ESPHome + Home Assistant

Workflow

• Identify the task: new device/adopt, offline troubleshooting, or YAML feature changes.
• For HA-side validation, discover ESPHome entities and map to devices before changing names.
• For YAML changes, edit in ESPHome Device Builder (UI-first), validate, then install (USB first flash, OTA thereafter).
• When building automations from ESPHome entities, follow home-assistant-best-practices for automation patterns.

HA-side discovery (common)

• Check integration state: ha_get_integration(query="esphome")
• Find entities by name or area: ha_search_entities(query="kitchen", limit=50)
• Map entity to device: ha_get_device(entity_id="...")

Local helper (bundled)

All reference and script files are relative to the location of this SKILL.md file.