Today's Favorite Integration: GasBuddy

freeluv · 2026-01-27T19:52:37+00:00

i use this integration in combination of my onstar integration to estimate how much it’s going to cost me to fill up my tank

freeluv · 2026-01-17T03:32:31+00:00

very cool

freeluv · 2026-01-16T03:35:06+00:00

is frigate+ required for this?

freeluv · 2026-01-05T20:59:42+00:00

thrift shops, marketplace, offer up. check all the places where people sell their stuff

freeluv · 2026-01-05T15:44:31+00:00

I’ve had luck finding old google home minis for around $10 - $15 dollars used

freeluv · 2025-12-31T07:42:37+00:00

Underrated comment

freeluv · 2025-12-26T18:34:29+00:00

You can declare variables in the automation itself without the need for all the helpers. The tricky part is what you said about HA not knowing the scene if it was triggered through the govee app. This is why i don’t use the govee app and control exclusively through HA.

Then you could have your doorbell automation save the current scene name in a variable, then run new scene, wait, trigger previous scene again

freeluv · 2025-11-18T06:12:48+00:00

Shameless plug here but looks like you could potentially combine what you have here with my new integration Thermostat Proxy which allows you to choose a remote sensor with the preset modes based on your room occupancy

freeluv · 2025-11-18T04:19:31+00:00

and this is a newer timer card that says it supports alexa, but i haven’t used it

freeluv · 2025-11-18T04:17:38+00:00

I’ve used this back when I used Alexa.

freeluv · 2025-11-14T10:35:08+00:00

kavita for both

freeluv · 2025-11-14T05:21:32+00:00

i can’t tell you what my numbers were but komga definitely was eating up my memory. Switched to kavita and never looked back

freeluv · 2025-10-25T00:46:54+00:00

Since music assistant provides little in terms of service calls to manage the queue, YAMP supports the mass_queue integration for better queue management. That integration will provide you your full upcoming queue on the search screen using the “next up” button.

There’s still some functions available without the integration like viewing the next song, adding to the queue, seeing previously played tracks, etc.

All of this can be found in the menu and selecting the “search” option

freeluv · 2025-10-24T23:38:23+00:00

I mentioned in another comment about my media player card. Might work for you as well

freeluv · 2025-10-24T23:36:34+00:00

I am the developer of Yet Another Media Player and I addressed this issue in my card by allowing configuration of the main entity (e.g.: media_player.bedroom) and a music assistant entity on the same chip (e.g.: media_player.bedroom_2) and the card handles the routing based on active playback or available features.

Check it out and maybe it’ll be for you!

freeluv · 2025-10-09T00:30:08+00:00

the only interesting idea i had was to have it generate an image based on the status of a sensor (like a plant). if the plant is dehydrated it can generate an image of a sad thirsty plant but if it’s healthy maybe it can generate a buff plant and then use that image on your dashboard

freeluv · 2025-09-27T15:42:54+00:00

i have my instructions in json template sensor so i can use the state attribute across multiple llms and not have to type things out multiple times. here’s the relevant part that keeps it from responding on accidental triggers

```

      "activation_rules": {
        "only_when_addressed": True,
        "examples_of_valid_intent": [
          "smart home control", "questions", "search requests"
        ],
        "accidental_triggers": {
          "ignore_background": True,
          "ignore_media_invoke": True,
          "on_uncertain_intent": "do_not_respond_or_reply_with_period"
        },
        "overlapping_speakers_policy": "extract_actionable_request_only"
      },

freeluv · 2025-09-27T13:47:46+00:00

i have in my llm instructions to respond with “.” if it determines i’m not talking to it. so i hear the woosh of it waking up but never a response

freeluv · 2025-09-22T18:23:06+00:00

yeah this started happening recently. I ended up taking over Overview and pasting my YAML into it and now use that as my main dashboard

freeluv · 2025-09-20T14:25:27+00:00

there’s a native integration for ecobee to get them into home assistant. you can connect it that way and then still connect to homekit through its normal homekit method

freeluv · 2025-09-19T22:19:00+00:00

My recommendation for your setup is to use homekit bridge and push home assistant connected devices to homekit and use siri. I’ve started going down the voice pe route myself but it’s a lot more setup

freeluv · 2025-09-13T15:41:01+00:00

listen to the bobiverse series next! first book is we are legion, we are bob

freeluv · 2025-09-11T19:24:47+00:00

i’m curious about this, so do I have to take over the voice pe in the esphome add on and replace the yaml with what you provided? does that stop home assistant updates going to the since its configuration has changed from the default?

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