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The AI runs my Home Assistant and writes its automations

After the AI started managing his home systems, he gave it control of Home Assistant too. It proved good at writing automations and doing the setup, and he later moved Home Assistant into a Docker image.

How it works

  1. He gives the AI control over Home Assistant
  2. The AI writes automations and does the configuration
  3. He moves Home Assistant from a stand alone mini PC into a Docker image

Why it’s worth knowing

He handed a live home system to the AI, and it did the fiddly setup work well enough that he kept it in charge.

Where it’s from

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

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