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.

Quick navigation

• You are here: / (root repo guide)
• Blog | Issues | Diagram | YouTube
• Config readmes: Config index | Packages | Automations | Scripts | Scenes | Sounds | Package triggers

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).

Featured examples to start with

• Alarm and perimeter monitoring: config/packages/alarm.yaml
• Garage routines and entry lighting: config/packages/garadget.yaml, config/automation/garage_entry_light.yaml
• Holiday/front-of-house color scenes: config/scene/monthly_colors.yaml, config/script/monthly_color_scene.yaml
• Dash-button triggers for quick actions: config/automation/dash_buttons.yaml
• PC lock/unlock-driven lighting via HASS.Agent: config/packages/hass_agent_homepc.yaml
• Seasonal cuckoo clock with October and Christmas sound packs: config/automation/System/CucKoo_Clock.yaml
• Garage arrival and entry helpers: config/packages/garadget.yaml
• Battery and solar awareness: config/packages/powerwall.yaml
• Presence-aware office comfort: config/packages/office_motion.yaml
• Weather-aware lighting: config/automation/dark_rainy_day.yaml

Network diagram

Docker add-ons & utilities

Container	Repo/Docs	Purpose
Home Assistant Time Machine	saihgupr/HomeAssistantTimeMachine	Browse/diff/restore HA YAML (Lovelace, automations, scripts, ESPHome, packages) against existing backups. Blog walkthrough: Time Machine for dashboards.
Duplicati	duplicati/duplicati	Off-box, versioned backups for HA config and media.
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 here. https://amzn.to/48jVzZ3

Device	What it drives (friendly name -> file)	Buy
Garadget garage door controller	Garage doors: open/close, reflection alerts - garadget package
August smart lock	Front-door lock control + status - august package
Phyn Plus water shutoff	Leak detection + auto shutoff - phynplus package
Rachio sprinkler controller	Rain-skips and seasonal watering - rachio package
Tesla Powerwall 2	Grid-outage alerts + load-shed automations - powerwall package
NodeMCU motion sensor	Office motion lighting - office_motion package
Raspberry Pi 3 + Aeon Z-Wave stick	Z-Wave backbone for door/hall sensors - garage entry helper
Roku streaming device	TV presence -> scenes/lighting - roku package
Amazon Dash Button	Quick actions (office lamp toggle) - dash buttons automation
Amazon Echo Show	Front door camera pop-up when the August lock unlocks - august package
Dreame/Neato vacuum	Cleaning schedules + notifications - vacuum package
Flux/LED strip controller	Monthly color scenes for exterior - monthly color scene
Etekcity/433MHz outlet	Accent lighting relays - garage entry helper

Gear and affiliate links

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

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