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Ollama integrated assistant can't tell me the weather. (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 weeks ago by eldyaitch@lemmy.zip to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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I mostly understand the dilemma, but I want to see if someone has better success with their AI assistant. I use the Ollama integration and set up a conversation model. However, the default Home Assistant AI knows to use the home forecast entity whenever I ask about the weather. Whether I also set up an AI task model, toggle “control Home Assistant” on or off, or toggle “perform local commands” on or off - the Ollama models do not reference the home forecast the way the default Home Assistant can. I thought maybe keeping default commands on would enable this ability while answering all other queries with the Ollama LLM. I just want a smarter AI. Any suggestions?

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[–] eldyaitch@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nice! These are great suggestions, and I apologize for any incorrect terminology in my post. To clarify, the vanilla / default Home Assistant can get the forecast correct every time. I just want that model to take the wheel when simple commands come through and then an LLM takes the wheel when asked random questions unrelated to home automation.