run the tcmd utility like this: tcmd -t plugon -c (your TRIGGERcmd computer name)
6. Create a loop that repeats every minute. Inside the loop, do the following:
7. Check your battery level with BatteryInfoView.exe
8. When the level is below 30 percent and PLUG_IS_ON = false, run tcmd utility like this: tcmd -t plugon -c (your TRIGGERcmd computer name)
9. When the level is above 99 percent and PLUG_IS_ON = true, run tcmd utility like this: tcmd -t plugoff -c (your TRIGGERcmd computer name)
10. Also set PLUG_IS_ON to true when you run plugon, and set it to false when you run plugoff

I think that should work. Do you know how to do that? Let me know if you get stuck, and where you get stuck. I can look at your script if you paste it here.

You can use this web page of course, but don't stop there. Check out this list of ways to run your commands on your computers.

The Smart Home version of the Alexa skill and Google Assistant action does the best job of matching your spoken words to your commands.

Smart Home voice assistant skills (Example: "Alexa, turn on calculator") <--Recommended

• "TRIGGERcmd Smart Home" Alexa skill
• "TRIGGERcmd Smart Home" Google Assistant action

Original "conversational" voice assistant skills (Example: "Alexa, ask TRIGGERcmd to run calculator"):

• Original Alexa skill
• Original Google Assistant action (deprecated)

Progressive Web App (PWA)

• https://app.triggercmd.com

Mobile apps:

• Apple App Store: TRIGGERcmd
• Google Play Store: TRIGGERcmd (supports widgets)
• Amazon App Store: TRIGGERcmd

Run your commands when things happen in other Internet services:

• Zapier - create a "Zap" that runs your command when something happens on one of their 1500+ supported apps.
• Make - create "scenarios" that run commands on your computers.
• IFTTT - If This Then run a command, or if a TRIGGERcmd command runs, run an IFTTT applet.
• Microsoft Power Automate (aka Flow) - run commands when things happen in Office 365 and other services.
• Pipedream - build workflows that run your commands.

IoT Smart Home hubs:

• Home Assistant - Flip virtual HA switches to run your TRIGGERcmd commands.
• Samsung SmartThings - Create virtual switches for each command, then flip the switches to run them. (Not working as of 6/21/2025)
• Homey - Use the ‘run command’ flow action.
• Hubitat - Trigger a command like you'd flip a switch.
• Node-RED - Run commands using an "http request".
• HomeKit - Use the homebridge-http-switch plugin with a bookmark URL.

Other cool methods:

• Run an Alexa routine - when one of your TRIGGERcmd commands runs.
• Google Assistant routine (aka automation) - use one of your TRIGGERcmd commands as a "starter" to run your routine when the command runs, or run one of your commands as a routine's "action." Either way, you must use the google automations script editor, not the Home app.
• Local stdio MCP - Run commands from local AI LLM chat tools like Claude Desktop or VS Code. Use the "MCP Tool Description" field of each command to tell the LLM what the command does, and how to use the parameters.
• Online Streamable HTTP MCP - Same as above but for online AI tools like Mistral AI.
• n8n community node - Run your commands from n8n AI workflows.
• Bookmarks - Create and share URL's that run your commands without authentication. You can set an optional timeout to make bookmark URL's expire. People can also scan your bookmark's QR code to run the command.
• iOS shortcut - Use the iOS Shortcuts app to run your commands with Siri.
• REST API - Use curl or other client to call the TRIGGERcmd API.
• tcmd - Command line tool written in Go.
• Tasker - Tasker is an Android app for automating things with your phone.
• Slack app - Run your commands with Slack "slash" commands.
• Powershell - Run a command on a computer across the Internet from your powershell script.
• Roku channel - Run a command from your Roku.
• Unity - Run a command from a Unity game or utility you made.
• Streamdeck - Configure a Streamdeck button to run a command on a remote computer.
• Python - Run a command on a remote computer from a python script.
• Paywall URL's - Similar to bookmark URL's, you can also charge people via Paypal to run your commands.
• viaSocket - Run commands from your viaSocket flow.

You'll need to install this on your Windows box to make it work: https://autohotkey.com

This is my media.ahk autohotkey script:

Gosub, %1%
return

next:
Send {Media_Next}
return

previous:
Send {Media_Prev}
return

pause:
Send {Media_Play_Pause}
return

play:
Send {Media_Play_Pause}
return

stop:
Send {Media_Stop}
return

volup:
Send {Volume_Up}
return

voldown:
Send {Volume_Down}
return

mute:
Send {Volume_Mute}
return

These are the corresponding commands.json entries:

{"trigger":"Mute","command":"start C:\\autohotkeyscripts\\media.ahk mute","ground":"foreground","voice":"mute"},
{"trigger":"Volume Up","command":"start C:\\autohotkeyscripts\\media.ahk volup","ground":"foreground","voice":"volume up"},
{"trigger":"Volume Down","command":"start C:\\autohotkeyscripts\\media.ahk voldown","ground":"foreground","voice":"volume down"},
{"trigger":"Media Next","command":"start C:\\autohotkeyscripts\\media.ahk next","ground":"foreground","voice":"next"},
{"trigger":"Media Stop","command":"start C:\\autohotkeyscripts\\media.ahk stop","ground":"foreground","voice":"stop"},
{"trigger":"Media Previous","command":"start C:\\autohotkeyscripts\\media.ahk previous","ground":"foreground","voice":"previous"},
{"trigger":"Media Play Pause","command":"start C:\\autohotkeyscripts\\media.ahk pause","ground":"foreground","voice":"pause"},

NOTE: You don't need a Play and a Pause because they do the same thing - they just toggle between play and pause.

This is optional, but I'm also using my Raspberry Pi based IR receiver to trigger the above commands with a VCR remote.

I have these entries in my /etc/lirc/lircrc file on the Pi:

  begin
       prog = irexec
       button = KEY_1
       config = export HOME=/root ; /root/triggertest.sh play downstairs
  end
  begin
       prog = irexec
       button = KEY_2
       config = export HOME=/root ; /root/triggertest.sh notepad downstairs
  end
  begin
       prog = irexec
       button = KEY_PLAY
       config = export HOME=/root ; /root/triggertest.sh "Media Play Pause" downstairs
  end
  begin
       prog = irexec
       button = KEY_PAUSE
       config = export HOME=/root ; /root/triggertest.sh "Media Play Pause" downstairs
  end
  begin
       prog = irexec
       button = KEY_RIGHT
       config = export HOME=/root ; /root/triggertest.sh "Media Next" downstairs
  end
  begin
       prog = irexec
       button = KEY_LEFT
       config = export HOME=/root ; /root/triggertest.sh "Media Previous" downstairs
  end
  begin
       prog = irexec
       button = KEY_STOP
       config = export HOME=/root ; /root/triggertest.sh "Media Stop" downstairs
  end
  begin
       prog = irexec
       button = KEY_UP
       config = export HOME=/root ; /root/triggertest.sh "Volume Up" downstairs
  end
  begin
       prog = irexec
       button = KEY_DOWN
       config = export HOME=/root ; /root/triggertest.sh "Volume Down" downstairs
  end
  begin
       prog = irexec
       button = KEY_MUTE
       config = export HOME=/root ; /root/triggertest.sh "Mute" downstairs
  end

@Micael-Sousa, good to know. I'm glad you figured this out.

@Ruan-Santana, I added two pages to the documentation this morning:

https://docs.triggercmd.com/#/./API/TriggerCommand
https://docs.triggercmd.com/#/./API/ListCommands

Is that what you're looking for?

@tim-s, that's right - you could even just change the trigger name and change it back, and it would invalidate the bookmark URL.

@Waldex-Santos, I think this should work:

osascript -e 'delay 60' -e 'tell app "System Events" to shut down'

It's back up now.

One of my servers went down last night, and Kubernetes didn't handle the fail-over well.

I got an email from my monitoring system while I was sleeping. I'll need to setup something else that will actually wake me up.

I'm sorry about this outage.

@Royski created this Hubitat integration that works just like the SmartThings integration.

His write up is here, on the Hubitat community forum:
https://community.hubitat.com/t/release-triggercmd-for-hubitat/22715

The code and instructions are here:
https://github.com/rvmey/HubitatTRIGGERcmd

Here's quick video showing it working:
https://youtu.be/V90B7jbEYxI

Some of you might have noticed, when you'd say something like:

Alexa, ask TRIGGER cmd to run notepad on downstairs

You'd get an answer like this:

"Could not find a command with voice word cmd notepad on downstairs, ..."

I fixed that today.

For some reason Alexa started sending the "cmd" part of "TRIGGER cmd" as a prefix in the command name. I actually had to add code to strip that out.

Thanks @kellanist. I'll take a look.

This is normal. I hoped Microsoft would whitelist apps signed by my code signing certificate by now. Maybe I'm missing something. I'll look into it.

If it's new, I think it must be because I recently renewed my certificate.

I just submitted the agent to Microsoft just now, so hopefully they'll whitelist it soon. Otherwise I just have to wait for its reputation to build.

@Kevin-0, it should work now, but only if you have a paid ChatGPT "plus" subscription or greater.

To add the TRIGGERcmd MCP server (https://www.triggercmd.com/mcp) to your ChatGPT account:

1. Enable development mode here: https://chatgpt.com/#settings/Connectors/Advanced
   

2. Go here: https://chatgpt.com/#settings/Connectors
   

3. Click "Create app" and set it up like this:
   

I paid for the ChatGPT plus upgrade and tested it:

Old behavior:
Before, the TRIGGERcmd Smart Home Alexa skill/ Google Assistant action logic wouldn't create devices unless the computer had a Voice Name or it was your default computer. Also, devices on your non-default computers always had " on [computer voice name]" appended to them, which is a lot to have to say to Alexa or Google Assistant.

New behavior:
Now you'll get a device with a shorter name (without "on laptop" or something similar) for all commands as long as the command's voice name is unique.
If there are multiple commands with the same voice field value, you'll still get a device, but with a name like "calculator on laptop" assuming the computer has "laptop" as its Voice Name.

Commands with unique voice words create devices (even without computer Voice Name) with the command's voice field value only.
Commands on your default computer always create devices for commands, as long as they have a voice field filled in.
Commands on computers with Voice Name always create devices, but if the short name has a conflict, " on (computer voice name)" will be appended.
Commands with conflicts on non-default computers without Voice Name are skipped

I hope that helps.

Thanks @Kevin-0. Now that you asked, I'll definitely look into it.

@mega_big, on a Raspberry Pi, assuming you installed the agent using these instructions, your commands are in this file:

/root/.TRIGGERcmdData/commands.json

You'll see the default commands in there.

You can run these commands to edit it:

sudo su -
cd /root/.TRIGGERcmdData
nano commands.json

While the agent is running, it will detect changes in that commands.json file and create/remove triggers for those commands in your TRIGGERcmd account. If you mess up the json at all (an extra comma even), the agent will restore the last backup it took. You'll see that in your debug.log.

If you don't want to deal with editing text, you could create a command on your Windows PC using the "GUI Command Editor" then copy/paste the json text of that command from the "Text Command Editor" into your commands.json file.

@JoshuaJSlone, that's a known issue with the windows timeout command. It doesn't work in contexts that don't have an interactive terminal, like when running it via TRIGGERcmd. Here's one method that does work:

start /wait timeout 3

I've also added delays with the ping command like this:

ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2

@jett, you'll need to cancel your subscription from your Paypal account.

@Smart-Communities, why not click that Configure button for your short bookmark, and re-select the computer/command combo?

@Smart-Communities, I think you need to edit your short bookmark and re-select your reboot command.

I suspect maybe you renamed your computer?

I just did that - I added a space between New and Laptop. It made my short bookmark red because it no longer matched the computer name:

Then I fixed it by editing my short bookmark and re-selecting my reboot command:

About your idea to have the ability to view all standard and short bookmarks - it's not possible to show the standard bookmarks because they're not stored in the database. The standard bookmarks use a JWT, which is what makes them so long.

@Smart-Communities the red on the Short Bookmarks page is not showing the online/offline status of the computer. It's telling you that the command/computer combo no longer exists.

For example, I have a command on my DS computer that no longer exists. I probably renamed it.

If you click Configure, it will show you a blank Select Trigger field with a pulldown to re-select something for that short bookmark URL.

About your other questions:

Q: Possible to display short bookmarks on the main " View Triggers" screen?
A: It's currently not possible. How about I move the "Create Short Bookmark" button to the top of the Bookmark page?

Q: Create shorter bookmarks by default?
A: I think there's a legit use case for the original bookmarks. They're meant to be ephemeral - they can expire after a set number of hours. They're also invalidated if the command is deleted or renamed. Short bookmarks are valid as long as the computer name and command name they refer to exist.

Q: If I delete offline devices will they come back if eventually online again?
A: No, so if you delete a computer, you'll need to re-input a token when the agent runs on it again, and it will create a new computer record for it at that point.