--- title: I used AI to build Home Assistant automations I was too... description: Writing Home Assistant automations by hand in YAML is tedious and error-prone, so the author now uses ChatGPT to generate automation YAML from natural-language... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-used-ai-to-build-home-assistant-automations-i-was-too-intimidated-to-write-myself-and-it-worked-vv4lzkxmi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I used AI to build Home Assistant automations I was too intimidated to write myself, and it worked | daily.dev og:description: Writing Home Assistant automations by hand in YAML is tedious and error-prone, so the author now uses ChatGPT to generate automation YAML from natural-language... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-used-ai-to-build-home-assistant-automations-i-was-too-intimidated-to-write-myself-and-it-worked-vv4lzkxmi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Vv4lzkxMI.png og:image:alt: I used AI to build Home Assistant automations I was too intimidated to write myself, and it worked og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I used AI to build Home Assistant automations I was too intimidated to write myself, and it worked **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Writing Home Assistant automations by hand in YAML is tedious and error-prone, so the author now uses ChatGPT to generate automation YAML from natural-language prompts, getting roughly 80% of the way there before manual fixes. Also covered: the AI Automation Suggester custom integration, which scans entities and devices and sends them to a cloud or local AI model (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Ollama) to suggest new automations with accompanying YAML, and Claude Code, which can work across an entire Home Assistant config to audit outdated syntax, merge duplicate automations, turn repeated logic into blueprints, and show diffs across multiple files. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How can I use AI to write Home Assistant automation YAML instead of building it manually? Describe the desired automation logic in a detailed natural-language prompt to a chatbot like ChatGPT, and it will generate YAML you can copy and paste into Home Assistant. Detailed prompts yield ready-to-use YAML, while vague prompts produce placeholders requiring manual edits; this approach typically gets automations about 80% complete before manual fixes are needed. _daily.dev surfaces practical workflows for pairing AI tools with home automation configs like Home Assistant YAML._ ### What does the AI Automation Suggester integration do in Home Assistant? It is a custom Home Assistant integration that scans entities, devices, areas, and existing automations, sends that data to an AI model, and returns automation suggestions with ready-to-use YAML. It supports cloud providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, plus local options like Ollama, and can run manually, on new entity detection, or on a weekly schedule. _developers wiring AI into home automation setups can track integrations like this via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The AI Lied to Me — And That’s When I Learned How to Use It](https://daily.dev/posts/the-ai-lied-to-me-and-that-s-when-i-learned-how-to-use-it-7c42ft9yn) · Mercari Engineering · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#automation](https://daily.dev/tags/automation), [#claude-code](https://daily.dev/tags/claude-code) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-used-ai-to-build-home-assistant-automations-i-was-too-intimidated-to-write-myself-and-it-worked-vv4lzkxmi) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I used AI to build Home Assistant automations I was too intimidated to write myself, and it worked","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-used-ai-to-build-home-assistant-automations-i-was-too-intimidated-to-write-myself-and-it-worked-vv4lzkxmi","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-used-ai-to-build-home-assistant-automations-i-was-too-intimidated-to-write-myself-and-it-worked-vv4lzkxmi"},"datePublished":"2026-08-31T21:03:38.413Z","dateModified":"2026-08-31T23:02:02.205Z","description":"Writing Home Assistant automations by hand in YAML is tedious and error-prone, so the author now uses ChatGPT to generate automation YAML from natural-language...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c3e226976a4b0927e9da2949da10f71e?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c3e226976a4b0927e9da2949da10f71e?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"XDA Developers","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"XDA Developers","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--kCg6yyAP--/f_auto,q_auto/v1774964407/logos/xda-developers?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-used-ai-to-build-home-assistant-automations-i-was-too-intimidated-to-write-myself-and-it-worked-vv4lzkxmi","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"automation,claude-code","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"XDA Developers","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"I used AI to build Home Assistant automations I was too intimidated to write myself, and it worked"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-used-ai-to-build-home-assistant-automations-i-was-too-intimidated-to-write-myself-and-it-worked-vv4lzkxmi#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How can I use AI to write Home Assistant automation YAML instead of building it manually?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Describe the desired automation logic in a detailed natural-language prompt to a chatbot like ChatGPT, and it will generate YAML you can copy and paste into Home Assistant. 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