ha-automation-lint

ha-automation-lint is a command for Claude Code from nodnarbnitram/claude-code-extensions. It costs 11 tokens per session (715 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A checker for Home Assistant automation files written in YAML, a human-readable settings format. It checks the file's structure and the rules used to trigger actions in a smart home.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to check one automation file or search a project for automation files. It helps verify triggers, conditions, actions, and automation modes.
Why use it?
It finds formatting errors, outdated patterns, and common configuration problems before Home Assistant rejects or mishandles an automation.

Command for Claude Code

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 commands/nodnarbnitram/claude-code-extensions/ha-automation-lint
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nodnarbnitram/claude-code-extensions

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 11 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 715 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 $0.00011 $0.00715
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.00358
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00143
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00072

Measured 5d ago against content hash b5cb4ab03648, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

ha-automation-lint 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 5d ago.

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.

.claude/commands/ha-automation-lint.md · 63 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 63 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Home Assistant Automation Linter

Validate Home Assistant automation YAML configuration files for syntax errors, deprecated patterns, and best practices.

Task

  1. Identify the target file(s):

    • If $1 is provided, validate that specific automation file
    • If no argument, search for automation files in current directory (*.yaml, *.yml in automations/ or config/)
    • Handle both single automation files and automation.yaml with multiple entries
  2. Validate YAML syntax:

    • Check for valid YAML structure using yamllint or Python yaml parser
    • Report any syntax errors with line numbers
    • Ensure proper indentation and key structure
  3. Check Home Assistant automation structure:

    • Verify required fields: alias, trigger, condition (optional), action
    • Validate trigger types: state, numeric_state, time, time_pattern, sun, event, mqtt, webhook, device, zone, geo_location, tag, calendar, persistent_notification, template
    • Validate condition types: state, numeric_state, time, sun, zone, template, and, or, not
    • Validate action structure and common services
    • Check automation mode: single, restart, queued, parallel (with optional max for queued/parallel)
  4. Detect deprecated patterns:

    • Old condition shortcut syntax (should use full object structure)
    • Deprecated platform: syntax in triggers (should be trigger:)
    • Missing explicit conditions: array when multiple conditions exist
    • Using if: instead of structured conditions
    • Deprecated service call formats (e.g., old entity_id vs target syntax)
  5. Suggest best practices:

    • Recommend using choose action instead of multiple sequential automations with same trigger
    • Suggest template conditions instead of complex state conditions
    • Recommend using device triggers for cleaner configuration
    • Suggest naming conventions: descriptive aliases, kebab-case for templates
    • Point out performance improvements (e.g., using numeric_state triggers instead of template for numeric comparisons)
    • Flag potential issues: empty conditions/actions, missing delay units, hardcoded values that should be templated

Read the full file on GitHub · 63 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. 5d ago First seen · 63 lines · 11 tokens per session scan A b5cb4ab03648

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ha-automation-lint is a command published in the GitHub repository nodnarbnitram/claude-code-extensions (16 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 11 tokens to every session and 715 once invoked, about $0.0001 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 2026-08-30.