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+Audio assets (alert tones, chimes, TTS snippets) used by automations and scripts.
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+### Quick navigation
+- [Repo overview](../../README.md) | [Config index](../README.md) | [Automations](../automation) | [Scripts](../script)
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+![Home Assistant header](https://i.imgur.com/vjDH1LJ.png)
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+### Tips
+- Keep filenames descriptive so automations stay readable.
+- Subfolders hold themed or device-specific sounds.
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+**All of my configuration files are tested against the most stable version of home-assistant.**
 
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