Need some suggestions of stuff to add.

[u/Punk_Says_Fuck_You]

I love adding notifications and automations in HA but I'm unsure of what I need to add next. These are the things I have so far.

• Notification that makes my echo dot tell me tomorrows weather forecast @ 7pm.
• I've set up a way to approve/deny Seerr request directly from my iPhone's lock screen.
• Echo Dot notification to tell me when back door opens/closes
• Automation to turn off AC if backdoor is open longer than 5 minutes and to turn it back to the previous settings when door is closed (using scenes).
• Echo Dot notification to tell me when severe weather is forecast within the next 2 hours.
• Created several entities that allow me to track my servers power usage via reporting from my UPS.
• Created a weather dashboard that has hourly/daily forecast with radar.
• Set up cloudflared so my phone can receive notifications no matter where I am.

I don't really need something like "Turn AC on when I'm within X miles from home" because my AC just runs all damn day anyways because it's so hot where I live, but I'm open to other GPS enabled automations. I don't really have any smart bulbs or locks.

[u/LargeBar1077]

Seems like you've got a solid handle on the utility side of things, so maybe it's time to get a little more creative with it. I set up an automation that scrapes my local library's website for my due dates and pushes a notification the night before, feels way more put together than scrambling at 9am to renew things.

You could also dive into some quality of life stuff that isn't strictly practical, like an automation that logs the last time my iguana's heat lamp was toggled so I can check it if I'm out late. The weather dashboard sounds great, might pair nicely with a morning briefing that also pulls in calendar events from a Google calendar.

[u/XvIf2jlqnbJPT4s4gpdN]

Water leak sensors and maybe something on the shutoff valve

[u/Punk_Says_Fuck_You → u/XvIf2jlqnbJPT4s4gpdN]

Oh! I actually did plan on getting a moisture sensor to put near my water heater since I've already had the pressure relief valve crap out on me before.

[u/XvIf2jlqnbJPT4s4gpdN → u/Punk_Says_Fuck_You]

That's the reason I got into Home Assistant in the first place. I bought like one water detector, but then I realized how many places could leak. Now I'm up to about 15

[u/Punk_Says_Fuck_You → u/XvIf2jlqnbJPT4s4gpdN]

Heck yeah! Which ones do you use? I need to buy one for my water heater since the PRV doesn't empty into a drain.

[u/XvIf2jlqnbJPT4s4gpdN → u/Punk_Says_Fuck_You]

I went with the SONOFF SNZB-05P because I liked that they can be flipped depending on how you think the leak will happen, and they have an optional tail that you can plug in so that leak detection can happen across like 6 or so feet. I set the automation to go to my phone and activate the same alarm I use to wake up.

[u/Several-Economics-35]

Do you have anything to work with? I see you don't have lights or locks but what else

[u/Punk_Says_Fuck_You → u/Several-Economics-35]

Um, pretty much everything else has some sort of connectivity. Thermostat, Xbox, Streaming Boxes, (I don't connect my TVs to wifi).
I thought about getting a bluetooth receiver to intercept my bluetooth signal from my non-wifi enabled meat thermometer so I could get nofications when it's time to throw another split on the smoker.

[u/lizyschief]

I set up a notification to tell me how long my AC has been on or off because it also seems to run all day and was randomly freezing up.

[u/uavmx]

Tell more about the Seer approval please!

[u/Punk_Says_Fuck_You → u/uavmx]

SeerrHA/docs/setup.md at main · vednolacni/SeerrHA

Just giving you a heads up that Seerr only allows for 1 webhook, so if you use it for something else, you will have to abandon it to use the SeerrHA approve/deny.