Bear Stone Smart Home Documentation

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Live, personal Home Assistant configuration shared for browsing and inspiration. This is not a turnkey clone-and-run setup; borrow ideas, adapt entity IDs/secrets, and test in your own environment.

Latest video: Home Assistant Caught My HVAC Failure

This walkthrough shows the Home Assistant evidence trail from a failed HVAC blower: cooling was active while the downstairs temperature kept climbing, then the maintenance dashboard turned the repair into runtime-based filter reminders, reset actions, and a 360-day condenser-line cleanout reminder. . Browse the YAML in and , and follow the background in issue #273.

Quick navigation

• You are here: / (root repo guide)
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• Config readmes: Config index | Packages | Automations | Scripts | Scenes | Sounds | Package triggers
• Codex skills (optional): codex_skills

What this repo is (and isn't)

• A live record of how my smart home runs, with real-world automations, scripts, and scenes.
• A place to reverse-engineer patterns, not a deployment guide. If you reuse snippets, adjust entities, secrets, and services to fit your setup.
• Issues double as a changelog and design history; browse them for rationale behind changes.

Repo layout and files you won't see

• Reusable config lives under config/ (see the quick navigation paths above).
• Runtime artifacts are hidden by .gitignore and won't show up on GitHub (e.g., home-assistant_v2.db*, logs, deps/, .venv/, backups). Look at the YAML and scripts for the actual logic and regenerate your own secrets.yaml.

Platform

• Runs on Docker/compose today; this README is a browsing guide, not a how-to-install. Current HA version is tracked in config/.HA_VERSION (see the badge above).
• Camera ingest path (current): wyze-bridge runs on docker_10 and Frigate runs on docker_14, consuming Wyze RTSP via 192.168.10.10:8554 for stability.

Featured examples to start with

• Alarm and perimeter monitoring:
• Garage routines and entry lighting: , ,
• LLM Vision package reminders: ,
• Codex reset-credit tracking: , config/dashboards/infrastructure,
• Water leak response loop: ,
• Bedroom camera kiosk tablet: , config/dashboards/kiosk,
• Holiday/front-of-house color scenes: ,
• Dash-button triggers for quick actions:
• PC lock/unlock-driven lighting plus workday wake-up via HASS.Agent + Wake on LAN:
• Seasonal cuckoo clock with patriotic, October, and Christmas sound packs:
• Garage arrival and entry helpers:
• Vacation Mode and house-sitter checks:
• HVAC runtime maintenance loop: , ,
• Snoozeable maintenance notifications: , , ,
• Battery and solar awareness: , ,
• Presence-aware office comfort:
• Weather-aware lighting:

Network diagram

Editable topology source: Mermaid and notes.

Docker add-ons & utilities

Container	Repo/Docs	Purpose
Duplicati	duplicati/duplicati	Off-box, versioned backups for HA config, media, and infrastructure compose/config trees.
Dozzle	amir20/dozzle	Lightweight Docker log viewer (useful for quick tailing across the homelab stacks).
Cloudflared	cloudflare/cloudflared	Secure tunnel/edge access to Home Assistant without opening inbound ports.
WordPress	wordpress	Hosts vCloudInfo.com for docs, how-tos, videos, and long-form writeups that accompany this config.

Gear tied to real automations (affiliate links)

Only listing hardware that appears in active packages/automations or has an open implementation issue here. https://amzn.to/48jVzZ3

Device	What it drives (friendly name -> file)	Buy
Amazon Fire tablet wall kiosk	Bedroom camera screen with Fully Kiosk recovery, bedtime dimming, and a dedicated YAML dashboard - , kiosk dashboard,
Garadget garage door controller	Garage doors: open/close, arrival helpers, wind alerts, and nighttime reminders - , ,
August smart lock	Front-door lock control + status -
Phyn Plus water shutoff	Leak detection + auto shutoff - , , ,
Rachio sprinkler controller	Rain-skips and seasonal watering -
Tesla Powerwall 2	Grid-outage alerts, charging watchdog, and load-shed automations - , ,
Google Nest thermostat	HVAC schedules plus runtime-based filter reminders and condenser-line cleanout tracking - , ,
NodeMCU motion sensor	Office motion lighting -
Raspberry Pi 3 + Aeon Z-Wave stick	Z-Wave backbone for door/hall sensors - ,
Roku streaming device	TV presence -> scenes/lighting -
Amazon Dash Button	Quick actions (office lamp toggle) -
Amazon Echo Show	Front door camera pop-up when the August lock unlocks -
Amazon Echo Glow	Visual notification light candidate for Home Assistant status cues -
Dreame/Neato vacuum	Cleaning schedules, room queues, Alexa room cleans, and rescue notifications - , ,
Flux/LED strip controller	Monthly color scenes for exterior -
Etekcity/433MHz outlet	Accent lighting relays -

Gear and affiliate links

• Browsing or purchasing through the affiliate links above helps support this project; thanks!
• Full gear list: https://www.vcloudinfo.com/gear-list

All of my configuration files are tested against the most stable version of home-assistant.

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