Home Assistant runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 563 installs a week from npm. Last commit 7 Nov 2026.
Read your Home Assistant's states, areas and history, and run its actions, approving locks first.
What the code does
We read the source, 19 h ago · rules 995398eba69f
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
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This code can reach further than it looks
We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
Connect this server
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 -e 'HOME_ASSISTANT_URL=<HOME_ASSISTANT_URL>' -e 'HOME_ASSISTANT_TOKEN_FILE=<HOME_ASSISTANT_TOKEN_FILE>' -- npx -y @foreverworks/mcp-home-assistant{
"mcpServers": {
"home-assistant": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@foreverworks/mcp-home-assistant"
],
"env": {
"HOME_ASSISTANT_TOKEN_FILE": "<HOME_ASSISTANT_TOKEN_FILE>",
"HOME_ASSISTANT_URL": "<HOME_ASSISTANT_URL>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.home-assistant]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@foreverworks/mcp-home-assistant"]
env = { HOME_ASSISTANT_URL = "<HOME_ASSISTANT_URL>", HOME_ASSISTANT_TOKEN_FILE = "<HOME_ASSISTANT_TOKEN_FILE>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"home-assistant": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@foreverworks/mcp-home-assistant"
],
"env": {
"HOME_ASSISTANT_TOKEN_FILE": "<HOME_ASSISTANT_TOKEN_FILE>",
"HOME_ASSISTANT_URL": "<HOME_ASSISTANT_URL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"home-assistant": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@foreverworks/mcp-home-assistant"
],
"env": {
"HOME_ASSISTANT_TOKEN_FILE": "<HOME_ASSISTANT_TOKEN_FILE>",
"HOME_ASSISTANT_URL": "<HOME_ASSISTANT_URL>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<HOME_ASSISTANT_URL> (The address you open Home Assistant at, such as http://homeassistant.local:8123), <HOME_ASSISTANT_TOKEN_FILE> (Path of a file holding a long-lived access token made in an administrator's Home Assistant profile).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
HOME_ASSISTANT_CONFIRM_DOMAINS (Action domains you approve call by call, comma-separated (default lock,alarm_control_panel,cover,valve; none for none)).
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