Starling Home Hub (Nest/Google Home)
What this skill does
Controls Nest and Google Home smart home devices via the Starling Home Hub's local REST API. Supports thermostats, cameras, Nest Protects, Nest × Yale locks, temperature sensors, home/away control, and Nest weather service. Use this skill when managing Nest/Google Home devices through Starling Home Hub — reading device status, setting temperatures, getting camera snapshots, locking/unlocking doors, checking smoke/CO alerts, and toggling home/away mode.
Starling Home Hub (Nest/Google Home) is part of the Data & APIs category — data and API skills that fetch, query, and work with external data sources. You can install it on its own or alongside other data & apis skills from the OpenClaw catalog.
How to install Starling Home Hub (Nest/Google Home)
The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:
- Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
- Open the in-app Skills panel.
- Search for
starling-home-huband click Install. - The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.
Install from the command line
If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add Starling Home Hub (Nest/Google Home) with a single command:
openclaw skills add starling-home-hub
This pulls starling-home-hub from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/starling-home-hub/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.
How to use Starling Home Hub (Nest/Google Home)
Once installed, Starling Home Hub (Nest/Google Home) activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.
Manual install (advanced)
If you prefer manual installation:
- Click the Download .zip button above to grab
starling-home-hub-1.0.2.zipdirectly from our S3 mirror. - Unzip into
~/.openclaw/skills/starling-home-hub/(create the directory if it does not exist). - Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.
Frequently asked questions
How do I install Starling Home Hub (Nest/Google Home)?
Install Starling Home Hub (Nest/Google Home) in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for starling-home-hub, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add starling-home-hub. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/starling-home-hub/.
Is Starling Home Hub (Nest/Google Home) free?
Yes. Starling Home Hub (Nest/Google Home) is free and open-source, distributed under the Apache-2.0 license through ClawHub. No account or payment is required to download or run it.
What does Starling Home Hub (Nest/Google Home) do?
Controls Nest and Google Home smart home devices via the Starling Home Hub's local REST API.
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