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# Home Assistant MCP Tools
This section documents all available tools in the Home Assistant MCP.
## Available Tools
### Device Management
1. [List Devices](device-management/list-devices.md)
- List all available Home Assistant devices
- Group devices by domain
- Get device states and attributes
2. [Device Control](device-management/control.md)
- Control various device types
- Support for lights, switches, covers, climate devices
- Domain-specific commands and parameters
### History and State
1. [History](history-state/history.md)
- Fetch device state history
- Filter by time range
- Get significant changes
2. [Scene Management](history-state/scene.md)
- List available scenes
- Activate scenes
- Scene state information
### Automation
1. [Automation Management](automation/automation.md)
- List automations
- Toggle automation state
- Trigger automations manually
2. [Automation Configuration](automation/automation-config.md)
- Create new automations
- Update existing automations
- Delete automations
- Duplicate automations
### Add-ons and Packages
1. [Add-on Management](addons-packages/addon.md)
- List available add-ons
- Install/uninstall add-ons
- Start/stop/restart add-ons
- Get add-on information
2. [Package Management](addons-packages/package.md)
- Manage HACS packages
- Install/update/remove packages
- List available packages by category
### Notifications
1. [Notify](notifications/notify.md)
- Send notifications
- Support for multiple notification services
- Custom notification data
### Real-time Events
1. [Event Subscription](events/subscribe-events.md)
- Subscribe to Home Assistant events
- Monitor specific entities
- Domain-based monitoring
2. [SSE Statistics](events/sse-stats.md)
- Get SSE connection statistics
- Monitor active subscriptions
- Connection management
## Using Tools
All tools can be accessed through:
1. REST API endpoints
2. WebSocket connections
3. Server-Sent Events (SSE)
### Authentication
Tools require authentication using:
- Home Assistant Long-Lived Access Token
- JWT tokens for specific operations
### Error Handling
All tools follow a consistent error handling pattern:
```typescript
{
success: boolean;
message?: string;
data?: any;
}
```
### Rate Limiting
Tools are subject to rate limiting:
- Default: 100 requests per 15 minutes
- Configurable through environment variables
## Tool Development
Want to create a new tool? Check out:
- [Tool Development Guide](../development/tools.md)
- [Tool Interface Documentation](../development/interfaces.md)
- [Best Practices](../development/best-practices.md)
## Examples
Each tool documentation includes:
- Usage examples
- Code snippets
- Common use cases
- Troubleshooting tips
## Support
Need help with tools?
- Check individual tool documentation
- See [Troubleshooting Guide](../troubleshooting.md)
- Create an issue on GitHub