Can Smartthings read Ring alarm mode (Home/Away) as a condition?

It can’t directly.

Up until about a month ago, you
could use an Alexa routine (not a SmartThings routine) as an intermediary, so that when the ring mode changed, you could turn on a proxy device in smart things, and then trigger off of that. Most people would use a Virtual device for that, the choices will differ depending on whether you are using a smartthings/Aeotec hub or not. But there are definitely ways to do it whether you have a hub or not.

There is also a similar choice for the guard status itself.

Now, though, Amazon is converting Alexa Guard to a mostly paid feature with different levels, so it depends exactly what you are subscribing to. So I don’t know if you have to be subscribed to a ring protect pro plan as well to make this all work now.

Amazon to change Alexa Guard features, begin requiring paid subscription

Also note that this is only a one-way integration. You can have events happen in SmartThings because the security status changes in either Alexa guard or ring security, but you can’t use smartthings to change the status going the other way.

So there are some possibilities, but it depends on exactly what you are subscribing to in Alexa. :thinking: