Category: Automations
Home Assistant automations with real YAML you can copy and adapt. Every config here runs in an actual smart home, covering presence detection, lighting, security, energy, voice control, and more.
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Blueprint #6: Home Assistant Presence Detection: Building a Bulletproof Approach
Phone-based geofencing is a good start for Home Assistant presence detection. It is not the finish line. Here is how I layer mmWave sensors, UniFi camera detection, car-specific conditions, and a guest mode helper to build a system that actually knows who is home, who just arrived, and who might be in the house when…
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What Your UniFi Cameras Can Actually Do in Home Assistant
Most people buy security cameras to record. I use mine to trigger automations. In this post I’ll walk through how I’ve wired UniFi Protect into Home Assistant to handle package deliveries, doorbell alerts with live snapshots, backyard presence detection, and keeping tabs on Clarke — all locally, all without a subscription.
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Home Assistant Zones & Geofencing: The Setup That Tells My Wife When the Kids Are at School
Zones are one of the simplest things in Home Assistant and one of the most useful. Once you set them up properly — with the right radius, the right conditions, and a couple of well-built automations — your phone becomes the trigger for things your family will actually notice. Here is how to do it…
