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Sports Game Light Tracker
Track live NFL, NBA, NHL, or MLB games and automatically change Hue light colors based on which team is leading. Use when user wants to sync smart lights with live sports scores for visual game tracking. Supports NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB games with customizable team colors.
Installation
Run this in your terminal or add to your configuration:
# Clone into your skills directory
git clone ...About this Skill
Initial release of Game Light Tracker — syncs Hue lights with live NFL, NBA, NHL, or MLB scores.
- Tracks live sports games and updates specified Hue lights to match the leading team's color.
- Supports NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB with customizable team colors and optional tied-game color.
- Fetches live scores from ESPN every 20 seconds and handles lead changes in real-time.
- Integrates with Home Assistant; requires API token and light entity ID.
- Includes a supervisor script to auto-restart tracking and prevent crashes/timeouts.
- Provides clear setup instructions, usage examples, and troubleshooting steps.