home-assistant

name	home-assistant
description	Control Home Assistant smart home devices and automations. Use when: (1) User asks to turn on/off lights, switches, or devices, (2) User asks about the state of sensors, devices, or entities, (3) User says "turn on the lights", "set temperature", "lock the door", (4) User asks to run a scene or script, (5) User asks "what devices are on?" or "is the door locked?", (6) User mentions smart home, IoT, or home automation. There are TWO Home Assistant deployments: ha-london (default) and ha-sofia. Always use Home Assistant for smart home control.
author	Claude Code
version	2.1.0
date	"2026-06-24T00:00:00.000Z"

Home Assistant Control

Problem

Need to control smart home devices, check sensor states, or run automations via Home Assistant.

Context / Trigger Conditions

• User asks to control lights, switches, covers, climate, etc.
• User asks about device states ("is the light on?", "what's the temperature?")
• User wants to run a scene or script
• User mentions turning things on/off
• User asks about smart home devices

Deployments

There are two Home Assistant instances:

Instance	URL	SSH	Default?
ha-london	https://ha-london.viktorbarzin.me	ssh hassio@192.168.8.103	Yes
ha-sofia	https://ha-sofia.viktorbarzin.me	ssh vbarzin@192.168.1.8	No

• Default: ha-london (use unless user specifies "sofia" or "ha-sofia")
• Aliases: "ha" or "HA" = ha-london. "ha sofia" or "ha-sofia" = ha-sofia.

Prerequisites

• Python 3 with requests package available (installed via PYTHONPATH or system packages)
• Environment variables for each instance:
  • ha-london: HOME_ASSISTANT_URL and HOME_ASSISTANT_TOKEN
  • ha-sofia: HOME_ASSISTANT_SOFIA_URL and HOME_ASSISTANT_SOFIA_TOKEN
  • If those env vars aren't set (e.g. you're not in the infra repo / Claude venv), don't hand-roll a kubectl | base64 | jq token pipeline — use the global homelab CLI instead (on $PATH in any directory):

homelab CLI (preferred — works from any directory)

• Token: homelab ha token [--instance sofia|london] resolves the long-lived API token live from the cluster. Use it directly in curl: curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $(homelab ha token)" https://ha-sofia.viktorbarzin.me/api/states. (The home-assistant-sofia.py script also auto-falls-back to this when its env var is unset.)
• Host shell (ha-sofia): homelab ha ssh -- <cmd> runs a command on the HA host with deterministic non-interactive ssh (no host-key prompt) — e.g. homelab ha ssh -- "sudo docker ps", homelab ha ssh -- "cat /config/configuration.yaml". Replaces bespoke ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no … invocations.
• Cluster metrics/logs (not HA-specific): prefer homelab metrics query "<promql>" / homelab logs query "<logql>" over hand-rolled curl …/api/v1/query, and homelab claim/release over calling scripts/presence directly.

API Control

Scripts

Instance	Script
ha-london	.claude/home-assistant.py
ha-sofia	.claude/home-assistant-sofia.py

Execution Pattern (CRITICAL)

Run the scripts directly with python3 (env vars are set in the environment):

# ha-london (default)
python3 .claude/home-assistant.py [command] [options]

# ha-sofia
python3 .claude/home-assistant-sofia.py [command] [options]

Available Commands

List Entities

# List all entities
python .claude/home-assistant.py list

# List by domain
python .claude/home-assistant.py list --domain light
python .claude/home-assistant.py list --domain switch
python .claude/home-assistant.py list --domain sensor
python .claude/home-assistant.py list --domain climate
python .claude/home-assistant.py list --domain cover

# JSON output
python .claude/home-assistant.py list --json

Search Entities

# Search by name or ID
python .claude/home-assistant.py search "living room"
python .claude/home-assistant.py search "temperature"
python .claude/home-assistant.py search "door"

Get Entity State

python .claude/home-assistant.py state light.living_room
python .claude/home-assistant.py state sensor.temperature
python .claude/home-assistant.py state --json light.living_room

Control Entities

# Turn on/off
python .claude/home-assistant.py on light.living_room
python .claude/home-assistant.py off switch.tv
python .claude/home-assistant.py toggle light.bedroom

# Set values
python .claude/home-assistant.py set light.living_room 75        # brightness %
python .claude/home-assistant.py set climate.thermostat 22       # temperature
python .claude/home-assistant.py set cover.blinds 50             # position %
python .claude/home-assistant.py set input_number.volume 80      # numeric value
python .claude/home-assistant.py set input_boolean.away_mode on  # boolean
python .claude/home-assistant.py set input_select.mode "Night"   # select option

Run Scenes and Scripts

# Activate a scene
python .claude/home-assistant.py scene movie_night
python .claude/home-assistant.py scene scene.good_morning

# Run a script
python .claude/home-assistant.py script bedtime_routine
python .claude/home-assistant.py script script.welcome_home

Call Any Service

# Generic service call
python .claude/home-assistant.py service light turn_on --entity light.kitchen --data '{"brightness": 255}'
python .claude/home-assistant.py service climate set_hvac_mode --entity climate.living_room --data '{"hvac_mode": "heat"}'
python .claude/home-assistant.py service media_player play_media --entity media_player.tv --data '{"media_content_id": "...", "media_content_type": "video"}'

List Services

# List all available services
python .claude/home-assistant.py services

# Filter by domain
python .claude/home-assistant.py services --domain light
python .claude/home-assistant.py services --domain climate

Send Notifications

python .claude/home-assistant.py notify "Door left open!"
python .claude/home-assistant.py notify "Motion detected" --title "Security Alert"
python .claude/home-assistant.py notify "Hello" --target notify.mobile_app

SSH Access (ha-sofia only)

ha-sofia supports SSH for direct configuration management.

Connection

ssh vbarzin@192.168.1.8

Configuration Path

/config/

Common SSH Tasks

# Read configuration
ssh vbarzin@192.168.1.8 "cat /config/configuration.yaml"

# Check HA logs (note: live log is inside HA Core container, not always accessible)
ssh vbarzin@192.168.1.8 "tail -50 /config/home-assistant.log.1"

# List config files
ssh vbarzin@192.168.1.8 "ls /config/*.yaml"

# Read automations/scenes/scripts
ssh vbarzin@192.168.1.8 "cat /config/automations.yaml"
ssh vbarzin@192.168.1.8 "cat /config/scenes.yaml"
ssh vbarzin@192.168.1.8 "cat /config/scripts.yaml"

# Check secrets (keys only, not values)
ssh vbarzin@192.168.1.8 "cat /config/secrets.yaml"

SSH Limitations

• The SSH add-on runs in a separate container — ha core logs returns 401
• Docker socket is not accessible — can't use docker logs
• Live home-assistant.log may not be visible (written inside HA Core container)
• Rotated logs (.log.1, .log.old) are accessible

Complete Example

To turn on the living room light on ha-london:

python3 .claude/home-assistant.py on light.living_room

To check ha-sofia configuration:

ssh [e-mail] "cat /config/configuration.yaml"

Common Entity Domains

Domain	Description	Common Actions
light	Lights	on, off, toggle, set brightness
switch	Switches	on, off, toggle
sensor	Sensors	state (read-only)
binary_sensor	Binary sensors	state (read-only)
climate	Thermostats	set temperature, set mode
cover	Blinds/covers	open, close, set position
lock	Locks	lock, unlock
media_player	Media devices	play, pause, volume
input_boolean	Helper toggles	on, off
input_number	Helper numbers	set value
input_select	Helper dropdowns	select option
script	Scripts	run
scene	Scenes	activate
automation	Automations	trigger, on, off

Verification

• Commands print confirmation message on success
• Use state command to verify entity changed
• Exit code 0 = success, 1 = error

Common Errors

Error	Cause	Fix
HOME_ASSISTANT_URL and HOME_ASSISTANT_TOKEN must be set	Env vars not set	Ensure HOME_ASSISTANT_URL and HOME_ASSISTANT_TOKEN are in the environment
404 Not Found	Entity doesn't exist	Use search command to find correct entity ID
401 Unauthorized	Token invalid/expired	Generate new long-lived token in HA
Connection refused	HA not reachable	Check URL and network connectivity

Notes

1. Entity IDs are case-sensitive - use search to find exact IDs
2. Token must have sufficient permissions - ensure token has access to all entities
3. Some entities require specific data - use services command to see required fields
4. Two instances: ha-london (default, K8s), ha-sofia (SSH + API)
5. ha-sofia SSH: Uses default SSH key, user vbarzin, resolve DNS via 192.168.1.2. Only reachable from local Sofia network (not remotely).

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ha-sofia Knowledge Map

Overview

• 1,087 entities across 29 domains, 128 devices, 13 areas, 43 automations
• Location: Sofia, Bulgaria (Вермонт / Vermont neighborhood)
• 4 tracked people: Viktor Barzin, Emil Barzin, Valia Barzina, MQTT

Key Systems

1. Heating & Gas Boiler (EMS-ESP)

• Buderus/Bosch gas boiler via EMS-ESP integration
• Entities: sensor.boiler_*, number.boiler_*, switch.boiler_*
• DHW (hot water), heating curves, burner stats, gas metering
• Outside temp: sensor.boiler_outside_temperature

2. Climate / Thermostats (4 rooms + bathroom)

Room	Entity	Bulgarian
Children's room	climate.thermostat_children_room	Детска
Office	climate.thermostat_office_room	Кабинет
Living room	climate.thermostat_living_room	Хол
Master bedroom	climate.thermostat_master_bedroom	род. Спалня
Bathroom (Valchedram)	climate.bania_vlchedrm	Баня Вълчедръм

3. Solar / Photovoltaic (Solarman)

• Inverter: sensor.fv_b_* (FV = фотоволтаици)
• Battery, grid/self-use EMS mode, solar forecast
• Energy totals tracked per grid/inverter

4. ATS (Automatic Transfer Switch)

• Grid ↔ inverter switching: sensor.ats_*
• Load power, grid/inverter voltage, energy totals

5. Security / Alarm (Paradox EVOHD+)

• 3 alarm partitions: Apartment, Garage, Valchedram
• PIR zones, door contacts, tamper sensors, PGMs for garage doors/doorbells

6. Cameras / NVR / Frigate

• Hikvision NVR (DS-7632NXI) with 9 cameras
• Frigate NVR with object detection:
  • Vermont (home): cameras 10, 15, 16 — car/plate recognition
  • Valchedram (country): cameras 1, 2 — person detection
  • Object tracking: vehicles (Emo Skoda), cats (Мичка)

7. Smart Appliances (Home Connect / Bosch-Siemens)

Appliance	Entity prefix	Bulgarian
Dishwasher	*.miialna_mashina_*	Миялна машина
Washing machine	*.peralnia_*	Пералня (with i-Dos)
Dryer	*.sushilnia_*	Сушилня

8. LED Strip Controllers (6-channel each)

• Kitchen upper/lower: light.kukhnia_*_socket_1-6
• Children's wardrobe: light.led_detska_garderob_socket_1-6
• Hall wardrobe: light.led_garderob_khol_socket_1-6
• Corridor wardrobe: light.led_garderob_koridor_socket_1-6 (offline)
• Master bedroom wardrobe: light.led_garderob_rod_spalnia_socket_1-6 (offline)

9. Media

• Sony BRAVIA XR-65A80L (AirPlay + DLNA)
• Marantz ND8006 (AirPlay + DLNA)

10. Networking

• TP-Link Archer AX6000 (main router)
• TP-Link Archer MR200 (LTE backup)

11. UPS

• sensor.ups_* — battery, load, voltage, remaining time

12. Ventilation (Pax BLE)

• sensor.ventilator_mokro_2_* — bathroom fan with humidity/light sensors

13. Synology NAS

• NAS_Barzini: CPU 2%, Memory 26%, 2 drives (39C/41C)
• Volume 1: 87.2% used (5.02 TB), status "attention"
• DSM update available

14. Printer

• HP ColorLaserJet M253-M254: Black 49%, Cyan 88%, Magenta 91%, Yellow 90%

15. Dell R730 Server (via iDRAC)

• CPU temp 57C, Power 192W, Inlet 24C, Exhaust 29C
• Tesla T4 GPU: 41C, 4% util, 4183MB VRAM, 32W

16. Other Devices

• Dehumidifier (Tuya): humidifier.arete_*
• Robot vacuum (Rumi): vacuum.rumi — docked, 100% battery, 227 missions
• Tuya lights: light.krushka_* (4 bulbs, currently offline)
• AC unit (MELCloud): climate.klimatik — off, 23C
• Mistral AI: Conversation integration (Devstral 2)

Integrations

HACS, ESPHome, Frigate, Home Connect, Paradox (PAI), Solarman, Pax BLE, Hikvision, InfluxDB, Mosquitto MQTT, Node-RED, Music Assistant, Zigbee2MQTT, Spook, Xtend Tuya, MELCloud, Synology DSM, HP Printer (IPP)

Add-ons

Advanced SSH, File Editor, Studio Code Server, InfluxDB, Mosquitto, Node-RED, Frigate, PAI, Music Assistant, ESPHome, Ookla Speedtest, HA USB/IP Client, Home Assistant Version Control

Version Control (Git Config Tracking)

• Add-on: Home Assistant Version Control v1.2.0 (slug: 4ab554b2_home-assistant-version-control)
• Add-on repo: https://github.com/saihgupr/ha-addons
• What it does: Auto-tracks every config file change via git. File watcher (inotify) detects changes, debounces (5s default), commits automatically.
• Tracked files: .yaml, .yml, .json, .conf, .sh, .py + .storage/ (lovelace dashboards, entity/device registries, config entries)
• Excluded: secrets.yaml, database files (.db), logs, __pycache__, binary files
• Git repo: /homeassistant/.git (owned by root; SSH user needs git config --global --add safe.directory /homeassistant)
• GitHub remote: https://github.com/ViktorBarzin/ha-sofia-config (private). Auth token from Vault secret/viktor key github_pat. Cloud sync pushes hourly.
• Web UI: Sidebar → "Version Control", or Settings → Add-ons → HA Version Control → Open Web UI. Ingress URL: /api/hassio_ingress/PYR_EdVzPtzZdRnGjrhI3qbGogCVJ18FrtOg6oaBf-w/
• Features: Browse commit history with diffs, restore individual files or full config to any point, delete recovery, smart reloads after restore
• API: POST /api/git/add-all-and-commit (manual backup), GET /api/git/history (commit log), POST /api/restore-file (restore single file), POST /api/restore-commit (full rollback)
• SSH git access: ssh vbarzin@192.168.1.8 'git -C /homeassistant log --oneline -10'

Music Assistant (MASS)

• Addon slug: d5369777_music_assistant
• Version: 2.7.8
• Web UI: http://192.168.1.8:8095
• Container name: addon_d5369777_music_assistant
• Providers: Spotify (OAuth PKCE + librespot), TuneIn Radio, RadioBrowser, BBC Sounds, Radio Paradise, Filesystem (remote share)
• Player providers: UPnP/DLNA, AirPlay, Sendspin (port 8927)
• Registered players: Marantz ND8006 (DLNA + AirPlay), Sony BRAVIA XR-65A80L (AirPlay), Web (Chrome)
• Librespot cache: /data/.cache/spotify--5s3mSP8y/credentials.json (inside addon container)
• Troubleshooting: See skill music-assistant-librespot-wrong-account for Spotify playback failures
• SSH addon access to container: sudo curl -s --unix-socket /run/docker.sock http://localhost/containers/<id>/exec (requires sudo)

Zones

• Вермонт (Vermont) — Home
• Вълчедръм (Valchedram) — Country house

Bulgarian ↔ English Room Names

Bulgarian	English	Entity prefix
Детска	Children's room	detska
Кабинет	Office	kabinet
Хол	Living room	khol
Спалня / род. Спалня	Master bedroom	rod_spalnia
Кухня	Kitchen	kukhnia
Коридор	Corridor	koridor
Баня	Bathroom	bania
Гараж	Garage	garaj
Мазе	Basement	maze

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ha-london Knowledge Map

Overview

• HA Version: 2026.5.2 on Home Assistant OS (HAOS — managed appliance, NOT a docker run container). Latest is 2026.6.4 (update available, deliberately not applied).
• Location: London, UK
• Platform: Raspberry Pi 4, HA OS
• Access from the Sofia devvm: london is remote — homelab ha ssh --instance london generally WON'T connect (ADR-0012). Drive it via the API: homelab ha token --instance london + https://ha-london.viktorbarzin.me/api/..., and the WebSocket API wss://ha-london.viktorbarzin.me/api/websocket for dashboards / config-entries / HACS installs.
• SSH (only from the London LAN): ssh hassio@192.168.8.103 (requires sudo for file access)
• Config path: /config/
• 3 tracked people: Viktor Barzin, Anca Milea, Gheorghe Milea
• Zone: London (home)

Dashboards (redesigned 2026-06-24)

Glossary (HA terms — keep distinct):

• Dashboard = a sidebar entry (Overview, Air Quality, Map). Sidebar order is a per-USER frontend preference, not in any dashboard config.

• View = a tab inside a dashboard. View order is global (stored in the dashboard config).

• Card = a widget inside a view.

• Overview (lovelace, the default): responsive sections views, styled with Mushroom + mini-graph-card.

  • Home tab: Who's home · Comfort & Air (CO₂/temp/humidity/PM2.5/VOC chips + CO₂ and temp/humidity trend graphs + link to Air Quality) · Cowboy (battery/range/last-ride) · Energy (5 Kasa plugs + power trend) · Quick actions (Netflix/Stremio/Night).
  • More tab: Network (GL-MT6000 router) · System (HA version/update, last backup, RPi power) · Phones.

• Air Quality (air-quality): deep-dive (views: Home, Detailed). (detialed→detailed path typo fixed 2026-06-24.)

• Built via the WS lovelace/config/save API (london is remote — no SSH path).

Key Systems

1. Smart Plugs (TP-Link Kasa) — Energy Monitoring

Named plugs with power/energy tracking:

Name	Entity	Usage/month	Purpose
Thor	switch.thor	6.4 kWh	Server/NAS
Pikkachu	switch.pikkachu	4.8 kWh	Water cooler
Michelle	switch.emeter_plug	0.3 kWh	—
Livia	switch.livia	0.07 kWh	—
Jinx	switch.jinx	0.02 kWh	—
Projector plug	switch.tapo_p100	unavailable	Tapo P100

2. Air Quality (Apollo AIR-1 via ESPHome)

• sensor.apollo_air_1_fa2d34_co2: CO2 level
• sensor.apollo_air_1_fa2d34_sen55_temperature: Temperature
• sensor.apollo_air_1_fa2d34_sen55_humidity: Humidity
• PM1.0/2.5/4.0/10 particulate sensors
• VOC, NOx, ammonia, CO, ethanol, hydrogen, methane, NO2 gas sensors

3. Cowboy E-Bike (elsbrock/cowboy-ha)

Bike named "Classic Performance" → entities are sensor.classic_performance_* (26 total). The old sensor.bike_* names are GONE (they were the dead jdejaegh integration).

• sensor.classic_performance_remaining_battery: Battery % (was sensor.bike_state_of_charge)
• sensor.classic_performance_remaining_range: Range km
• sensor.classic_performance_mileage: Total km (was sensor.bike_total_distance)
• sensor.classic_performance_saved_co2: Lifetime CO2 saved (was sensor.bike_total_co2_saved)
• Plus _distance_today, _last_trip_*, _battery_health, device_tracker.classic_performance, etc.
• GOTCHA: live battery/range/mileage read unknown while the bike is parked/asleep — Cowboy only reports live SoC when awake (ridden/charging); trip-history + distance_today stay live regardless.
• Auth: account email+password (no AWS Cognito — that was the dead jdejaegh/cowboybike lineage). Setup via UI config flow / REST config_entries/flow. Creds in Vaultwarden item "cowboy bike" (homelab vault get "cowboy bike").

4. Uptime Monitoring (UptimeRobot)

• sensor.blog: blog uptime
• sensor.valchedrym: Valchedram site uptime
• switch.blog, switch.valchedrym: monitoring toggles

5. Oral-B Toothbrush (BLE)

• sensor.smart_series_6000_83d3_*: mode, pressure, sector, time

6. Network Device Tracking (~100 devices)

• Router-based MAC tracking (many unnamed)
• Named: Viktor's iPhone15Pro, Anca's iPhone13Pro, Apple Watch, Amazon Fire, iRobot, Portal, Living-Room TV

7. Media & Entertainment

• Projector + debug bridge: unavailable (Tapo plug off)
• Scripts: script.start_netflix, script.start_stremio
• Scene: scene.night (turns off Livia + Michelle plugs)

Custom Components (HACS integrations)

• cowboy (elsbrock/cowboy-ha v1.2.0): Cowboy e-bike — revived 2026-06-24. The old jdejaegh/home-assistant-cowboy repo is dead (404); don't chase it.
• hildebrandglow_dcc: UK smart meter DCC energy — DISABLED by user (config entry disabled_by: user), not broken.

HACS frontend cards (plugins)

• Mushroom (piitaya/lovelace-mushroom), mini-graph-card (kalkih/mini-graph-card), plotly-graph-card (dbuezas/lovelace-plotly-graph-card) — used by the redesigned Overview. Install over WS hacs/repository/download; resources auto-register in storage mode.

Integrations

ESPHome, TP-Link Kasa, Tapo, UptimeRobot, Cowboy (elsbrock), Oral-B BLE, Ookla Speedtest (exposes only an update entity, no live speed sensors), HACS, OpenRouter (free LLMs), Piper (TTS), Whisper (STT), Android TV/ADB.

• Disabled by user (NOT broken): met + metoffice (weather — so weather.* entities are ABSENT), roomba (Rumi vacuum), hildebrandglow_dcc (energy).
• Failing: tplink Tapo P100 projector plug — setup_retry, 403 KLAP handshake from 192.168.8.108 (plug off / firmware). Left as-is.

AI / Voice Assistants

• 5 free LLM conversation agents: Google Gemma 3 27B, Meta Llama 3.2 3B, Mistral Devstral 2, OpenAI GPT-OSS-20B, Z.AI GLM 4.5 Air
• Local voice: Piper (TTS) + Whisper (STT)
• Google Translate TTS

Automations (10)

• Water cooler on/off scheduling (07:00 on, 00:30 off)
• Michelle plug auto-off when idle (<70W)
• Apollo AIR-1 RGB LED: CO2 indicator (on in morning, off at 22:00)
• Cowboy e-bike low battery notification (ntfy + iPhone push)
• Anca arrival/departure notifications
• Night scene: turns off Livia + Michelle

Platform (HAOS — ignore any legacy docker run snippet)

ha-london runs Home Assistant OS (managed appliance), NOT a hand-run Docker container. There is no docker run homeassistant/home-assistant to manage. Install HACS components over the WebSocket API (hacs/repository/download with the repo's HACS id), then restart via POST /api/services/homeassistant/restart — a HAOS restart drops automations for ~1–2 min and resets sensor.uptime (use that as the "back up" marker).

SSH Access

# Read config
ssh hassio@192.168.8.103 "sudo cat /config/configuration.yaml"

# Check logs
ssh hassio@192.168.8.103 "sudo docker logs homeassistant --tail 50"

# Restart HA via API (preferred)
curl -s -X POST "http://192.168.8.103:8123/api/services/homeassistant/restart" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${HOME_ASSISTANT_LONDON_TOKEN}"

# View Docker logs
ssh hassio@192.168.8.103 "sudo docker logs homeassistant --tail 50"