Home Assistant CLI skill for OpenClaw

What this skill does

Advanced Home Assistant control using the official hass-cli tool. Features auto-completion, event monitoring, history queries, and rich output formatting. Alternative to the curl-based homeassistant skill - choose this if you want a more interactive CLI experience with better discovery and formatting.

The Home Assistant CLI skill is part of the MCP & Tools category — MCP and tooling skills that expose extra tools to your agent. You can install it on its own or alongside other mcp & tools skills from the OpenClaw catalog.

How to install the Home Assistant CLI skill

The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:

1. Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
2. Open the in-app Skills panel.
3. Search for homeassistant-cli and click Install.
4. The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.

Install from the command line

If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add the Home Assistant CLI skill with a single command:

openclaw skills add homeassistant-cli

This pulls homeassistant-cli from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/homeassistant-cli/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.

How to use the Home Assistant CLI skill

Once installed, the Home Assistant CLI skill activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.

Manual install (advanced)

If you prefer manual installation:

1. Click the Download skill .zip button above to grab homeassistant-cli-1.0.0.zip directly from our S3 mirror.
2. Unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/homeassistant-cli/ (create the directory if it does not exist).
3. Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.

Frequently asked questions

How do I install Home Assistant CLI?

Install Home Assistant CLI in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for homeassistant-cli, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add homeassistant-cli. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/homeassistant-cli/.

Is the Home Assistant CLI skill free?

Yes. It is free to download and run through ClawHub, with no account or payment required. Each skill is published by its own author under its own licence — see its ClawHub page for the licence and source.

What does Home Assistant CLI do?

Advanced Home Assistant control using the official hass-cli tool. Features auto-completion, event monitoring, history queries, and rich output formatting.

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