How do I install the Ha Automation skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add beclab/ha-automation in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Ha Automation safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Ha Automation?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Ha Automation free to use?

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Who published Ha Automation?

beclab (@beclab) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Ha Automation by beclab — Agent Skill

Name: Ha Automation
Author: beclab

Ha Automation

Create, edit, and run Home Assistant automations, scripts, and scenes with hass-cli. Use to list/get/save/delete automations, reload them, trigger them manually, or build a new automation from triggers/conditions/actions. Config writes go through the REST config editor; reload/trigger go through services.

beclab 2a05957 1.7 KB Updated Sep 17, 2026

File contents

ha-automation

Manage automations, scripts, and scenes. Prerequisite: ../ha-shared/SKILL.md. To author a NEW automation from a request, follow ../ha-workflow-automation-builder/SKILL.md.

Commands

hass-cli workflow automation list                 # entities + state (on/off, last_triggered)
hass-cli workflow automation get <id>             # full config (REST config editor)
hass-cli workflow automation save <id> --file a.yaml
hass-cli workflow automation delete <id>
hass-cli workflow automation reload
hass-cli workflow automation trigger automation.<name>

script and scene share the same verbs (scene trigger maps to scene.turn_on).

Dual storage (important)

Home Assistant has two automation storages:

UI storage (.storage): 32-char hex id, plural keys triggers/conditions/actions.
File storage (automations.yaml): any id, singular keys trigger/condition/action.

When you save, match the keys to the target. save <id> to a UI-managed id should use the plural form. If save returns HTTP 404, the config integration (default_config) is not enabled on that instance.

Inspect failures

hass-cli workflow automation get <id>
hass-cli system logbook --entity automation.<name>
hass-cli raw ws trace/list --data '{"domain":"automation","item_id":"<id>"}'

Frequently asked questions