I voted for this topic a while back, because there are already some great ideas on the list of suggestions. I’d like to add another: Make the doorbell chime ring.
I sort of suggested this in another topic:
Now I’m thinking of a different use case: Say you have a doorbell mounted in a protected alcove that would have minimal chance of seeing random motion. Say you receive deliveries here but can’t for the life of you get the delivery folk to actually push your doorbell button. Maybe you want the doorbell to ring inside your house as a consequence of person or generic motion detection.
I don’t know if something like this would be technically possible, particularly with the Video Doorbell v2, which can use the house’s built-in chime. I don’t know if it’s necessary for a physical button press to complete the circuit and make the doorbell chime ring or if it’s possible to send a signal down the wire without the button press, but I’m just tossin’ this out as an ask in case it is possible.
Other possible use cases were suggested in a different topic: