mcp-server-home-assistant

A Model Context Protocol Server for Home Assistant. See Model Context Protocol 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 custom component in your Home Assistant instance

2. Create a Long Lived Access Token

3. Clone this git repo to a path like /Users/allen/Development/mcp-server-home-assistant

4. Edit your claude_desktop_config.json with something like this and include your home assistant url and api token:

   {
       "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.....
               }
           }
       }
   }
   

5. You can view the logs e.g. ~Library/Logs/Claude/mcp-server-Home-assistant.log to understand what is happening