1. A home animation apparatus, comprising: a sensor interface configured to receive one or more sensor inputs; a user interface configured to receive one or more user indications; and a processing component in communication with the sensor interface and the user interface, the processing component configured to: determine an action by a user of the home animation apparatus based on analysis of the one or more sensor inputs; associate a context with the determined action by the user; and based on an occurrence of the one or more user indications being provided by the user contemporaneous with the action by the user, assign an action tag, the action tag configured to enable provision of a control instruction to a home appliance device when a subsequent user action associated with the context is detected.