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PANDA ESL for Home Assistant: Cheap E-Ink Shelf Labels Without a Hub
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PANDA ESL for Home Assistant: Cheap E-Ink Shelf Labels Without a Hub

PANDA ESL is a Home Assistant custom integration for cheap PANDA / ETAG BLE e-ink shelf labels, making them useful as small local displays for calendar notes, weather, reminders, QR codes, and other slow-changing smart home information.
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June 13, 20267 minutes
Using a Zigbee Rotary Knob to Switch Home Assistant Dashboard Tabs
Posted inGadgets Home Assistant Zigbee

Using a Zigbee Rotary Knob to Switch Home Assistant Dashboard Tabs

Use the Knob Swipe Navigation Home Assistant integration to map a ZHA rotary knob to Lovelace dashboard tab navigation, with an on-screen overlay, cooldown, wrapping, and optional browser targeting.
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June 7, 20267 minutes
Virtual team meeting on a laptop with a visual meeting reminder
Posted inGadgets Home Assistant Zigbee

Never Miss a Meeting: Home Assistant Calendar Light Alerts

Use a Zigbee RGB bulb as a simple visual meeting reminder in Home Assistant: blue five minutes before a meeting, red one minute before, then off when the meeting starts.
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May 24, 20264 minutes
SONOFF Zigbee Smart Water Valve Review: Finally, an Irrigation Valve That Just Works
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SONOFF Zigbee Smart Water Valve Review: Finally, an Irrigation Valve That Just Works

A reliable SONOFF Zigbee irrigation valve that pairs cleanly with Home Assistant, works without hacks or quirks, and finally delivers the โ€œjust worksโ€ watering setup I wanted.
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May 22, 20267 minutes
Turn Alexa Voice Commands into Home Assistant Automations
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Turn Alexa Voice Commands into Home Assistant Automations

Turn Alexaโ€™s last spoken command into a Home Assistant sensor, then use it to trigger custom automations, room-aware actions, routines, and smart-home shortcuts.
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May 20, 20268 minutes
Sync Alexa Shopping List with Home Assistant โ€“ REVISITED
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Sync Alexa Shopping List with Home Assistant – REVISITED

Sync your Alexa shopping list with Home Assistant using Node-RED, OpenAI sorting, clickable dashboard items, duplicate cleanup, and a cleaner shopping-list card with loading feedback.
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April 21, 202646 minutes
Never Miss a Failed Automation Again: Dead-Man Switch Monitoring in Home Assistant
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Never Miss a Failed Automation Again: Dead-Man Switch Monitoring in Home Assistant

A quick dead-man-switch trick that pings you whenever a Home Assistant automation fails to finishโ€”perfect for irrigation, bedtime, or any long routine.
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April 27, 20253 minutes
Press, Track, Earn: Transforming a Zigbee Button into a Smart Chore Tracker
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Press, Track, Earn: Transforming a Zigbee Button into a Smart Chore Tracker

how to repurpose a Zigbee button for chore tracking in your home.
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April 4, 20253 minutes
Enhancing Your WhatsApp Bot in Home Assistant with Presence Updates
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Enhancing Your WhatsApp Bot in Home Assistant with Presence Updates

Want to make your Home Assistant WhatsApp bot feel more natural? This guide covers how to add a "typing..." presence indicator to your automations, making interactions feel more responsive and realistic.
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March 5, 20252 minutes
Adding Conversation History to AI Assistants in Home Assistant
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Adding Conversation History to AI Assistants in Home Assistant

By default, the Home Assistant conversation agents (such as OpenAI) do not retain conversation history, requiring users to repeat context in every message. This guide shows how to store and manage conversation history, ensuring AI assistants can understand context.
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February 16, 20254 minutes

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