Home Assistant Integration
Home Assistant Integration Hermes Agent integrates with Home Assistant in two ways: 1. Gateway platform — subscribes to real time state changes via WebSocket an
Hermes Agent integrates with Home Assistant in two ways: 1. Gateway platform — subscribes to real-time state changes via WebSocket and responds to events 2. Smart home tools — four LLM-callable tools for querying and controlling devices via the REST API 1. Open your Home Assistant instance 2. Go to your Profile (click your name in the sidebar) 3. …
What this page covers
- Setup
- 1. Create a Long-Lived Access Token
- 2. Configure Environment Variables
- 3. Start the Gateway
- Available Tools
- halistentities
- hagetstate
- halistservices
- hacallservice
- Gateway Platform: Real-Time Events
- Event Filtering
- Event Formatting
- Agent Responses
- Connection Management
- Security
- Example Automations
- Morning Routine
- Security Check
- Reactive Automation (via Gateway Events)
- Troubleshooting
Section outline mirrored from the official Hermes Agent documentation. Follow any heading to read the complete text on the source site.
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