Tag: Home Assistant YAML
A Better Way to Monitor Internet Speed in Home Assistant
Replace inconsistent Home Assistant Speedtest.net readings with Ookla capacity snapshots, then separate WAN reachability, quality, capacity, and freshness. Read More
Home Assistant Sprinkler Automation: Rachio and Beyond
Build a controller-neutral Home Assistant sprinkler dashboard with native integration entities, trigger-derived zone history, Rachio controls, and reusable YAML. Read More
Home Assistant Water Delivery Reminder Before Delivery Day
A Home Assistant water delivery reminder pattern that uses one date helper, a day-before guard, garage-door timing, and Alexa announcements so the bottles go out ... Read More
Home Assistant Caught My HVAC Failure
How Home Assistant recorder history, Frigate footage, and a small maintenance dashboard turned a failed blower into runtime-based filter reminders and condenser line cleanout alerts. Read More
Home Assistant Package Reminder: Camera to Phone Alert
How I use Home Assistant, LLM Vision, a front-door camera event, and a simple helper state to send useful package reminders only when there is ... Read More