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pause_watering

MCP tool from Rachio MCP by rwestergren

Pause the current zone for N seconds

How to use it

pause_watering is exposed by the Rachio MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the pause_watering tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Rachio MCP

$uvx --from rachio-mcp rachio-mcp-token
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Other tools in Rachio MCP (23)

copy_schedule

Duplicate an existing schedule

create_schedule

Create a new schedule

delete_schedule

Permanent, destructive

get_active_alerts

Unresolved alerts on a device or zone

get_calendar

Scheduled runs + skip events for a date range

get_device

Full details + live state for a single device

get_run_history

Observed recent/past zone-run telemetry plus calendar context

get_schedule

Single schedule + its locations/devices

get_schedule_runs

Past runs + skip events for a schedule

get_weather

Observed + forecast weather readings for a location

get_zone

Full detail for a single zone

list_devices

Every device on the account — controllers, sensors, weather stations

list_schedules

Filter by device, location, zone, or schedule id

list_zones

Zones configured on a controller, with agronomic metadata

preview_schedule

Dry-run — returns the Schedule that createschedule would produce, including the server-generated human-readable summary. Never persists

resume_watering

Resume a paused run

run_schedule

Trigger an immediate run

set_rain_delay

Defer all schedules until a given time

skip_current_zone

Skip to the next zone in the active run

skip_schedule

Skip or re-arm the next scheduled run

start_zones

Start one or more zones manually by zone number + duration

stop_watering

Stop whatever is running

update_schedule

Partial-merge edit: name, enabled, timing/criteria, day restrictions, and per-zone add/update/remove