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A camera over his bins tells him which ones go out tonight, lit by a coloured LED

Home Assistant sends a bin camera image to the Anthropic API, gets JSON for which bins are visible, notifies him which bins to put out or return, and lights a color LED Bindicator; the AI configured the automations via MCP.

How it works

  1. His home system sends a bin camera image to the AI API
  2. Gets back structured data on which bins are visible
  3. Notifies him which bins to put out or return
  4. Lights a colour LED by the door

Why it’s worth knowing

The LED by the door is user interface design at its best.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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