Home Assistant MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 837 installs a week from npm. Last commit 22 Oct 2026.
Vibecode your Home Assistant setup from your IDE: automations, dashboards, themes and configs
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add home-assistant-mcp -e 'HA_AGENT_URL=<HA_AGENT_URL>' -e 'HA_AGENT_KEY=<HA_AGENT_KEY>' -- npx -y @coolver/home-assistant-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"home-assistant-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@coolver/home-assistant-mcp"
],
"env": {
"HA_AGENT_KEY": "<HA_AGENT_KEY>",
"HA_AGENT_URL": "<HA_AGENT_URL>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.home-assistant-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@coolver/home-assistant-mcp"]
env = { HA_AGENT_URL = "<HA_AGENT_URL>", HA_AGENT_KEY = "<HA_AGENT_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"home-assistant-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@coolver/home-assistant-mcp"
],
"env": {
"HA_AGENT_KEY": "<HA_AGENT_KEY>",
"HA_AGENT_URL": "<HA_AGENT_URL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"home-assistant-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@coolver/home-assistant-mcp"
],
"env": {
"HA_AGENT_KEY": "<HA_AGENT_KEY>",
"HA_AGENT_URL": "<HA_AGENT_URL>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<HA_AGENT_URL> (URL of your on-board Home Assistant Vibecode Agent add-on (generated after installation of the add-on)), <HA_AGENT_KEY> (Access key generated by the Home Assistant Vibecode Agent add-on after installation).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
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