ha-build-automation SKILL.md skillA
ha-build-automation 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-build-automation@git:20261017.16f0d8ePins git:20261017.16f0d8e 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-build-automation/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20261017.16f0d8e, committed Oct 17, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 2, 2026
- Size
- 4,788 bytes
- Repository stars
- 82
- License
- MIT
Draft a Home Assistant automation or script YAML from a description. Validates against the entity inventory and safety policy. Use when the user wants to create or modify HA automations.
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
# Build HA Automation ## Steps 1. **Gather context**: - Read `.hermit/raw/snapshot-ha-normalized-latest.json` for available entities and services. - Use the stored language from OPERATOR.md (`## HA hermit` section) for `alias` and `description` fields. - Optionally call `GetLiveContext` via MCP for current state. 2. **Draft the YAML**: - **Always include `id:` as the first field**, using a stable, language-neutral snake_case value (e.g., `kitchen_motion_after_sunset_notification`). The `validate-apply` command uses this as the REST config ID — omitting it causes a derived, fragile ID that breaks on alias rename. - Use the stored locale for `alias` and `description`. - Set `mode` explicitly where concurrency matters. - Write to `.hermit/raw/automation-<automation_id>.yaml`. 3. **Provision missing helpers**: - Scan the drafted YAML for helper entity IDs (`input_boolean.*`, `input_number.*`, `input_text.*`, `input_select.*`, `input_datetime.*`, `timer.*`, `counter.*`, `schedule.*`) that are absent from the entity inventory snapshot. If none are absent, skip to step 4. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add gtapps/hermitd/ha-build-automation@sha256:c76e04b9a1f53fddThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261017.16f0d8e, 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_gn5vnxwbdeqeqqeq)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Oct 2, 2026 and Oct 17, 2026, about one every 7 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261017.16f0d8e latest | 2026-10-17 | 16f0d8e | 4,788 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261007.5e8d61d | 2026-10-07 | 5e8d61d | 4,606 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261002.2f2da1b | 2026-10-02 | 2f2da1b | 4,511 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 (4788 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_gn5vnxwbdeqeqqeq GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=gtapps/hermitd/ha-build-automation GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c76e04b9a1f53fddd5db8fd0561e7d2ae495008549ae6fa9effb764ee0b4c485
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.
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