Control Home Assistant devices and automations through MCP with an AI assistant.
This MCP tool is described as controlling Home Assistant devices and services, with no declared secrets or external remote endpoints, and no clear high-risk red flags are evident. The main cautions are local code execution and operational access to home automation resources, while the project is open source and auditable but has weak adoption and unknown maintenance.
The materials explicitly state that no keys or environment variables are required, and there is no indication of API keys, tokens, or other sensitive credentials; based on the provided facts, credential exposure or abuse risk appears low.
No remote endpoint host is declared, and the materials do not show data being sent to third-party cloud services or unknown destinations; based on the available information, there is no clear network exfiltration red flag.
The system checks indicate that this tool executes code/spawns processes, which is a normal sensitive capability for MCP tools and should be granted under least privilege; the materials do not show requests for system privileges beyond its stated purpose, so this alone does not justify a high-risk rating.
The description says it can control Home Assistant devices and services, implying operational access to home automation entities that may affect locks, lights, sensors, or scenes; however, the materials do not show broad local file read/write access or access to data unrelated to its stated function.
Positive factors include being open source under the MIT License, making the code auditable and lowering risk; however, it comes from a third-party registry, has only 0 stars, and has unknown maintenance status, so project maturity and dependency security still warrant caution.
Copy the install command and let the AI configure it · recommended for beginners
No copy-paste install info for "homeassistant-mcp" yet — see the docs or source repo.
Using Home Assistant, turn on the living room lights and set the air conditioner to 24°C.
The AI calls Home Assistant services, controls the lights and AC, and returns the execution result.
Check whether the front door is locked and what the living room temperature is, then tell me the results.
The AI reads the relevant entity states and returns the lock status and temperature information.
Run the 'Home Mode' scene: turn on the entry light, disable the alarm, and play soft music.
The AI triggers the relevant automation or scene services and reports whether each step succeeded.
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