Cobbling together Voice Control with Echo, IFTTT, and Wink

Due to Echo's limited ability to control anything other than lights in the realm of Home Automation, I've been using a combination of Wink Shortcuts triggered by a voice command via IFTTT to accomplish kicking off other devices around my house.  I'd used this in the past after IFTTT finally added US-based Honeywell Thermostat control.  Echo has since added things like native thermostat control with Wink that does work with the Honeywell.

My blinds are Bali blinds that use the Somfy ZRTSI Z-Wave to RF Control tied to Wink, 9 in total.  I replaced the ones that were in the house when we moved in which were a mix of Hunter Douglas PowerRise (unreachable from the landing) and pull string (any blinds that can be reached).

With the new They work well when driven from the Wink app on the phone, but who wants to actually pull out their device when they want the blinds up? I could just use the RF remote for that... honestly.

Since Alexa doesn't understand how to raise the blinds when asked, I've been using Shortcuts to accomplish this.

I first added all of my blinds to a group called, not surprisingly, "All Blinds" then created a shortcut that tells Wink to open all of the blinds.

From IFTTT, you can now add a new recipe to tie Echo to one of these Wink Shortcuts.  

It's not very elegant, but it does work. I use similar Shortcuts to lock the doors, make sure the garage's are closed, and turn off all the lights at night, with my "Goodnight" Shortcut.  While I'd love some more native Echo functionality into Wink, this fulfill my laziness requirement for the meantime.