Bear Stone Smart Home Documentation
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Live, personal Home Assistant configuration shared for browsing and inspiration. This is not a turnkey clone-and-run setup; borrow ideas, adapt entity IDs/secrets, and test in your own environment.
Latest video: I Gave Codex One Photo. It Used My Browser to List It.
This one-photo Marketplace test shows Codex using the Edge browser connector with an already signed-in Facebook session to research comparable prices, improve the source image, prepare a pickup-only listing, and document the result in issue #1862.
Quick navigation
- You are here:
/(root repo guide) - Blog | Issues | Diagram | YouTube
- Config readmes: Config index | Packages | Automations | Scripts | Scenes | Sounds | Package triggers
- Codex skills (optional): Home Assistant Codex Skills
What this repo is (and isn't)
- A live record of how my smart home runs, with real-world automations, scripts, and scenes.
- A place to reverse-engineer patterns, not a deployment guide. If you reuse snippets, adjust entities, secrets, and services to fit your setup.
- Issues double as a changelog and design history; browse them for rationale behind changes.
Repo layout and files you won't see
- Reusable config lives under
config/(see the quick navigation paths above). - Runtime artifacts are hidden by
.gitignoreand won't show up on GitHub (e.g.,home-assistant_v2.db*, logs,deps/,.venv/, backups). Look at the YAML and scripts for the actual logic and regenerate your ownsecrets.yaml.
Platform
- Runs on Docker/compose today; this README is a browsing guide, not a how-to-install. Current HA version is tracked in
config/.HA_VERSION(see the badge above). - Camera ingest path (current):
wyze-bridgeruns ondocker_10and Frigate runs ondocker_14, consuming Wyze RTSP via192.168.10.10:8554for stability.
Featured examples to start with
- WAN reachability, quality, Ookla capacity, and freshness monitoring: , , , ,
- Mobile quick-access dashboard with large two-column controls: , ,
- Alarm and perimeter monitoring:
- Garage routines and entry lighting: , ,
- LLM Vision package reminders: ,
- Docker update reporting and exception review: , config/dashboards/infrastructure, ,
- Entity registry and Docker telemetry cleanup: , , recorder, logbook, ,
- TeslaMate road-trip reports and milestone alerts: , issue #1845, ,
- Air-quality speech alerts with separate CAQI and US AQI thresholds: , issue #1834, ,
- Water leak response loop: ,
- Water softener salt maintenance: , , , , , issue #1816
- Sprinkler status and last-run dashboard: , , , ,
- Bedroom camera kiosk tablet: , config/dashboards/kiosk,
- Holiday/front-of-house color scenes: ,
- Dash-button triggers for quick actions:
- PC lock/unlock-driven lighting plus workday wake-up via HASS.Agent + Wake on LAN:
- Seasonal cuckoo clock with patriotic, October, and Christmas sound packs:
- Garage arrival and entry helpers:
- Vacation Mode and house-sitter checks:
- HVAC runtime maintenance loop: , ,
- Snoozeable maintenance notifications: , , ,
- Battery and solar awareness: , ,
- Weather-aware lighting:
Network diagram
Editable topology source: Mermaid and notes.
Docker add-ons & utilities
| Container | Repo/Docs | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Duplicati | duplicati/duplicati | Off-box, versioned backups for HA config, media, and infrastructure compose/config trees. |
| Cloudflared | cloudflare/cloudflared | Secure tunnel/edge access to Home Assistant without opening inbound ports. |
| WordPress | wordpress | Hosts vCloudInfo.com for docs, how-tos, videos, and long-form writeups that accompany this config. |
Gear tied to real automations (affiliate links)
Only listing hardware that appears in active packages/automations or has an open implementation issue here.
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| Device | What it drives (friendly name -> file) | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Fire tablet wall kiosk | Bedroom camera screen with Fully Kiosk recovery, bedtime dimming, and a dedicated YAML dashboard - , kiosk dashboard, | |
| Garadget garage door controller | Garage doors: open/close, arrival helpers, and nighttime reminders - , , | |
| August smart lock | Front-door lock control + status - | |
| Phyn Plus water shutoff | Leak detection + auto shutoff - , , , | |
| Rachio sprinkler controller | Rain-skips, active-zone status, trigger-derived last-run history, and dashboard controls - , , , , | |
| Tesla Powerwall 2 | Grid-outage alerts, charging watchdog, and load-shed automations - , , | |
| Google Nest thermostat | HVAC schedules plus runtime-based filter reminders and condenser-line cleanout tracking - , , | |
| Raspberry Pi 3 + Aeon Z-Wave stick | Z-Wave backbone for door/hall sensors - , | |
| Roku streaming device | TV presence -> scenes/lighting - | |
| Amazon Dash Button | Quick actions (office lamp toggle) - | |
| Amazon Echo Show | Front door camera pop-up when the August lock unlocks - | |
| Amazon Echo Glow | Visual notification light candidate for Home Assistant status cues - | |
| Dreame/Neato vacuum | Cleaning schedules, room queues, Alexa room cleans, and rescue notifications - , , | |
| Flux/LED strip controller | Monthly color scenes for exterior - | |
| Etekcity/433MHz outlet | Accent lighting relays - |
Gear and affiliate links
- Browsing or purchasing through the affiliate links above helps support this project; thanks!
- Full gear list: https://www.vcloudinfo.com/gear-list