Home Assistant

A quick dead-man-switch trick that pings you whenever a Home Assistant automation fails to finish—perfect for irrigation, bedtime, or any long routine.

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.

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.

The WhatsApp addon is an essential tool in my Home Assistant setup, enabling notifications, alerts, and even conversations with my smart home. While the original addon is fantastic, I’ve forked it to include new features like message ID retrieval and the ability to mark messages as read. This post walks you through these upgrades and how to integrate them into your automations.

How to integrate AI into your Home Assistant notifications using WhatsApp and OpenAI. This guide provides step-by-step instructions for enhanced and personalized messaging.

Send stickers to WhatsApp in Home Assistant - a guide and sample code needed to send fun and personalized sticker notifications from Home Assistant directly to your WhatsApp chats.

Discover how to play sounds directly from your Home Assistant device using the VLC add-on. Whether you're using a Raspberry Pi, Unraid NAS, or other systems, this guide will walk you through the simple steps of installing the VLC add-on and setting up audio playback on your smart home computer.