home-assistant-best-practices - Home Assistant Automation Best Practices
Guide for creating Home Assistant automations using native constructs
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Updated: 2026-03-21Capabilities
Typical Inputs
Typical Outputs
What this skill does
- check automation patterns
- select automation mode
- choose native conditions
- replace templates with helpers
- identify anti-patterns
- reference best practices
- validate automation config
Inputs
- Home Assistant configuration
- automation requirements
- entity references
- device triggers
- Zigbee device specifications
Outputs
- native automation config
- automation mode recommendations
- optimized trigger conditions
- helper selections
- refactoring guidelines
Requirements
- Home Assistant instance
- configuration file access
- admin permissions