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: Tesla Powerwall Stopped Charging: Home Assistant Watchdog

This walkthrough shows the Home Assistant watchdog I built after my Tesla Powerwall stopped charging before Hurricane Milton: outage visibility, load shedding, alerts when the Powerwall stays low after grid power returns, and guarded recovery once the grid is stable. Watch the video, read the companion blog post, browse the YAML in config/packages/powerwall.yaml, and follow the background in issue #1490.

Quick navigation

• You are here: / (root repo guide)
• Blog | Issues | Diagram | YouTube
• 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: config/packages/alarm.yaml
• Garage routines and entry lighting: config/packages/garadget.yaml, config/automation/garage_entry_light.yaml, video walkthrough
• LLM Vision package reminders: config/packages/llmvision.yaml, video walkthrough
• Codex reset-credit tracking: config/packages/bearclaw.yaml, config/dashboards/infrastructure, video walkthrough
• Water leak response loop: config/packages/phynplus.yaml, video walkthrough
• Bedroom camera kiosk tablet: config/packages/kiosk_tablet.yaml, config/dashboards/kiosk, video walkthrough
• 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 plus workday wake-up via HASS.Agent + Wake on LAN: 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
• Vacation Mode and house-sitter checks: config/packages/vacation_mode.yaml
• Snoozeable maintenance notifications: config/packages/climate.yaml, config/packages/printer.yaml, config/packages/vacation_mode.yaml, video walkthrough
• Battery and solar awareness: config/packages/powerwall.yaml, video walkthrough, companion post
• 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
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 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 tablet package, kiosk dashboard, video walkthrough
Garadget garage door controller	Garage doors: open/close, arrival helpers, wind alerts, and nighttime reminders - garadget package, video walkthrough, companion post
August smart lock	Front-door lock control + status - august package
Phyn Plus water shutoff	Leak detection + auto shutoff - phynplus package, video walkthrough, companion post, original write-up
Rachio sprinkler controller	Rain-skips and seasonal watering - rachio package
Tesla Powerwall 2	Grid-outage alerts, charging watchdog, and load-shed automations - powerwall package, video walkthrough, companion post
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, garage automation video
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, room queues, Alexa room cleans, and rescue notifications - vacuum package, video walkthrough, companion post
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

• 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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