Automation & Routines

Most people who run Home Assistant use maybe 10% of what it can actually do. They’ve got lights turning on and off on a schedule, maybe a “good morning” routine — and that’s pretty much it. Which is fine. But if you’ve ever looked at someone else’s setup and thought “how did they get it…

Search for “smart home routines” and you’ll find lists of 20, 30, sometimes 50 ideas. The problem isn’t a shortage of routine ideas — it’s that most of them sound useful until you actually set them up, use them for a week, and quietly delete them because they solved a problem you didn’t really have….