Which AI agents run a smart home?
Updated Oct 18, 2026: 10 real examples of people using an AI agent to run a smart home. This page lists all 10 of them, the ones described in the most separate accounts, each with a link to the original source. The count is how many use cases on this site match this job right now.
Part of Life Admin & Home.
Examples
Control lights and fix automations in Home Assistant via OpenClaw
Dan Malone runs OpenClaw as an always-on Claude agent connected to Home Assistant through ha-mcp, controlling his lights and fixing his automations.
OpenClaw5 accounts
Manage Home Assistant automations with Claude Code
Adam uses Claude Code via an MCP server to search entities, read automation traces and build and debug automations like a shed motion light.
Claude Code4 accounts
Automate per-room heating control in Home Assistant
A homeowner built an add-on and MCP server so Cursor could write and deploy Home Assistant automations for per-room temperature control, iterating through five versions over a weekend.
Cursor3 accounts
Run Codex tasks on your Home Assistant config
An integration starts Codex CLI tasks against a Home Assistant config to diagnose failing automations, check dashboards for broken cards and create scripts.
Source on community.home-assistant.io
Codex3 accounts
Use n8n workflows as a Home Assistant voice agent
A custom integration sends voice requests and exposed entities to an n8n workflow that can use AI and trigger automations, speaking the reply back.
Source on community.home-assistant.io
n8n2 accounts
Build Home Assistant automations with Claude
A time-strapped parent had Claude build Home Assistant automations, including a helper that infers whether the stove is on from power usage.
Reconfigure Home Assistant lighting automations
Levelsio used AI to rework Home Assistant so bright LEDs turn off and diffuse lights come on, with all lights off at 10pm and red for sleep.
Custom agent
Map and control a whole smart home
Karpathy's agent scanned the home network, logged into Sonos, reverse-engineered APIs, mapped lights, HVAC, shades, pool and security, and built a dashboard.
Custom agent
Run the smart home by natural language
Karpathy's Dobby agent controls lights, HVAC, shades, pool and security, alerts on visitors, and replaces six apps.
Audit and fix a Home Assistant setup
The writer had Claude audit their Home Assistant config, using the Chrome connector to click through the dashboard and paste config blocks into editors when the MCP couldn't edit directly.