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The AI made an energy report from my home energy system

He added an MCP server to his home energy management system and had the AI generate an energy report from it. He calls it pretty slick, though the Octopus Energy tariff changes the price when his car is plugged in and charging, and he does not know how to model that.

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How it works

  1. Adds an MCP server to his HEMS
  2. The AI reads his home energy data through it
  3. The AI generates an energy report for him

Why it’s worth knowing

His home energy system talks to the AI through a server he added himself, and the report came straight from his own home's data.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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