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