Home Assistant – Smart Home Automation

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Smart home automation with Home Assistant

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What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by bidewio/better-openclaw in skills/home-assistant-automate/SKILL.md and read by Ahel’s review.

Home Assistant is the world's most popular open-source home automation platform with 2000+ integrations and a powerful REST API.

  • GitHub: github.com/home-assistant/core (85 000+ ⭐)
  • License: Apache-2.0
  • Security: Foundation-backed. Regular security updates. No malware.

Environment Variables

VariableDescription
{{HASS_URL}}Base URL of the Home Assistant instance
{{HASS_TOKEN}}Long-lived access token

Usage Examples

Get all entity states

curl -s "{{HASS_URL}}/api/states" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {{HASS_TOKEN}}"

Toggle a light

curl -s -X POST "{{HASS_URL}}/api/services/light/toggle" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {{HASS_TOKEN}}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"entity_id": "light.living_room"}'

Fire an automation

curl -s -X POST "{{HASS_URL}}/api/services/automation/trigger" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {{HASS_TOKEN}}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"entity_id": "automation.morning_routine"}'

AI Agent Tips

  • REST API covers states, services, events, config, and history.
  • Use WebSocket API for real-time event stream.
  • Automations can be triggered, enabled, or disabled via API.
  • Integrates with voice assistants, cameras, sensors, and climate systems.

Signals

GitHub stars
58
Forks
6
Last commit
Aug 2026
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Item type
skill
Key
home-assistant-automate
Source
github.com/bidewio/better-openclaw