Hass FAQs

Question 1

What is Hass?

Accepted Answer

Hass (Hass-MCP) is a tool that allows AI assistants to interact with and control your Home Assistant instance using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This enables you to manage your smart home using natural language commands.

Question 2

How do I install Hass?

Accepted Answer

The recommended installation method is using Docker. You'll need a Home Assistant instance with a Long-Lived Access Token. Detailed steps are provided in the setup guide for configuring Hass with your chosen AI assistant client.

Question 3

What can I do with Hass?

Accepted Answer

With Hass, you can query device states, control lights and switches, get summaries of your smart home setup, troubleshoot automations, search for specific entities, and even create guided conversations for common tasks like automation creation through AI assistants.

Question 4

What kind of prompts can I use with Hass?

Accepted Answer

You can use a variety of prompts, such as 'What's the current state of my living room lights?', 'Turn off all the lights in the kitchen', or 'Create an automation that turns on the lights at sunset'. Hass provides tools for getting entity states, performing actions, listing entities, and more.

Question 5

Which AI assistants are compatible with Hass?

Accepted Answer

Hass is designed to work with AI assistants that support the Model Context Protocol, such as Claude. The setup instructions provide specific configuration details for Claude Desktop and Claude Code (CLI).

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