Home Assistant API Access

Problem

Need to interact with the user's Home Assistant instance from the CLI for debugging, testing, or inspecting integration state.

Context / Trigger Conditions

• User asks to check HA entity states or services
• Need to debug a custom integration by inspecting live state
• Want to call HA services or query the API
• User mentions "HA", "Home Assistant", or "home assistant" API access

Prerequisites

Environment variables are exported in ~/.zshrc:

• HA_URL — Base URL of the HA instance (e.g., http://192.168.1.11:8123)
• HA_TOKEN — Long-lived access token for authentication

Solution