Home Assistant MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 232 installs a week from npm. Last commit 10 Apr 2026.
MCP server for full Home Assistant control — dashboards, files, automations, add-ons, and more
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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 hass-mcp-server -e 'HA_URL=<HA_URL>' -e 'HA_TOKEN=<HA_TOKEN>' -- npx -y @jarahkon/hass-mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"hass-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@jarahkon/hass-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HA_TOKEN": "<HA_TOKEN>",
"HA_URL": "<HA_URL>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.hass-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@jarahkon/hass-mcp-server"]
env = { HA_URL = "<HA_URL>", HA_TOKEN = "<HA_TOKEN>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"hass-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@jarahkon/hass-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HA_TOKEN": "<HA_TOKEN>",
"HA_URL": "<HA_URL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"hass-mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@jarahkon/hass-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HA_TOKEN": "<HA_TOKEN>",
"HA_URL": "<HA_URL>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<HA_URL> (Home Assistant base URL (e.g. http://homeassistant.local:8123)), <HA_TOKEN> (Home Assistant long-lived access token).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
HA_SSH_HOST (SSH hostname for file management (optional)), HA_SSH_PORT (SSH port (default: 22)), HA_SSH_USER (SSH username (must be root)), HA_SSH_KEY_PATH (Path to SSH private key), HA_SSH_PASSWORD (SSH password (alternative to key)).
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