tessie

Tessie Skill

Control your Tesla vehicles via Tessie API - a Tesla management platform with 500,000+ users.

Setup

Get your Tessie API credentials:

1. Go to https://tessie.com/developers
2. Sign up and create an API key
3. Configure in Clawdbot:

skills:
  entries:
    tessie:
      apiKey: "your-tessie-api-key-here"

Or via environment variable:

export TESSIE_API_KEY="your-tessie-api-key-here"

Note: Vehicle ID and VIN are auto-detected from API. No manual configuration needed.

Capabilities

Vehicle Status

• Battery level: Current state of charge percentage
• Range: Estimated driving range
• Location: Current vehicle coordinates
• Vehicle state: Locked/unlocked, charging status, sleep mode
• Connection: Is the car online/offline?

Climate Control

• Start/stop: Turn climate on or off
• Preheat/precool: Set cabin temperature (auto-detects Fahrenheit/Celsius)
• Defrost: Defrost windows/mirrors

Charging

• Start/stop: Control charging remotely
• Charge limit: Set daily/standard charge limit
• Charging status: Current rate, time to complete, battery level

Drives

• Recent drives: Last trips with distance, energy, locations

Usage Examples

# Check battery and range
"tessie battery"
"tessie how much charge"
"tessie range"

# Preheat the car (assumes Fahrenheit if > 50)
"tessie preheat 72"
"tessie precool"
"tessie turn on climate"

# Check drives
"tessie show my drives"
"tessie recent drives"
"tessie drives 5"

# Charging commands
"tessie start charging"
"tessie stop charging"
"tessie set charge limit to 90%"
"tessie charging status"

# Vehicle location
"tessie where is my car"
"tessie location"

# Vehicle state
"tessie is the car locked?"
"tessie vehicle status"

API Endpoints (Tessie)

Authentication

All requests require:

Authorization: Bearer <api-key>

Get Vehicles

GET https://api.tessie.com/vehicles

Returns full vehicle list with last_state embedded

Get Drives

GET https://api.tessie.com/{VIN}/drives?limit=10

Returns recent drive history

Get Idles

GET https://api.tessie.com/{VIN}/idles?limit=10

Returns parked sessions with climate/sentry usage

Commands

All control commands use VIN (not vehicle_id):

POST https://api.tessie.com/{VIN}/command/{command}

Available commands:

• start_climate, stop_climate, set_temperatures
• start_charging, stop_charging, set_charge_limit
• lock, unlock, enable_sentry, disable_sentry
• activate_front_trunk, activate_rear_trunk
• open_windows, close_windows, vent_windows

Full list: See https://developer.tessie.com

Notes

• Tessie acts as a middleman between you and Tesla's API
• Provides richer data and analytics than raw Tesla API
• Requires Tesla account to be linked to Tessie first
• API uses VIN for commands (auto-detected)
• All temperatures in Celsius internally
• NOT YET DEPLOYED - Prepared for deployment pending user review