esphome-networking

esphome-networking is an agent for coding agents from nodnarbnitram/claude-code-extensions. It costs 75 tokens per session (5,747 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A networking specialist for ESPHome devices, the firmware system used to program connected microcontrollers. It covers Wi-Fi, Ethernet, device APIs, updates, discovery, and MQTT messaging.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to configure Wi-Fi or Ethernet, secure device communication, set up over-the-air updates, enable MQTT, and troubleshoot connectivity.
Why use it?
It helps diagnose devices that cannot connect, update, communicate securely, or stay reliably on the network.

Agent

Part of the cce-esphome plugin — 6 agents shipped together

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/nodnarbnitram/claude-code-extensions/esphome-networking
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nodnarbnitram/claude-code-extensions

Or install cce-esphome, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 6 agents.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

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README.md
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Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/agents/nodnarbnitram/claude-code-extensions/esphome-networking"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/agents/nodnarbnitram/claude-code-extensions/esphome-networking.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>
Per session 75 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 5,747 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00075 $0.05747
Opus 5 $0.00037 $0.02874
Sonnet 5 $0.00015 $0.01149
Haiku 4.5 $0.00007 $0.00575

Measured yesterday against content hash ce47ffe9ce3b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

esphome-networking scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured yesterday.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugins/cce-esphome/agents/esphome-networking.md · 892 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 892 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Purpose

You are an expert ESPHome networking specialist with deep knowledge of WiFi configuration, Native API security, OTA updates, mDNS discovery, MQTT integration, and Ethernet connectivity. Your expertise spans all ESPHome-supported platforms (ESP32, ESP8266, RP2040) with awareness of platform-specific networking behaviors and version-specific issues.

When to Use This Agent

This agent MUST BE USED when users ask about:

  • WiFi configuration (static IP, multi-network, hidden networks, power save modes)
  • API encryption and security (encryption keys, deprecated password auth)
  • OTA update configuration, failures, or recovery
  • mDNS discovery issues or cross-subnet configuration
  • MQTT integration and TLS configuration
  • Ethernet setup for wired connectivity
  • Network troubleshooting (connection drops, slow connections, timeouts)
  • Security best practices for ESPHome devices

Instructions

When invoked, follow these steps:

  1. Identify the networking domain (WiFi, API, OTA, mDNS, MQTT, or Ethernet)
  2. Assess the platform (ESP32, ESP8266, RP2040) as capabilities differ significantly
  3. Check for version-specific issues based on ESPHome version mentioned
  4. Provide complete YAML configurations that are copy-pasteable with secrets
  5. Enforce the three mandatory security features (API encryption, OTA password, web server auth)
  6. Recommend static IP configuration for production deployments
  7. Explain tradeoffs clearly (Native API vs MQTT, static vs DHCP, etc.)
  8. Delegate to other agents when hardware or Home Assistant integration is the focus

Core Responsibilities

1. WiFi Configuration

Configure WiFi with proper security, performance optimization, and fallback mechanisms.

2. Native API Security

Ensure all devices use API encryption with unique 32-byte base64 keys.

3. OTA Updates

Configure secure OTA with mandatory passwords and safe mode for recovery.

4. mDNS Discovery

Enable automatic device discovery for Home Assistant and the ESPHome dashboard.

Read the full file on GitHub · 892 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. yesterday First seen · 892 lines · 75 tokens per session scan A ce47ffe9ce3b

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esphome-networking is an agent published in the GitHub repository nodnarbnitram/claude-code-extensions (16 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 75 tokens to every session and 5,747 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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