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home-assistant

Control Home Assistant smart home devices, run automations, and receive webhook events. Use when controlling lights, switches, climate, scenes, scripts, or any HA entity. Supports bidirectional communication via REST API (outbound) and webhooks (inbound triggers from HA automations).

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Home Assistant

Control your smart home via Home Assistant's REST API and webhooks.

Setup

Option 1: Config File (Recommended)

Create ~/.config/home-assistant/config.json:

{
  "url": "https://your-ha-instance.duckdns.org",
  "token": "your-long-lived-access-token"
}
Option 2: Environment Variables
export HA_URL="http://homeassistant.local:8123"
export HA_TOKEN="your-long-lived-access-token"
Getting a Long-Lived Access Token
  1. Open Home Assistant → Profile (bottom left)
  2. Scroll to "Long-Lived Access Tokens"
  3. Click "Create Token", name it (e.g., "Clawdbot")
  4. Copy the token immediately (shown only once)

Quick Reference

List Entities
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $HA_TOKEN" "$HA_URL/api/states" | jq '.[].entity_id'
Get Entity State
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $HA_TOKEN" "$HA_URL/api/states/light.living_room"
Control Devices
# Turn on
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $HA_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "$HA_URL/api/services/light/turn_on" -d '{"entity_id": "light.living_room"}'

# Turn off
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $HA_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "$HA_URL/api/services/light/turn_off" -d '{"entity_id": "light.living_room"}'

# Set brightness (0-255)
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $HA_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "$HA_URL/api/services/light/turn_on" -d '{"entity_id": "light.living_room", "brightness": 128}'
Run Scripts & Automations
# Trigger script
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $HA_TOKEN" "$HA_URL/api/services/script/turn_on" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"entity_id": "script.goodnight"}'

# Trigger automation
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $HA_TOKEN" "$HA_URL/api/services/automation/trigger" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"entity_id": "automation.motion_lights"}'
Activate Scenes
curl -X POST -H...

Source information

Source
github
Repository
openclaw/skills
Path
skills/iahmadzain/home-assistant
Version
—
Commit
9cdc1bd9d97c211aca9a6a4d4f1d283255f91c88
Classification source
rules
Status
active
Visibility
public

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SKILL.md
# Home Assistant

Control your smart home via Home Assistant's REST API and webhooks.

## Setup

### Option 1: Config File (Recommended)

Create `~/.config/home-assistant/config.json`:
```json
{
  "url": "https://your-ha-instance.duckdns.org",
  "token": "your-long-lived-access-token"
}
```

### Option 2: Environment Variables

```bash
export HA_URL="http://homeassistant.local:8123"
export HA_TOKEN="your-long-lived-access-token"
```

### Getting a Long-Lived Access Token

1. Open Home Assistant → Profile (bottom left)
2. Scroll to "Long-Lived Access Tokens"
3. Click "Create Token", name it (e.g., "Clawdbot")
4. Copy the token immediately (shown only once)

## Quick Reference

### List Entities

```bash
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $HA_TOKEN" "$HA_URL/api/states" | jq '.[].entity_id'
```

### Get Entity State

```bash
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $HA_TOKEN" "$HA_URL/api/states/light.living_room"
```

### Control Devices

```bash
# Turn on
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $HA_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "$HA_URL/api/services/light/turn_on" -d '{"entity_id": "light.living_room"}'

# Turn off
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $HA_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "$HA_URL/api/services/light/turn_off" -d '{"entity_id": "light.living_room"}'

# Set brightness (0-255)
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $HA_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "$HA_URL/api/services/light/turn_on" -d '{"entity_id": "light.living_room", "brightness": 128}'
```

### Run Scripts & Automations

```bash
# Trigger script
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $HA_TOKEN" "$HA_URL/api/services/script/turn_on" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"entity_id": "script.goodnight"}'

# Trigger automation
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $HA_TOKEN" "$HA_URL/api/services/automation/trigger" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"entity_id": "automation.motion_lights"}'
```

### Activate Scenes

```bash
curl -X POST -H...

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