Focus Mode CLI
Create the perfect focus environment 🎯
A CLI tool that optimizes your smart home lighting for focus sessions. Saves light state, sets optimal focus lighting, tracks sessions, and restores when done.
Distracted by Environment
Lighting affects focus and productivity. Manually adjusting lights breaks flow.
- 1Manually adjusting lights disrupts focus
- 2No quick way to enter 'focus mode'
- 3Wanted to track focus session history
- 4Needed to restore lights after sessions
One Command Focus Environment
Type 'focus start' and lights adjust to research-backed optimal settings. Restores previous lighting when done.
Smart Light Control
Sets Hue to warm 3000K at 70% brightness
State Preservation
Saves and restores your previous light settings
Session Tracking
Logs all focus sessions with duration
Timer Support
Optional countdown for timed sessions
Screenshots
Technical Deep Dive
Architecture
Bash script controlling Philips Hue via REST API and Lutron Caseta via Python bridge.
Tech Stack
Challenges & Solutions
Coordinating multiple smart home systems
Abstracted light control into functions for Hue and Lutron
Preserving light state
JSON state files that capture full light configuration
Results & Impact
One command to enter the zone.
Highlights
- Research-backed lighting settings
- Zero friction to start focusing
- Session history for productivity tracking
Lessons Learned
- →Environment matters for productivity
- →CLI tools can control the physical world
- →Simple automation removes daily friction