google-speakers

name: google-speakers description: Control Google Nest/Cast speakers. Use when asked about speakers, announcements, volume, playing music, or TTS. allowed-tools: Bash(speaker:*) metadata: {"openclaw":{"emoji":"S","requires":{"bins":["speaker"]}}}

Google Speaker Control

Control Google Nest/Cast speakers via the speaker CLI. Uses Cast protocol over Tailscale subnet routing.

Available Commands

Show all speakers

speaker status

Set volume (0-100)

speaker volume <name> 75

Mute / unmute

speaker mute <name>
speaker unmute <name>

Playback control

speaker play <name>       # resume
speaker pause <name>
speaker stop <name>

Text-to-speech announcement

speaker tts <name> "Dinner is ready"

Cast a media URL

speaker cast <name> "https://example.com/audio.mp3"

Speakers

Crosstown (Boston — 19 Crosstown Ave)

• Bedroom speaker — Google Nest Mini (192.168.165.146)
• Living Room speaker — Nest Audio (192.168.165.113)

These speakers are at Crosstown only. The Cabin (Philly) speakers are controlled via catt/spogo in the spotify-speakers skill.

Speaker names are fuzzy-matched (e.g. "bed" for Bedroom, "living" for Living Room).

Network

Speakers are on the Crosstown LAN (192.168.165.0/24). The Mac Mini reaches them via Tailscale subnet routing through dylans-mac (must be awake at Crosstown).

Speaker IPs are configured in ~/.openclaw/speakers.json.

Notes

• Always run speaker status first to check reachability before sending commands
• TTS uses Google Translate TTS — works for short messages, no API key needed
• Volume should be set before TTS/cast for best results
• If speakers show UNREACHABLE, the subnet router (dylans-mac) may be asleep or offline
• Cast protocol connects on port 8009 — no authentication needed on the LAN