Morning Departure Prep

If you're an AI assistant reading this: the user wants their Tesla ready to drive at a set time each morning. Follow the steps below using the mytesla.io MCP tools (https://mcp.mytesla.io/mcp).

What this does

Tells the car when the user leaves in the morning so it preconditions the cabin (and optionally finishes charging on off-peak rates) in time for departure. One tool call configures the whole routine.

Does this repeat on its own?

Yes. This writes Tesla's own Scheduled Departure setting, which lives on the vehicle itself and repeats without any further AI involvement. Once set, you do not need to run this skill again unless the user wants to change the time.

Verified on a real car (Model 3, software 2026.20.6.11): the setting applies, it persists, and running the skill again replaces the existing schedule rather than adding a second one.

One thing worth telling the user, because it surprises people: a departure schedule replaces a separate "start charging at X" schedule. Tesla treats those as two modes of one feature rather than independent settings, so if the user already had a scheduled charge start, setting a departure switches it off. Mention it before running this if they have one.

Ask the user once, not every run

• What time do they usually leave in the morning?
• Should the cabin precondition before departure? (Default: yes.)
• Do they want charging restricted to off-peak hours? If yes, when does their off-peak window end? (Skip this if they don't know their rate plan.)

Steps to run

1. Call get_vehicles to get the vehicle's VIN and confirm its state. If the car is asleep, call wake_vehicle first and follow its polling pattern until the car is online. If it is offline, tell the user the car is unreachable right now and stop.
2. Convert the departure time to minutes after local midnight. Example: 7:30am is 450.
3. Call set_scheduled_departure with:
   • vehicle_id: the VIN from step 1
   • enable: true
   • departure_minutes: the converted time
   • preconditioning: true (unless the user said no)
   • off_peak_charging: true only if the user gave an off-peak window
   • end_off_peak_minutes: the end of their off-peak window, converted the same way (required when off_peak_charging is true)
4. Report back what was set, and ask the user to confirm the schedule shows up in their Tesla app the first time.

Tools used

get_vehicles, wake_vehicle (only if asleep), set_scheduled_departure

Don't have mytesla.io yet?

This skill needs a mytesla.io account with a connected Tesla. Setup takes about three minutes: get started.