esphome-config-helper

esphome-config-helper is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from nodnarbnitram/claude-code-extensions. It costs 109 tokens per session (3,088 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A configuration and troubleshooting guide for ESPHome, software that programs and manages smart-home devices such as ESP32 boards.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create ESPHome YAML files, set up ESP32 devices, add sensors or displays, configure Wi-Fi and updates, check GPIO choices, and validate or fix configurations.
Why use it?
It helps avoid common setup errors, including unsafe or conflicting GPIO pin assignments and configuration or compilation problems.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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 skills/nodnarbnitram/claude-code-extensions/esphome-config-helper
Any agent
npx skills add nodnarbnitram/claude-code-extensions --skill esphome-config-helper
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nodnarbnitram/claude-code-extensions

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 109 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 3,088 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 $0.00109 $0.03088
Opus 5 $0.00055 $0.01544
Sonnet 5 $0.00022 $0.00618
Haiku 4.5 $0.00011 $0.00309

Measured 5d ago against content hash 8ef553f1dedc, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

esphome-config-helper 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.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 1 executable file (scripts/validate-config.sh), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

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/skills/esphome-config-helper/SKILL.md · 407 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 407 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

ESPHome Configuration Helper

Rapid ESPHome configuration generation and troubleshooting skill with ready-to-use templates, GPIO reference guides, and validation utilities.

Purpose

This skill accelerates ESPHome device configuration by providing:

  • Quick-start templates for common device types
  • GPIO pinout references to prevent conflicts
  • Common sensor configurations with wiring diagrams
  • Error message lookup and solutions
  • Configuration validation workflow

Use this skill for general ESPHome configuration tasks. For ESP32-S3-BOX-3 specific implementations, use the esphome-box3-builder skill instead.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:

  • Starting a new ESPHome device configuration
  • Adding sensors, switches, or displays to existing configs
  • Troubleshooting compilation or runtime errors
  • Determining safe GPIO pins for components
  • Validating configuration before flashing

Delegate to specialized ESPHome agents for:

  • Deep technical questions (esphome-core, esphome-components, etc.)
  • Complex automation logic (esphome-automations agent)
  • Network troubleshooting (esphome-networking agent)
  • ESP32-S3-BOX-3 projects (esphome-box3 agent)

Configuration Templates

Available Templates

Located in templates/ directory:

  1. basic-device.yaml - Minimal ESP32 starter

    • ESP32 platform with WiFi and API
    • OTA updates enabled
    • Logger and web server
    • Use as foundation for custom projects
  2. sensor-node.yaml - Temperature/humidity sensor node

    • DHT22 sensor on GPIO4
    • WiFi with fallback AP
    • Home Assistant integration
    • Use for environmental monitoring
  3. relay-switch.yaml - 4-channel relay controller

    • GPIO control for 4 relays (GPIO23, GPIO22, GPIO21, GPIO19)
    • Physical button inputs with interlocks
    • Switch entities for Home Assistant
    • Use for home automation switching
  4. display-node.yaml - Display with sensors

    • SSD1306 OLED display (128x64, I²C)
    • DHT22 temperature/humidity
    • Display lambda showing sensor readings
    • Use for visual sensor displays

Read the full file on GitHub · 407 lines

Files

What ships with it

8 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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 · 407 lines · 109 tokens per session scan A 8ef553f1dedc

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esphome-config-helper is a skill published in the GitHub repository nodnarbnitram/claude-code-extensions (16 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 109 tokens to every session and 3,088 once invoked, about $0.0005 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.

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