ha-refresh-context SKILL.md skillA
ha-refresh-context from gtapps/hermitd is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add gtapps/hermitd/ha-refresh-context@git:20261007.5e8d61dPins git:20261007.5e8d61d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- gtapps/hermitd
- Path
plugins/hermitd-homeassistant/skills/ha-refresh-context/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261007.5e8d61d, committed Oct 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 2, 2026
- Size
- 2,135 bytes
- Repository stars
- 82
- License
- MIT
Fetch and normalize the full Home Assistant state into durable artifacts. Use before drafting automations or when context is stale.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# HA Refresh Context
## Steps
1. Run `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/ha-agent-lab ha refresh-context`.
2. Read the output JSON — note entity count and base_url_source.
3. Read `.hermit/raw/snapshot-ha-normalized-latest.json` to understand what's in the house.
4. Compare with the previous entity count (check your auto memory for a stored house profile).
5. If new entities, areas, or domains appeared, update your auto memory with the house profile changes.
6. If entities disappeared or became unavailable, note it in your auto memory.
## Output
- `.hermit/raw/snapshot-ha-context-<date>.json` + `snapshot-ha-context-latest.json` — raw HA API snapshot
- `.hermit/raw/snapshot-ha-normalized-latest.json` — processed entity/service index (fixed name)
- `.hermit/raw/audit-ha-context-refresh-<date>.md` + `audit-ha-context-refresh-latest.md` — audit entry
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add gtapps/hermitd/ha-refresh-context@sha256:dd6e57e7d51becc1The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261007.5e8d61d, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_e4shklnuaro33atu)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Oct 2, 2026 and Oct 7, 2026, about one every 5 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261007.5e8d61d latest | 2026-10-07 | 5e8d61d | 2,135 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261002.2f2da1b | 2026-10-02 | 2f2da1b | 2,081 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2135 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
gtapps/hermitd · 82 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_e4shklnuaro33atu GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=gtapps/hermitd/ha-refresh-context GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/dd6e57e7d51becc1f752c846224d1886be3b52f1f62b6d5e58be0311cbc5f7fc
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.