For those following along at home I followed the instructions in the first bullet , and they worked at first . But when I recreated the applet that caused the problem in the first place This Google Assistant homeseer $, do $, and run $ That Maker request containing the text field ingredient . That broke it again . From then on , everything I said was simply repeated back to me hey google what time is it produced what time is it instead of the current time . I tried disablingenabling it , modifying it slightly , deleting it , recreating it , etc . After each step , I tried what time is it , but no luck . I ' ve responded to Google Support with a detailed explanation of what I did , and I ' m waiting to hear from them again .