How should homeassistant-assist be evaluated before use?

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Crawler Summary

homeassistant-assist answer-first brief

Control Home Assistant smart home devices using the Assist (Conversation) API. Use this skill when the user wants to control smart home entities - lights, switches, thermostats, covers, vacuums, media players, or any other smart device. Passes natural language directly to Home Assistant's built-in NLU for fast, token-efficient control. --- name: homeassistant-assist description: Control Home Assistant smart home devices using the Assist (Conversation) API. Use this skill when the user wants to control smart home entities - lights, switches, thermostats, covers, vacuums, media players, or any other smart device. Passes natural language directly to Home Assistant's built-in NLU for fast, token-efficient control. homepage: https://github.com/Developme Capability contract not published. No trust telemetry is available yet. 3 GitHub stars reported by the source. Last updated 2/24/2026.

Freshness

Last checked 2/24/2026

Best For

homeassistant-assist is best for handle workflows where OpenClaw compatibility matters.

Not Ideal For

Contract metadata is missing or unavailable for deterministic execution.

Evidence Sources Checked

editorial-content, GITHUB OPENCLEW, runtime-metrics, public facts pack

Card Facts Snapshot Contract Trust

Claim this agent

Agent DossierGitHubSafety: 89/100

homeassistant-assist

OpenClawself-declared

Public facts

Change events

Artifacts

Freshness

Feb 24, 2026

Verifiededitorial-contentNo verified compatibility signals3 GitHub stars

Capability contract not published. No trust telemetry is available yet. 3 GitHub stars reported by the source. Last updated 2/24/2026.

3 GitHub starsTrust evidence available

Trust score

Unknown

Compatibility

OpenClaw

Freshness

Feb 24, 2026

Vendor

Developmentcats

Artifacts

Benchmarks

Last release

Unpublished

Executive Summary

Key links, install path, and a quick operational read before the deeper crawl record.

Verifiededitorial-content

Summary

Capability contract not published. No trust telemetry is available yet. 3 GitHub stars reported by the source. Last updated 2/24/2026.

View Source

Setup snapshot

git clone https://github.com/DevelopmentCats/homeassistant-assist.git

1
Setup complexity is LOW. This package is likely designed for quick installation with minimal external side-effects.
2
Final validation: Expose the agent to a mock request payload inside a sandbox and trace the network egress before allowing access to real customer data.

Evidence Ledger

Everything public we have scraped or crawled about this agent, grouped by evidence type with provenance.

Verifiededitorial-content

Vendor (1)

Vendor

Developmentcats

profilemedium

Observed Feb 24, 2026Source link Provenance

Compatibility (1)

Protocol compatibility

OpenClaw

contractmedium

Observed Feb 24, 2026Source link Provenance

Adoption (1)

Adoption signal

3 GitHub stars

profilemedium

Observed Feb 24, 2026Source link Provenance

Security (1)

Handshake status

UNKNOWN

trustmedium

Observed unknownSource link Provenance

Integration (1)

Crawlable docs

6 indexed pages on the official domain

search_documentmedium

Observed Apr 15, 2026Source link Provenance

Release & Crawl Timeline

Merged public release, docs, artifact, benchmark, pricing, and trust refresh events.

Self-declaredagent-index

Docs Update

Docs refreshed: Sign in to GitHub · GitHub

search_documentmedium

Fresh crawlable documentation was indexed for the official domain.

Observed Apr 15, 2026

Artifacts Archive

Extracted files, examples, snippets, parameters, dependencies, permissions, and artifact metadata.

Self-declaredGITHUB OPENCLEW

Extracted files

Examples

Snippets

Languages

typescript

Parameters

Executable Examples

bash

curl -s -X POST "$HASS_SERVER/api/conversation/process" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HASS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text": "USER REQUEST HERE", "language": "en"}'

bash

curl -s -X POST "$HASS_SERVER/api/conversation/process" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HASS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text": "USER REQUEST HERE", "language": "en"}'

json

{
  "env": {
    "HASS_SERVER": "https://your-homeassistant-url",
    "HASS_TOKEN": "your-long-lived-access-token"
  }
}

text

POST /api/conversation/process

json

{
  "text": "turn on the kitchen lights",
  "language": "en"
}

json

{
  "response": {
    "speech": {
      "plain": {"speech": "Turned on the light"}
    },
    "response_type": "action_done",
    "data": {
      "success": [{"name": "Kitchen Light", "id": "light.kitchen"}],
      "failed": []
    }
  }
}

Docs & README

Full documentation captured from public sources, including the complete README when available.

Self-declaredGITHUB OPENCLEW

Docs source

GITHUB OPENCLEW

Editorial quality

ready

Full README

name: homeassistant-assist description: Control Home Assistant smart home devices using the Assist (Conversation) API. Use this skill when the user wants to control smart home entities - lights, switches, thermostats, covers, vacuums, media players, or any other smart device. Passes natural language directly to Home Assistant's built-in NLU for fast, token-efficient control. homepage: https://github.com/DevelopmentCats/homeassistant-assist metadata: openclaw: emoji: "🏠" requires: bins: ["curl"] env: ["HASS_SERVER", "HASS_TOKEN"] primaryEnv: "HASS_TOKEN"

Home Assistant Assist

Control smart home devices by passing natural language to Home Assistant's Assist (Conversation) API. Fire and forget — trust Assist to handle intent parsing, entity resolution, and execution.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when the user wants to control or query any smart home device. If it's in Home Assistant, Assist can handle it.

How It Works

Pass the user's request directly to Assist:

curl -s -X POST "$HASS_SERVER/api/conversation/process" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $HASS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"text": "USER REQUEST HERE", "language": "en"}'

Trust Assist. It handles:

Intent parsing
Fuzzy entity name matching
Area-aware commands
Execution
Error responses

Handling Responses

Just relay what Assist says. The response.speech.plain.speech field contains the human-readable result.

"Turned on the light" → Success, tell the user
"Sorry, I couldn't understand that" → Assist couldn't parse it
"Sorry, there are multiple devices called X" → Ambiguous name

Don't over-interpret. If Assist says it worked, it worked. Trust the response.

When Assist Returns an Error

Only if Assist returns an error (response_type: "error"), you can suggest HA-side improvements:

| Error | Suggestion | |-------|------------| | no_intent_match | "HA didn't recognize that command" | | no_valid_targets | "Try checking the entity name in HA, or add an alias" | | Multiple devices | "There may be duplicate names — consider adding unique aliases in HA" |

These are suggestions for improving HA config, not skill failures. The skill did its job — it passed the request to Assist.

Setup

Set environment variables in OpenClaw config:

{
  "env": {
    "HASS_SERVER": "https://your-homeassistant-url",
    "HASS_TOKEN": "your-long-lived-access-token"
  }
}

Generate a token: Home Assistant → Profile → Long-Lived Access Tokens → Create Token

API Reference

Endpoint

POST /api/conversation/process

Note: Use /api/conversation/process, NOT /api/services/conversation/process.

Request

{
  "text": "turn on the kitchen lights",
  "language": "en"
}

Response

{
  "response": {
    "speech": {
      "plain": {"speech": "Turned on the light"}
    },
    "response_type": "action_done",
    "data": {
      "success": [{"name": "Kitchen Light", "id": "light.kitchen"}],
      "failed": []
    }
  }
}

Philosophy

Trust Assist — It knows the user's HA setup better than we do
Fire and forget — Pass the request, relay the response
Don't troubleshoot — If something doesn't work, suggest HA config improvements
Keep it simple — One API call, natural language in, natural language out

Contract & API

Machine endpoints, protocol fit, contract coverage, invocation examples, and guardrails for agent-to-agent use.

MissingGITHUB OPENCLEW

Endpoints

Dossier API Snapshot API Contract API Trust API

Contract coverage

Status

missing

Auth

None

Streaming

Data region

Unspecified

Protocol support

OpenClaw: self-declared

Requires: none

Forbidden: none

Guardrails

Operational confidence: low

No positive guardrails captured.

Invocation examples

curl -s "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/developmentcats-homeassistant-assist/snapshot"

curl -s "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/developmentcats-homeassistant-assist/contract"

curl -s "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/developmentcats-homeassistant-assist/trust"

Reliability & Benchmarks

Trust and runtime signals, benchmark suites, failure patterns, and practical risk constraints.

Missingruntime-metrics

Trust signals

Handshake

UNKNOWN

Confidence

unknown

Attempts 30d

unknown

Fallback rate

unknown

Runtime metrics

Observed P50

unknown

Observed P95

unknown

Rate limit

unknown

Estimated cost

unknown

Do not use if

Contract metadata is missing or unavailable for deterministic execution.

No benchmark suites or observed failure patterns are available.

Media & Demo

Every public screenshot, visual asset, demo link, and owner-provided destination tied to this agent.

Missingno-media

No screenshots, media assets, or demo links are available.

Related Agents

Neighboring agents from the same protocol and source ecosystem for comparison and shortlist building.

Self-declaredprotocol-neighbors

GITHUB_REPOSactivepieces

Rank

AI Agents & MCPs & AI Workflow Automation • (~400 MCP servers for AI agents) • AI Automation / AI Agent with MCPs • AI Workflows & AI Agents • MCPs for AI Agents

Traction

No public download signal

Freshness

Updated 2d ago

OPENCLAW

GITHUB_REPOScherry-studio

Rank

AI productivity studio with smart chat, autonomous agents, and 300+ assistants. Unified access to frontier LLMs

Traction

No public download signal

Freshness

Updated 5d ago

MCPOPENCLAW

GITHUB_REPOSAionUi

Rank

Free, local, open-source 24/7 Cowork app and OpenClaw for Gemini CLI, Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Qwen Code, Goose CLI, Auggie, and more | 🌟 Star if you like it!

Traction

No public download signal

Freshness

Updated 6d ago

MCPOPENCLAW

GITHUB_REPOSCopilotKit

Rank

The Frontend for Agents & Generative UI. React + Angular

Traction

No public download signal

Freshness

Updated 23d ago

OPENCLAW

Machine Appendix

Contract JSON

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  "authModes": [],
  "requires": [],
  "forbidden": [],
  "supportsMcp": false,
  "supportsA2a": false,
  "supportsStreaming": false,
  "inputSchemaRef": null,
  "outputSchemaRef": null,
  "dataRegion": null,
  "contractUpdatedAt": null,
  "sourceUpdatedAt": null,
  "freshnessSeconds": null
}

Invocation Guide

{
  "preferredApi": {
    "snapshotUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/developmentcats-homeassistant-assist/snapshot",
    "contractUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/developmentcats-homeassistant-assist/contract",
    "trustUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/developmentcats-homeassistant-assist/trust"
  },
  "curlExamples": [
    "curl -s \"https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/developmentcats-homeassistant-assist/snapshot\"",
    "curl -s \"https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/developmentcats-homeassistant-assist/contract\"",
    "curl -s \"https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/developmentcats-homeassistant-assist/trust\""
  ],
  "jsonRequestTemplate": {
    "query": "summarize this repo",
    "constraints": {
      "maxLatencyMs": 2000,
      "protocolPreference": [
        "OPENCLEW"
      ]
    }
  },
  "jsonResponseTemplate": {
    "ok": true,
    "result": {
      "summary": "...",
      "confidence": 0.9
    },
    "meta": {
      "source": "GITHUB_OPENCLEW",
      "generatedAt": "2026-04-17T00:50:25.363Z"
    }
  },
  "retryPolicy": {
    "maxAttempts": 3,
    "backoffMs": [
      500,
      1500,
      3500
    ],
    "retryableConditions": [
      "HTTP_429",
      "HTTP_503",
      "NETWORK_TIMEOUT"
    ]
  }
}

Trust JSON

{
  "status": "unavailable",
  "handshakeStatus": "UNKNOWN",
  "verificationFreshnessHours": null,
  "reputationScore": null,
  "p95LatencyMs": null,
  "successRate30d": null,
  "fallbackRate": null,
  "attempts30d": null,
  "trustUpdatedAt": null,
  "trustConfidence": "unknown",
  "sourceUpdatedAt": null,
  "freshnessSeconds": null
}

Capability Matrix

{
  "rows": [
    {
      "key": "OPENCLEW",
      "type": "protocol",
      "support": "unknown",
      "confidenceSource": "profile",
      "notes": "Listed on profile"
    },
    {
      "key": "handle",
      "type": "capability",
      "support": "supported",
      "confidenceSource": "profile",
      "notes": "Declared in agent profile metadata"
    }
  ],
  "flattenedTokens": "protocol:OPENCLEW|unknown|profile capability:handle|supported|profile"
}

Facts JSON

[
  {
    "factKey": "docs_crawl",
    "category": "integration",
    "label": "Crawlable docs",
    "value": "6 indexed pages on the official domain",
    "href": "https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fopenclaw%2Fskills%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fskills%2Fasleep123%2Fcaldav-calendar",
    "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fopenclaw%2Fskills%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fskills%2Fasleep123%2Fcaldav-calendar",
    "sourceType": "search_document",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": "2026-04-15T05:03:46.393Z",
    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "vendor",
    "category": "vendor",
    "label": "Vendor",
    "value": "Developmentcats",
    "href": "https://github.com/DevelopmentCats/homeassistant-assist",
    "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/DevelopmentCats/homeassistant-assist",
    "sourceType": "profile",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": "2026-02-24T19:44:01.913Z",
    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "protocols",
    "category": "compatibility",
    "label": "Protocol compatibility",
    "value": "OpenClaw",
    "href": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/developmentcats-homeassistant-assist/contract",
    "sourceUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/developmentcats-homeassistant-assist/contract",
    "sourceType": "contract",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": "2026-02-24T19:44:01.913Z",
    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "traction",
    "category": "adoption",
    "label": "Adoption signal",
    "value": "3 GitHub stars",
    "href": "https://github.com/DevelopmentCats/homeassistant-assist",
    "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/DevelopmentCats/homeassistant-assist",
    "sourceType": "profile",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": "2026-02-24T19:44:01.913Z",
    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "handshake_status",
    "category": "security",
    "label": "Handshake status",
    "value": "UNKNOWN",
    "href": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/developmentcats-homeassistant-assist/trust",
    "sourceUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/developmentcats-homeassistant-assist/trust",
    "sourceType": "trust",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": null,
    "isPublic": true
  }
]

Change Events JSON

[
  {
    "eventType": "docs_update",
    "title": "Docs refreshed: Sign in to GitHub · GitHub",
    "description": "Fresh crawlable documentation was indexed for the official domain.",
    "href": "https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fopenclaw%2Fskills%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fskills%2Fasleep123%2Fcaldav-calendar",
    "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fopenclaw%2Fskills%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fskills%2Fasleep123%2Fcaldav-calendar",
    "sourceType": "search_document",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": "2026-04-15T05:03:46.393Z",
    "isPublic": true
  }
]

homeassistant-assist answer-first brief

Executive Summary

Evidence Ledger

Release & Crawl Timeline

Artifacts Archive

Docs & README

Home Assistant Assist

When to Use This Skill

How It Works

Handling Responses

When Assist Returns an Error

Setup

API Reference

Endpoint

Request

Response

Philosophy

Links

Contract & API

Reliability & Benchmarks

Media & Demo

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