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---
name: ha-evening-brief
description: Evening house brief — end-of-day security check, device status, and energy snapshot. Runs as a daily routine at 22:30 or on demand.
allowed-tools:
  - Bash
  - Read
  - Glob
  - Grep
  - Write
  - mcp__homeassistant__GetLiveContext
  - mcp__homeassistant__GetDateTime
---

# HA Evening Brief

An end-of-day house check that confirms the house is secure before night. Designed to run as the `evening-brief` routine at 22:30.

When both `claude-code-hermit` and `claude-code-homeassistant-hermit` are installed and `evening-brief` is enabled, this skill subsumes `/claude-code-hermit:brief --evening` — operators should disable the core `evening` routine to avoid duplicate ~22:30 notifications. For hermits without HA, `/claude-code-hermit:brief --evening` remains the standalone path.

## Steps

1. **Time & context** — Call `GetDateTime` for current time. Read `.claude-code-hermit/OPERATOR.md` for language preferences.

2. **Live house snapshot** — Call `GetLiveContext`. Extract and organize:
   - Security: alarm state, lock states, open covers/blinds
   - Devices: robovac status (completed / docked / running / error), lights still on
   - Any devices unavailable or in error state

3. **Anomalous sensors** — From the live snapshot, identify currently unavailable, stuck, or unexpected-state sensors. Report only what is currently wrong — no baseline diff required.

3a. **Pending updates**: Run `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/ha-agent-lab ha updates --digest` and capture stdout. Branch on its content (the command always exits 0 — never branch on exit code):
   - Contains `(skipped:` — log a single line to SHELL.md `## Monitoring` (`updates fetch failed: <detail after "skipped:">`) and omit the `Updates:` section entirely.
   - Contains `(no updates pending)` — omit the `Updates:` section entirely.
   - Otherwise — render the digest lines as the `Updates:` section, translating tier labels into the operator's language. No proposal-id lookup here (unlike the morning brief).

4. **Energy snapshot** — From the live context, pull current power draw and day's energy consumption if HA energy entities exist. Omit this section if no energy sensors are available.

5. **Compose brief** — Write a concise evening brief in the operator's language (from OPERATOR.md). Use the format below.

6. **Write to `compiled/`** — Write the composed brief to `.claude-code-hermit/compiled/brief-evening-<YYYY-MM-DD>.md` with frontmatter:
   ```yaml
   title: "Evening Brief — <YYYY-MM-DD>"
   type: brief
   created: <ISO8601>
   session: <session_id from runtime.json, or null if absent>
   tags: [evening-brief, ha]
   ```
   Then append the following line to `.claude-code-hermit/sessions/SHELL.md` under a `### Artifacts produced this session` subsection in `## Monitoring` (create the subsection if absent):
   ```
   - [[compiled/brief-evening-<YYYY-MM-DD>]]
   ```
   This citation is lifted into `## Artifacts` when `/claude-code-hermit:session-close` archives the session.

## Output Format

```
Good evening! Home - [date]

Security:
- [alarm state, lock states, open covers — or "All secure"]

Devices:
- [robovac status, lights left on — or "All clear"]

Sensors:
- [currently unavailable or anomalous — or "None"]

Updates:
- [tier] Title: installed → latest
- [N HACS updates pending]
- [Omit section entirely when none pending or the fetch was skipped.]

Energy:
- [day's consumption, current draw — omit section when unavailable]
```

Keep the entire brief under 14 lines (10 when the `Updates:` section is absent — no updates pending or the fetch was skipped). Adapt the greeting and section headers to the operator's configured language.

## Delivery

- If invoked as a routine, or `config.always_on` is `true` in `.claude-code-hermit/config.json`: deliver the composed brief via the Operator Notification protocol in CLAUDE.md (core resolves the channel and falls back to push / SHELL.md logging when no channel is reachable). The terminal is unmonitored in always-on mode — never gate delivery on `session_state`. For the push-fallback branch, condense to a single line (≤200 chars, no markdown): lead with the security verdict (open doors, unlocked, open windows) or `secure`, then any anomaly. Example: `House secure, garage door still open — open CC to view`.
- Otherwise (invoked on demand in an interactive session): output to terminal.
- Never include secrets, tokens, or internal file paths in the brief.