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Automate Home Assistant with best practices.

Software Engineering#automation#best practices#configuration#smart home#YAML#Jinja2#Home Assistant
Authorbcl1713
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

Managing a complex Home Assistant configuration can be daunting, leading to messy YAML, inconsistent automations, and difficult debugging. This Skill provides structured guidance and best practices to streamline your smart home setup, ensuring reliability and maintainability.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Modular Configuration: Learn to organize your Home Assistant setup using the packages pattern for cleaner, more manageable code.
  • Advanced Automation: Master Jinja2 templating, triggers, conditions, and actions to create powerful, dynamic smart home automations.
  • Development Standards: Adhere to YAML formatting, entity naming, and automation best practices for a robust and scalable system.
  • Use Case: When you want to create a new presence-based lighting automation, this Skill will guide you through defining the automation structure, using Jinja2 for dynamic conditions, and integrating it into your existing package system, saving you time and preventing errors.

Quick Start

I need help creating a new Home Assistant automation for my smart lights. Guide me on best practices for triggers, conditions, and actions.

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Please help me install this Skill:
Name: home-assistant-dev-guidelines
Download link: https://github.com/bcl1713/homeassistant_config/archive/main.zip#home-assistant-dev-guidelines

Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
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