ha-hacs-publishing

name	ha-hacs-publishing
description	Publish a Home Assistant integration to HACS — GitHub Actions validation, release workflow, brand submission, and adding to the HACS default repository.

HACS Publishing Workflow

GitHub Actions Validation

Create .github/workflows/validate.yml to run HACS and Hassfest checks on every push:

name: Validate

on:
  push:
  pull_request:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  validate-hacs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: HACS Validation
        uses: hacs/action@main
        with:
          category: integration

  validate-hassfest:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Hassfest Validation
        uses: home-assistant/actions/hassfest@master

The hacs/action@main and home-assistant/actions/hassfest@master floating refs are intentional — these are the officially recommended values per HACS guidance, so do not "fix" them blindly. Note the trade-off: floating refs make the validation workflow non-reproducible and a supply-chain surface (a breaking change in those actions silently breaks your CI). Pinning to a release SHA/tag is the safer practice if you prefer reproducibility over auto-tracking upstream.

README.md Template

# My Integration

[![hacs_badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/HACS-Default-41BDF5.svg)](https://github.com/hacs/integration) [![GitHub Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/user/repo.svg)](https://github.com/user/repo/releases)

Home Assistant integration for My Device.

## Features

- Feature 1
- Feature 2

## Installation

### HACS (Recommended)

1. Open HACS in Home Assistant
2. Open the three-dots menu (top-right) → "Custom repositories"
3. Add `https://github.com/user/repo` with type "Integration"
4. Search the HACS dashboard for "My Integration" and open it
5. Use the "Download" button (bottom-right) to install it
6. Restart Home Assistant

### Manual

1. Copy `custom_components/my_integration` to your `custom_components` folder
2. Restart Home Assistant

## Configuration

1. Go to Settings → Devices & Services
2. Click "Add Integration"
3. Search for "My Integration"
4. Follow the setup wizard

## Support

- [Documentation](https://github.com/user/repo/wiki)
- [Issues](https://github.com/user/repo/issues)

Home Assistant Brands

Required for HACS default repository submission.

Add your brand to home-assistant/brands:

1. Fork the brands repository
2. Create custom_integrations/{domain}/ folder
3. Add logo files:
   • icon.png — 256x256 square icon
   • logo.png — Horizontal logo (optional)
   • [e-mail] — 512x512 retina icon (optional)
4. Submit pull request

Publishing Releases

HACS uses GitHub Releases (not just tags):

git tag -a v1.0.0 -m "Release 1.0.0"
git push origin v1.0.0
# Then create Release on GitHub with changelog

Version must match manifest.json version.

Adding to HACS Default

To add your repository to the HACS default list:

1. Ensure all validation checks pass
2. Publish at least one release
3. Submit your brand to home-assistant/brands
4. Fork hacs/default
5. Add your repository to the integration file (alphabetically)
6. Submit pull request

Custom repositories can still be added manually by users without being in the default list.

Related Skills

• HACS metadata → ha-hacs
• Documentation → ha-documentation