| name | home-assistant-automation-scripts |
| description | Home Assistant automations, scripts, and blueprints. Use when the user requests automation/script syntax, triggers/conditions/actions, blueprint usage, run modes, or troubleshooting, and when mapping those needs to ha-mcp automation/script tools. |
Home Assistant Automations & Scripts
Workflow
- Determine whether the request is instance-specific or general syntax.
- Discover entities and services before drafting config.
- When decisions involve templates, helpers, automation modes, entity/device IDs, or refactoring existing config, follow
home-assistant-best-practices and its references.
- Provide minimal, valid YAML/JSON or tool-driven changes.
- Validate templates and troubleshoot with traces and logs.
Tooling map (ha-mcp)
- Discover entities:
ha_get_overview, ha_search_entities
- Discover services:
ha_list_services
- Inspect existing:
ha_config_get_automation, ha_config_get_script, ha_deep_search
- Create/update automation:
ha_config_set_automation
- Create/update script:
ha_config_set_script
- Blueprints:
ha_get_blueprint, ha_import_blueprint
- Validate templates:
ha_eval_template
- Troubleshoot runs:
ha_get_automation_traces, ha_get_logbook
- History/trends:
ha_get_history, ha_get_statistics
References
All reference files are relative to the location of this SKILL.md file.
- Best practices:
home-assistant-best-practices (see its references/automation-patterns.md, references/template-guidelines.md, references/helper-selection.md, references/device-control.md, references/safe-refactoring.md)
- Limited templates:
references/LIMITED_TEMPLATES.md
- Debug workflows:
references/DEBUG_WORKFLOWS.md
- Template entities:
references/TEMPLATE_ENTITY_GUIDE.md
- Additional notes:
references/REFERENCE.md
