Supercharging Home Assistant with MCP: Direct Entity Control, Logbook Intelligence & AI Automations

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0200

Home Assistant is the center of modern home automation, but creating complex automations, troubleshooting entity state changes, and debugging Jinja2 templates has traditionally required jumping back and forth between VS Code, the HA YAML editor, and Developer Tools.

By connecting Home Assistant directly to Antigravity using the Streamable HTTP MCP Integration (/api/mcp), you can inspect entity states, test template evaluations, and trigger scripts directly from your coding session.

The Native Streamable HTTP Endpoint

Home Assistant exposes a high-performance HTTP streamable endpoint:

Endpoint: http://10.10.40.35:8123/api/mcp
Security: Standard Long-Lived Access Token (Bearer)

In mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-homeassistant": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "http://10.10.40.35:8123/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_HA_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Core Capabilities Available to AI Agents

Once connected, Antigravity gains over 30 specialized tools:

ha_get_state & ha_get_entity: Reads live states, sensor attributes, and unit formats.
ha_eval_template: Evaluates complex Jinja2 templates against live state in real-time before writing them to automations.
ha_call_service & ha_bulk_control: Executes services (light.turn_off, script.privacy_mode).
ha_get_automation_traces: Pulls execution trace logs to explain why an automation did or did not fire.

Practical Engineering Use Cases

1. Instant Jinja2 Template Validation

Instead of pasting templates into HA Developer Tools, the agent validates calculations directly:

User: "Test how my Petlibro water conversion formula behaves with current sensor state."

Agent:
-> Calls ha_eval_template: "{{ (states('sensor.dockstream_water_level') | float(0) * 29.5735) | round(0) }} ml"
<- Returns: "1850 ml"

2. Multi-Room Privacy Script Execution

When testing night routines or testing privacy modes across Netatmo cameras:

User: "Antigravity, activate Homelab Privacy Mode and confirm camera states."

Agent:
-> Calls ha_call_service: script.turn_on(entity_id="script.przelacz_cala_prywatnosc")
-> Calls ha_get_state: camera.netatmo_salon -> State: "off"