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    Conversation agent

    What understands a command and answers it: the built-in agent of Home Assistant, or one from an integration, like an AI service.

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    ConversationEntityconversation
    Also
    conversation agents, agent

    The built-in agent matches sentences to intents, and works locally. Agents from integrations can use a large language model, and control the home with tools.

    Related terms

    • AssistHome Assistant's voice assistant. It turns what you say or type into actions.
    • IntentWhat a voice command means, like turning on the lights in an area, with the details needed to do it.
    • Assist pipelineThe steps a voice command goes through: wake word, speech-to-text, the conversation agent, and text-to-speech.