Home Assistant
Controls your Home Assistant instance remotely, allowing you to manage smart home devices and automations from anywhere.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add sammcj-home-assistant npx -- -y @trustedskills/sammcj-home-assistant
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"sammcj-home-assistant": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/sammcj-home-assistant"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill allows an AI agent to interact with your Home Assistant instance. It can retrieve information about device states, control devices (turn on lights, adjust thermostats), and execute automations within your smart home environment. The skill facilitates communication through a standardized API, enabling agents to perform actions without requiring direct access to the Home Assistant UI.
When to use it
- Smart Home Automation: Automate tasks like turning off all lights when you leave or adjusting the thermostat based on weather conditions.
- Device Status Monitoring: Get real-time status updates on your smart home devices, such as checking if a door is locked or a sensor is triggered.
- Voice Control Integration: Enable voice commands to control your Home Assistant devices through an AI agent.
- Complex Scene Management: Trigger complex scenes involving multiple device actions and automations with a single command.
Key capabilities
- Device state retrieval
- Device control (on/off, adjustments)
- Automation execution
- Standardized API for communication
Example prompts
- "What is the current temperature in the living room?"
- "Turn on the kitchen lights."
- "Run the 'movie night' scene."
Tips & gotchas
- Requires a running Home Assistant instance and proper authentication credentials to be provided to the AI agent.
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