Home Assistant Dashboards & Cards
Workflow
- Determine whether to create a new dashboard or edit an existing one.
- If editing, locate target cards first and transform config with a current
config_hash. - Use built-in cards unless a custom card is required.
- Discover entity IDs before wiring cards.
- Provide minimal, valid dashboard snippets or tool-driven changes.
Tooling map (ha-mcp)
- Discover entities:
ha_get_overview,ha_search_entities - List/get dashboards:
ha_config_get_dashboard - Find cards:
ha_dashboard_find_card - Card docs:
ha_get_card_types,ha_get_card_documentation - Update config:
ha_config_set_dashboard,ha_config_update_dashboard_metadata - Resources:
ha_config_list_dashboard_resources,ha_config_set_dashboard_resource,ha_config_set_inline_dashboard_resource,ha_config_delete_dashboard_resource - HACS cards:
ha_hacs_info,ha_hacs_list_installed,ha_hacs_search,ha_hacs_download
Caveats
- Dashboard URL paths must contain a hyphen.
- Strategy dashboards require “Take Control” before editing.
- Resource changes may require a hard refresh.
- Jinja templates are not evaluated in core Lovelace YAML.
References
All reference files are relative to the location of this SKILL.md file.
- Design patterns:
references/DESIGN_PATTERNS.md - Card schema guide:
references/CARD_SCHEMA_GUIDE.md - Custom resources:
references/CUSTOM_RESOURCES.md