ha-mcp: let Claude build Home Assistant automations and dashboards
Community MCP server that gives Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants 87 tools into Home Assistant, including building automations and dashboards the official server cannot.
Why it matters
The unofficial MCP server that turns an AI assistant from a device remote into a smart-home builder, now with locked-down defaults in v9.1.0.
What you could build with it
A smart-home hobbyist could ask Claude to build a new automation or dashboard from a plain-language description, then review the generated setup before it goes live.
Does it hold up?
Widely used and actively maintained, with HACS install and 5,556 stars. It reaches everything the Home Assistant token can, so it needs care; v9's locked-down defaults and the new read-only switch help.
Built with ha-mcp
- How to connect Claude to Home Assistantarticle · Setup guide contrasting the one-click official server with ha-mcp's 87 tools and automation-building ability.
- Claude can run my Home Assistant setup now, and it only took one clickarticle · Hands-on test of the official server versus ha-mcp, noting what each can and cannot do.
- Home Assistant's AI can act on your house now. Start it read-onlyarticle · Covers ha-mcp v9.0.0 and v9.1.0: access switch, locked-down defaults, and the Home Assistant 2026.11 read-only mode.
Learn more
First spotted on github: source.
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