Smart Home Cook Trait Schema

action.devices.traits.Cook - This trait belongs to devices that can cook food according to various food presets and supported cooking modes.

Examples of these device types include Multicooker, Pressure cooker, Blender, and Microwave. Cook commands may include the quantity and name of the food, such as "Two cups of brown rice", where "brown rice" is a food preset for the device.

This trait does not handle cooking time or cooking temperature. See Timer and TemperatureControl for more information.

Device ATTRIBUTES

Devices with this trait may report the following attributes as part of the SYNC operation. To learn more about handling SYNC intents, see Intent fulfillment.

Attributes Type Description
supportedCookingModes Array

Required.

Cooking modes supported by this device.

[item, ...] String

Cooking mode.

Supported values:

UNKNOWN_COOKING_MODE
BAKE
BEAT
BLEND
BOIL
BREW
BROIL
CONVECTION_BAKE
COOK
DEFROST
DEHYDRATE
FERMENT
FRY
GRILL
KNEAD
MICROWAVE
MIX
PRESSURE_COOK
PUREE
ROAST
SAUTE
SLOW_COOK
SOUS_VIDE
STEAM
STEW
STIR
WARM
WHIP
foodPresets Array

Presets for certain types of food.

[item, ...] Object

Food preset.

food_preset_name String

Required.

Internal name of the food preset, which will be used in commands and states. This name can be non-user-friendly, and is shared across all languages.

supported_units Array

Required.

Contains all of the units supported by the device for a specific food.

[item, ...] String

Supported unit.

Supported values:

UNKNOWN_UNITS
NO_UNITS
CENTIMETERS
CUPS
DECILITERS
FEET
FLUID_OUNCES
GALLONS
GRAMS
INCHES
KILOGRAMS
LITERS
METERS
MILLIGRAMS
MILLILITERS
MILLIMETERS
OUNCES
PINCH
PINTS
PORTION
POUNDS
QUARTS
TABLESPOONS
TEASPOONS
food_synonyms Array

Required.

Food name synonyms for the preset in each supported language.

[item, ...] Object

Food name.

synonym Array

Required.

Synonyms for the preset, should include both singular and plural forms, if applicable.

[item, ...] String

Preset synonym name.

lang String

Required.

Language code (ISO 639-1). See supported languages.

Examples

Device with only one cooking mode and no preset.

{
  "supportedCookingModes": [
    "BAKE"
  ]
}

Device with multiple cooking modes and food presets.

{
  "supportedCookingModes": [
    "COOK",
    "WARM"
  ],
  "foodPresets": [
    {
      "food_preset_name": "white_rice",
      "supported_units": [
        "CUPS"
      ],
      "food_synonyms": [
        {
          "synonym": [
            "White Rice",
            "Rice"
          ],
          "lang": "en"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "food_preset_name": "brown_rice",
      "supported_units": [
        "CUPS"
      ],
      "food_synonyms": [
        {
          "synonym": [
            "Brown Rice"
          ],
          "lang": "en"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Device STATES

Entities with this trait may report the following states as part of the QUERY operation. To learn more about handling QUERY intents, see Intent fulfillment.

States Type Description
currentCookingMode String

Required.

Describes the current cooking mode set on the device, from the supportedCookingModes attribute. Only one mode may be reported. If no mode is currently selected, this should be set to NONE.

currentFoodPreset String

The food_preset_name of the current food cooking in the device, from the foodPresets attribute. Only one food may be reported. If no food is currently selected, this should be set to NONE.

currentFoodQuantity Number

Defines the current amount of food cooking associated with the currentFoodUnit, if a quantity was specified. Should not be reported if nothing is currently cooking, or if there is no quantity associated with this food preset.

currentFoodUnit String

The unit associated with the currentFoodQuantity, from the preset's list of supported_units.

Examples

Is my oven cooking?

{
  "currentCookingMode": "BAKE"
}

What's cooking in my rice cooker right now?

{
  "currentCookingMode": "COOK",
  "currentFoodPreset": "brown_rice",
  "currentFoodQuantity": 2,
  "currentFoodUnit": "CUPS"
}

Device COMMANDS

Devices with this trait may respond to the following commands as part of the EXECUTE operation. To learn more about handling EXECUTE intents, see Intent fulfillment.

action.devices.commands.Cook

Start or stop cooking.

Parameters

Parameters Type Description
start Boolean

Required.

True to start cooking, false to stop current cooking mode.

cookingMode String

Requested cooking mode for the device, from the supportedCookingModes attribute.

foodPreset String

The name of the food preset requested by the user, from foodPresets attribute.

quantity Number

The quantity of the food requested by the user.

unit String

The unit associated with the quantity, from supported_units attribute.

Examples

Start baking in my oven.

{
  "command": "action.devices.commands.Cook",
  "params": {
    "start": true,
    "cookingMode": "BAKE"
  }
}

Stop baking in my oven.

{
  "command": "action.devices.commands.Cook",
  "params": {
    "start": false,
    "cookingMode": "BAKE"
  }
}

Start cooking 2 cups of white rice in my rice cooker.

{
  "command": "action.devices.commands.Cook",
  "params": {
    "start": true,
    "cookingMode": "COOK",
    "foodPreset": "white_rice",
    "quantity": 2,
    "unit": "CUPS"
  }
}

Device ERRORS

See the full list of errors and exceptions.
  • deviceDoorOpen - The door of the device is open.
  • deviceLidOpen - The lid of the device is open.
  • fractionalAmountNotSupported - The user requested a fractional amount for this food preset, but it isn’t supported by this device.
  • amountAboveLimit - The user requested a quantity that was over the maximum.
  • unknownFoodPreset - The user requested a food preset not supported by the device.