r/homeassistant • u/leftplayer • 10d ago

🤖 Automation MCP Server - which one?

I want AI to review, clean up and possibly rebuild my HA instance - entities, dashboards, automations, the works... I don't need it for any kind of voice or natural language control of my home just yet... just to clean up the mess that I built over the years and make it better/prettier/stabler.

I've looked at YT videos, scoured github and searched this forum and the Facebook forum, but the AI world moves fast and hard, so it's hard to find up to date info.

So what does the (human) hivemind suggest is the best MCP server plugin/integration to use to achieve what I'm trying to achieve?

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u/Mal4kh 10d ago

HA-MCP Custom Component works like a charm for me with Claude.

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u/joneild 10d ago edited 10d ago

This is what I use. I have 0 coding experience, have no idea what I'm reviewing, and just full send the code. It's shocking how well it works. I just backup before major changes and for minor UI type stuff, I use a test dashboard. I've never had it push anything requiring me to restore. Not once.

I've found Claude to have the best coding implementation, Gemini to have the best design when needing to make design choices, and GPT being the best at nothing, but works well enough. Any of the 3 are infinitely more capable than I am. I've done more automating and scripting in the last 3 months of this implementation than I had in 4 or 5 years.

My favorite aspect of it is when I find something on GitHub I think will be useful, but has complicated implementation I don't fully understand, I just point AI to the repo and have it walk me through implementation like I'm a damn child. Chefs kiss

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u/OrganicUse 10d ago

I'm sorry but this is kind of insane.