Ha Presence

ha-presence

People, zones, trackers, groups — the inputs for presence automations. Prerequisites: ../ha-shared/SKILL.md, ../ha-services/SKILL.md.

Who is home

# person.* state is "home", "not_home", or a zone name
hass-cli state list -o json | rg '"entity_id": "person\.'
hass-cli state get person.alice -o json    # attributes: source, latitude, longitude

Zones

hass-cli state list -o json | rg '"entity_id": "zone\.'   # zone.home etc.
# Create/manage zone helpers like any helper config via the zone integration UI;
# zone.home is built from the instance's configured location (see `config get`).

Device trackers

hass-cli state get device_tracker.alice_phone -o json
# Manually set a tracker's location/state (REST state machine write):
hass-cli state set device_tracker.test --state home
hass-cli service call device_tracker.see --data '{"dev_id":"test","location_name":"home"}'

Groups (group.*)

hass-cli state get group.family -o json    # attributes.entity_id lists members

Presence automation tips

• Trigger on person.* or device_tracker.* state changes (to: home / to: not_home), or on zone enter/leave.
• Combine with an input_boolean "guest mode" helper (see ha-helpers) as a condition.
• Verify by watching: hass-cli event watch state_changed while moving a tracker, or inspect history via hass-cli system history --entities person.alice.