Homeassist

Skill jsnyder/homeassist/skills/homeassist

Use when querying or controlling Home Assistant — entities, services, templates, logs, automations, system status. Also for pre-deploy YAML validation, post-deploy verification, and system status dashboards.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add jsnyder/homeassist --skill homeassist

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homeassist CLI

Compiled Rust CLI for Home Assistant. Auto-detects Claude Code for compact output; interactive terminals get styled human output.

Entity Operations

homeassist entities list --domain light              # By domain
homeassist entities list --state unavailable          # Exact state match
homeassist entities list --pattern "hvac.*power"     # Regex on id/name
homeassist entities list --name "kitchen"            # Friendly name regex
homeassist entities list --domain sensor --state on  # Combine filters
homeassist entities get sensor.kitchen_temperature   # Single entity detail
homeassist entities search "fountain"                # Search id + friendly_name

Services

homeassist services list climate                     # Domain signatures
homeassist services call light.turn_on --data '{"entity_id":"light.kitchen"}'
homeassist services call light.turn_on --target '{"area_id":"kitchen"}'

System Status & Monitoring

homeassist stats                           # System overview: version, entities, automations, errors
homeassist stats --dashboard my.yaml       # Custom dashboard with sections + templates
homeassist stats --init > dashboard.yaml   # Auto-generate dashboard config from HA state
homeassist health                          # Connection + version
homeassist inspect                         # Unavailable/unknown audit, domain summary
homeassist logs errors --tail 10           # System log via WebSocket (all installs)
homeassist logs errors --pattern "zigbee"  # Filter by regex
homeassist diff --since 1                  # State changes in last hour
homeassist watch sensor.temp --timeout 60 --state 72  # Wait for state

Dashboard Config (YAML)

sections:
  - name: Climate
    entities:
      - climate.thermostat
      - sensor.outdoor_temperature
    templates:
      - label: "Net power"
        template: "{{ (states('sensor.solar') | float - states('sensor.grid') | float) | round(1) }}W"

Config precedence: --dashboard flag > .homeassist-dashboard.yaml in cwd > ~/.config/homeassist/dashboard.yaml

Config & Automation

homeassist config check                    # Validate HA config
homeassist config reload all               # Reload automations/scripts/scenes
homeassist automations list                # List with on/off status
homeassist automations trigger <id>
homeassist templates render "{{ states('sensor.temp') }}"

Deployment

homeassist validate ./packages --check-entities --check-registry || exit 1  # Pre-deploy
homeassist verify --baseline snapshot.json                                   # Post-deploy

Output Modes

Auto-detected: human (terminal), compact (Claude Code), JSON (piped). Override: --human, --compact, --no-compact.

Command	Compact format	Savings
`stats`	`sys\tv...\tent\ttotal:N\tunavail:N...` (2-3 lines)	~80%
`entities list/search`	TSV: `entity_id\tstate` (capped at 50, `--limit N`)	~67%
`entities get`	Single-line JSON, no context	~45%
`services list <domain>`	`domain.svc(params)`	~99%

Filter Strategy

Domain known? --domain sensor
State known? --state unavailable (exact, not substring)
Keyword? search "fountain"
Regex? --pattern "hvac.*power"
Exact entity? get sensor.xyz

Pitfalls

--pattern unavailable matches "available" — use --state unavailable
services list without domain gives domain names only, not signatures
Need attributes in list? Add --no-compact
Global flags (--compact, --human, --limit) go BEFORE the subcommand: homeassist --compact stats
Entity lists default to 50 items in compact mode; use --limit 0 for unlimited or --limit N