So, groups are what are called for here, it seems.
And it seems that Home Assistant will have already have some courtesy of Hue. Generally - I want the config to be defined in HA, not in the Hue. I have no particular problem with the Hue generally, but I don't want to build automation on top of a platform which I have such limited control over - I.e. can't see the source, can't backup the config, don't have assured access to APIs, have to rely on support that's fundamentally unaccountable to me.
So, groups are what are called for here, it seems.
And it seems that Home Assistant will have already have some courtesy of Hue. Generally - I want the config to be defined in HA, not in the Hue. I have no particular problem with the Hue generally, but I don't want to build automation on top of a platform which I have such limited control over - I.e. can't see the source, can't backup the config, don't have assured access to APIs, have to rely on support that's fundamentally unaccountable to me.