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# mcp-server-home-assistant
A Model Context Protocol Server for Home Assistant. See [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/)
for context.
The custom component required by this integration is moving to Home Assistant Core in https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/134122
## Usage in Claude Desktop
1. Install the [home-assistant-model-context-protocol](https://github.com/allenporter/home-assistant-model-context-protocol) custom component in your Home Assistant instance
1. Create a [Long Lived Access Token](https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/authentication/#your-account-profile)
1. Clone this git repo to a path like `/Users/allen/Development/mcp-server-home-assistant`
1. Edit your `claude_desktop_config.json` with something like this and include your home assistant url and api token:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"Home-assistant": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/Users/allen/Development/mcp-server-home-assistant",
"run",
"mcp-server-home-assistant",
"-v",
"-v"
],
"env": {
"HOME_ASSISTANT_WEB_SOCKET_URL": "http://localhost:8123/api/websocket",
"HOME_ASSISTANT_API_TOKEN": "byJhbVci0iJIUzI1ii1sInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.....
}
}
}
}
```
1. You can view the logs e.g. `~Library/Logs/Claude/mcp-server-Home-assistant.log` to understand what is happening
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