I love Tasker, and it's probably the major thing keeping me from switching to iOS. I've never used the scenes, but here are my two major profile groups:
Tap an NFC tag in the car to toggle driving mode. Brightness and volume are set to an appropriate value, earphones are disconnected (with a reminder to remove them from my ears), forced connection to car Bluetooth (it doesn't always connect if I don't use Tasker), starts a 2-hour rest timer, automatically quiets alarms when they happen (once had 15 minutes on the highway before I could stop and turn it off), log the drive, start my driving checklist app (this can be a post of its own if anyone is interested), and opens up Maps. Turning off driving mode undoes everything, reminds me to take the earphones if I had them on when I started driving, stops logging the drive, and opens up the car shutdown checklist. Feature to add: Automatically save my parking. (I don't do that yet because I add notes, especially underground.)
A speaking calendar. Goes through all my calendars to figure out when the next event is, figures out which language the entry is written in, and reads it out loud when the event starts. (Most of my events are from home so there's no commute/prep time involved.) Can handle overlapping events. Feature to add: Speak when there's a reminder as well rather than just when the event starts, for when COVID is over. Bonus stuff include
Some standalone tasks:
Wow thanks for sharing. I might steal the NFC / walk scheduling ideas -- those sound like they could be useful.
Long shot but you haven't happened to figure out how to get Tasker to interface with "Focus Mode" have you? That's one thing I haven't managed to get Tasker to detect yet.
Tasker is a general purpose automation app for Android. It costs a few dollars and takes a bit of time to learn, but once you learn the basics it is quite useful. In this post, I briefly describe how Tasker works, then list simple things I've implemented in Tasker, and lastly describe what things in general Tasker can be useful for.
The core functionality of the app is a trigger-action principle. Tasker lets you select from a wide variety of triggers (Tasker uses the word "profile") -- for example, connecting to a specific bluetooth device or it being a certain time of day. And it lets you execute a wide variety of actions -- for example, changing device volume, brightness, or more complicated things like launching apps. Then you can tell Tasker to execute one or more actions when a trigger starts/stops happening.
Two additional features which give this trigger-action paradigm more functionality are Tasker's GUI builder (Tasker uses the word "scene") and variables. The GUI builder allows you to make custom graphics appear on your phone -- for example, you can create custom buttons or dashboards. Variables are useful for storing data -- for example, you can store the SSID of your current internet connection. Tasker also lets you store lists of variables ("arrays").
Tasker can also do things beyond the reach of your phone. For example, with some effort, you can configure Tasker to push any data you want to a google sheet.
Here is a list of very simple things I've implemented in Tasker, and how they help me.
Overall, I would describe these as slight time and sanity savers -- nothing lifechanging, but I'm glad I have them.
There is an extensive list of example use cases here: https://tasker.joaoapps.com/exampleuses.html I don't find them particularly compelling but they do give you an idea of some things Tasker is capable of.
I recommend downloading the app and ignoring the tutorial. Just mess around with the "profiles" (triggers) and "actions" until you get the hang of it. Then you can start Googling how to incorporate scenes, variables, and more advanced features.