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Ha Media by beclab — Agent Skill

Name: Ha Media
Author: beclab

Ha Media

Control Home Assistant media players with hass-cli: play/pause/stop, next/previous track, set volume, mute, select source, and play media. Use for 'pause the TV', 'set volume to 30%', 'play music in the kitchen', 'switch input to HDMI2' requests. All control goes through service call.

beclab c8a4a22 2.0 KB Updated Sep 17, 2026

File contents

ha-media

Media players (speakers, TVs, receivers). Prerequisites: ../ha-shared/SKILL.md, ../ha-services/SKILL.md.

Transport

hass-cli service call media_player.media_play         --arguments entity_id=media_player.kitchen
hass-cli service call media_player.media_pause        --arguments entity_id=media_player.kitchen
hass-cli service call media_player.media_play_pause   --arguments entity_id=media_player.kitchen
hass-cli service call media_player.media_stop         --arguments entity_id=media_player.kitchen
hass-cli service call media_player.media_next_track   --arguments entity_id=media_player.kitchen
hass-cli service call media_player.media_previous_track --arguments entity_id=media_player.kitchen

Volume / mute / power

# volume_level is 0.0 .. 1.0
hass-cli service call media_player.volume_set  --data '{"entity_id":"media_player.kitchen","volume_level":0.3}'
hass-cli service call media_player.volume_mute --data '{"entity_id":"media_player.kitchen","is_volume_muted":true}'
hass-cli service call media_player.turn_off    --arguments entity_id=media_player.kitchen

Source / sound mode

hass-cli state get media_player.kitchen -o json   # attributes.source_list / sound_mode_list
hass-cli service call media_player.select_source --data '{"entity_id":"media_player.tv","source":"HDMI 2"}'

Play media

hass-cli service call media_player.play_media --data '{"entity_id":"media_player.kitchen","media_content_type":"music","media_content_id":"http://.../stream.mp3"}'

Browse available content with the WS API when needed: hass-cli raw ws media_player/browse_media --data '{"entity_id":"media_player.kitchen"}'.

---name: ha-mediadescription: Control Home Assistant media players with hass-cli: play/pause/stop, next/previous track, set volume, mute, select source, and play media. Use for 'pause the TV', 'set volume to 30%', 'play music in the kitchen', 'switch input to HDMI2' requests. All control goes through service call.---# ha-mediaMedia players (speakers, TVs, receivers). **Prerequisites:**[`../ha-shared/SKILL.md`](../ha-shared/SKILL.md), [`../ha-services/SKILL.md`](../ha-services/SKILL.md).## Transport```bashhass-cli service call media_player.media_play --arguments entity_id=media_player.kitchenhass-cli service call media_player.media_pause --arguments entity_id=media_player.kitchenhass-cli service call media_player.media_play_pause --arguments entity_id=media_player.kitchenhass-cli service call media_player.media_stop --arguments entity_id=media_player.kitchenhass-cli service call media_player.media_next_track --arguments entity_id=media_player.kitchenhass-cli service call media_player.media_previous_track --arguments entity_id=media_player.kitchen```## Volume / mute / power```bash# volume_level is 0.0 .. 1.0hass-cli service call media_player.volume_set --data '{"entity_id":"media_player.kitchen","volume_level":0.3}'hass-cli service call media_player.volume_mute --data '{"entity_id":"media_player.kitchen","is_volume_muted":true}'hass-cli service call media_player.turn_off --arguments entity_id=media_player.kitchen```## Source / sound mode```bashhass-cli state get media_player.kitchen -o json # attributes.source_list / sound_mode_listhass-cli service call media_player.select_source --data '{"entity_id":"media_player.tv","source":"HDMI 2"}'```## Play media```bashhass-cli service call media_player.play_media --data '{"entity_id":"media_player.kitchen","media_content_type":"music","media_content_id":"http://.../stream.mp3"}'```Browse available content with the WS API when needed:`hass-cli raw ws media_player/browse_media --data '{"entity_id":"media_player.kitchen"}'`.

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