How does this skill handle Home Assistant authentication?

The skill enforces the use of Long-Lived Access Tokens and ensures the 'Bearer ' prefix is correctly applied to Authorization headers, preventing the most common 401 Unauthorized errors.

Can I use this for real-time sensor monitoring?

Yes, it provides optimized patterns for the WebSocket API, specifically designed for subscribing to state_changed events and maintaining persistent real-time connections.

What is the advantage of using this over manual API calls?

It reduces token overhead by ~30% through domain-specific knowledge and prevents five major integration errors related to WebSocket lifecycles and service routing.

Does it support service calls for specific domains?

Absolutely. The skill includes reference patterns for calling services across all HA domains (like light, switch, or climate) using the correct JSON payload structure.

Home Assistant API Integration

Name: Home Assistant API Integration
Author: nodnarbnitram

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Streamlines interaction with Home Assistant’s REST and WebSocket APIs for entity state management and real-time automation control.

The ha-api skill empowers Claude to seamlessly interface with Home Assistant environments by providing specialized knowledge of both REST and WebSocket communication protocols. It optimizes the development of external integrations by providing standardized patterns for managing entity states, executing service calls, and subscribing to real-time events. By enforcing strict security practices like Bearer token authentication and providing pre-built logic for WebSocket lifecycles, this skill significantly reduces common implementation errors and token overhead during smart home development tasks.

主要功能

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02Domain-specific service call validation for accurate device control

03Dual-protocol support for both REST and WebSocket API architectures

04Real-time event subscription patterns with proper WebSocket handshaking

05Comprehensive error handling for HTTP status codes and state mismatches

06Automated Bearer token authentication and header management

使用场景

01Developing external dashboards or CLI tools to control Home Assistant devices

02Creating scripts to monitor and log real-time sensor data via WebSockets

03Automating complex multi-device service calls from external applications

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add nodnarbnitram/claude-code-extensions ha-api

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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