Hubitat Publish Skill

Publish a driver or app's code to all other Hubitat hubs linked to the same account, and report distribution status.

Instructions

Follow these steps exactly:

Step 1: Read Configuration

Read .hubitat.json from the project root to get hub_ip.

Step 2: Identify the Code and Type

Check $ARGUMENTS:

• If a numeric ID — use it directly. You'll need to determine the type (driver or app) by checking both userDeviceTypes and userAppTypes.
• If a filepath — determine the type from the path:
  • Path contains drivers/ → it's a driver
  • Path contains apps/ → it's an app
  • Extract the name from the file's definition() block and resolve to an ID.
• If a name — search both userDeviceTypes and userAppTypes for a case-insensitive match. Get the id and determine the type from which list matched.
• If no argument — find the most recently modified .groovy file using ls -t apps/*.groovy drivers/**/*.groovy 2>/dev/null | head -1, then resolve as above.

To resolve names to IDs:

• Drivers: curl -s "http://{hub_ip}/hub2/userDeviceTypes"
• Apps: curl -s "http://{hub_ip}/hub2/userAppTypes"

If no match is found on the hub, report the error and stop.

Step 3: Publish the Code

Initiate publishing by calling:

curl -s "http://{hub_ip}/hub/publishCode/{type}/{id}"

Where {type} is driver or app.

Report the initial response to the user. The response is JSON like:

{"success":true,"completed":false,"hubs":[{"id":"...","name":"Chalet","status":"Pending"},...]}

Step 4: Check Distribution Status

Poll the publish status endpoint:

curl -s "http://{hub_ip}/hub/publishCode/status"

The response is JSON:

{"success":true,"completed":false,"hubs":[{"id":"...","name":"Chalet","status":"Pending"},{"id":"...","name":"Maison","status":"Done"}]}

• If completed is false, wait 2 seconds and poll again (up to 15 attempts).
• Once completed is true (or on error/timeout), report the final status.

Step 5: Report Result

Summarize what happened:

• Name, type (driver/app), and ID that was published
• A markdown table of target hubs with columns: Hub Name, Status
• Any errors encountered