Home Assistant Bridge for OpenClaw — Review, Trust Score & Install Guide
Short answer: Home Assistant Bridge is a community OpenClaw skill for productivity & tasks. Trust Score 88/100 based on source transparency, permission scope, install safety, update recency, community signal, and documentation quality.
Trust Score: 88/100
- Security tier: Community
- Risk level: Low
- Last reviewed: 2026-01-28
- Reviewer: OpenClaw Skills Hub editorial team
- Version: 1.6.2
- Author: home-auto-dev
- Install command:
npx clawhub@latest install home-assistant-bridge
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What Home Assistant Bridge does
Home Assistant Bridge connects OpenClaw to your Home Assistant instance, enabling natural language control of your entire smart home.
How to install Home Assistant Bridge
- Install the OpenClaw CLI:
npm install -g clawhub@latest
- Install this skill:
npx clawhub@latest install home-assistant-bridge
- Verify the install:
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Security review
This skill is currently classified as Community with a low risk profile. Our reviewers inspected the SKILL.md manifest, dependency tree, declared permissions, network calls, and shell commands before publishing this score. See our editorial policy and Trust Score methodology for the full rubric.
Best for
- Control smart home devices with natural language
- Create complex automation routines
- Monitor sensor data and get anomaly alerts
- Integrate smart home events with workflows
Avoid if
- You need a fully air-gapped install with no network calls.
- Your environment forbids skills with unverified maintainers.
- You require a formally audited SBOM that this version does not yet provide.
Alternatives & related skills
- WhatsApp Connector — Send and receive WhatsApp messages through OpenClaw for notifications, alerts, and conversational workflows.
- Calendar Manager — Manage Google Calendar and Outlook events with AI — schedule, reschedule, find free slots, and coordinate meetings.
- Notification Hub — Unified notification center — route alerts to Slack, email, WhatsApp, SMS, and push notifications from a single API.
Frequently asked questions
What Home Assistant version is required?
Version 2024.1 or later. Uses the WebSocket API for real-time communication.
Does it work with all HA integrations?
Yes — any entity registered in Home Assistant is accessible.
How do I install Home Assistant Bridge?
Run `npx clawhub@latest install home-assistant-bridge` from any directory with Claude Code or OpenClaw installed. The skill is added to your local SKILL.md registry and is available to your agent immediately — no restart required.
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