configuration¶

most of the configuration lives in the ui and is stored in .storage/. what is left in yaml is short, and all of it is here.

files in `/config`¶

file	what it is
`configuration.yaml`	the top level, below
`automations.yaml`	written by the automation editor, never by hand
`scenes.yaml`	written by the scene editor
`scripts.yaml`	empty, there are no scripts
`alexa.yaml`	the alexa smart home skill
`light.yaml`	light groups
`packages/`	packaged yaml, all of it currently disabled by its file name
`secrets.yaml`	every credential the yaml uses. never published
`esphome/`	the esphome device configs
`blueprints/`	blueprints, below

configuration.yaml¶

configuration.yaml

#########################################################################
###                                                                   ###
###       core home assistant stuff aka not device integrations       ###
###                                                                   ###
#########################################################################
# Configure a default setup of Home Assistant (frontend, api, etc)
default_config:

# !includes
automation: !include automations.yaml
script:     !include scripts.yaml
scene:      !include scenes.yaml

# alexa automation
alexa: !include alexa.yaml


#########################################################################
###                                                                   ###
###                      devices start here                           ###
###                                                                   ###
#########################################################################

# !includes
# this includes genmon sensor config and keymaster automations

homeassistant:
  packages: !include_dir_named packages

# convert switches to lights and create some light groups
light: !include light.yaml

alexa¶

the smart home skill exposes four domains to alexa. the client id and secret are from the skill's account linking, and come from secrets.yaml.

alexa.yaml

smart_home:
  locale: en-US
  endpoint: https://api.amazonalexa.com/v3/events
  client_id: !secret alexa_client_id
  client_secret: !secret alexa_client_secret
  filter:
    include_domains:
      - light
      - climate
      - lock
      - switch

light groups¶

two groups of insteon dimmers, so a room switches as one light.

light.yaml

- platform: group
  name: Living Room Lights
  entities:
    - light.living_room_cans
    - light.living_room_edge_spots
    - light.living_room_sconces


- platform: group
  name: All Master Bedroom Dimmers
  entities:
    - light.master_bedroom_sconces
    - light.master_bedroom_cans
    - light.master_bed_lone_can

alarm panel¶

none at the moment. the dsc panel's envisalink 3 and its yaml were removed on 2026-10-06; an eyezon uno will replace it, set up in the ui with the envisalink_new custom integration rather than yaml.

packages¶

packages: loads every *.yaml under packages/, one package per file. both files there are switched off by their extension, so nothing loads today:

genmon/genmon.yaml.ignore: sensors for the generator, read from genmon
additional_yaml/zwave_js.yaml.disabled: left from before z-wave js was set up in the ui

blueprints¶

automation blueprints, by author folder: CyanAutomation, HASwitchPlate, Konstigt, TJ-developer, TurtleFX, bbbenji, dirkk1980, fxlt, gregmac, hunterjm, kevinxw, networkingcat, and the ones home assistant ships. five automations use one: lights on at sunset (CyanAutomation), both leak notifiers (bbbenji, TurtleFX) and both certificate renewals (Konstigt).

automations¶

twelve, all written in the editor:

automation	does
Lights On At Sunset	porch lights at sunset (blueprint)
Turn Off Front Porch Lights at Sunrise	and off again
toggle wetbar insteon device on	keeps a z-wave rgbw strip on and awake
Water Detection & Shutoff	any leak sensor wet: notify and close the flo valve
Leak detection & notifier, Leak detection & notification 2	push a leak to the phones (blueprints)
renew ha cert, renew homeassistant cert	renew the two certificates home assistant serves when their cert expiry sensors say so, checked at 04:00 (blueprint)
Keep the OpenThread border router running, Alert when the OpenThread border router add-on stays stopped	restart the otbr add-on, and say so if it will not stay up
HVAC: alert when the thermostat stops reporting	no status from the thermostat for an hour, or a zone unavailable for an hour: push and a persistent notification
zwavejs_lock_update	from the zwavejs2mqtt days: polls the front deadbolt's lock mode over mqtt