home-assistant-automation-scripts

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