Bear Stone Smart Home Documentation

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Live, personal Home Assistant configuration shared for browsing and inspiration. This is not a turnkey clone-and-run setup; borrow ideas, adapt entity IDs/secrets, and test in your own environment.

Latest video: Turn a Cheap Fire Tablet Into a Home Assistant Camera Kiosk

This walkthrough shows how I turn a cheap Fire tablet into a purpose-built Home Assistant camera kiosk with a dedicated YAML dashboard, Fully Kiosk controls, bedtime dimming, and recovery automations. Watch the video and browse the YAML in config/packages/kiosk_tablet.yaml and config/dashboards/kiosk.

Quick navigation

• You are here: / (root repo guide)
• Blog | Issues | Diagram | YouTube
• Config readmes: Config index | Packages | Automations | Scripts | Scenes | Sounds | Package triggers
• Codex skills (optional): codex_skills

What this repo is (and isn't)

• A live record of how my smart home runs, with real-world automations, scripts, and scenes.
• A place to reverse-engineer patterns, not a deployment guide. If you reuse snippets, adjust entities, secrets, and services to fit your setup.
• Issues double as a changelog and design history; browse them for rationale behind changes.

Repo layout and files you won't see

• Reusable config lives under config/ (see the quick navigation paths above).
• Runtime artifacts are hidden by .gitignore and won't show up on GitHub (e.g., home-assistant_v2.db*, logs, deps/, .venv/, backups). Look at the YAML and scripts for the actual logic and regenerate your own secrets.yaml.

Platform

• Runs on Docker/compose today; this README is a browsing guide, not a how-to-install. Current HA version is tracked in config/.HA_VERSION (see the badge above).
• Camera ingest path (current): wyze-bridge runs on docker_10 and Frigate runs on docker_14, consuming Wyze RTSP via 192.168.10.10:8554 for stability.

Featured examples to start with

• Alarm and perimeter monitoring: config/packages/alarm.yaml
• Garage routines and entry lighting: config/packages/garadget.yaml, config/automation/garage_entry_light.yaml, video walkthrough
• LLM Vision package reminders: config/packages/llmvision.yaml, video walkthrough
• Bedroom camera kiosk tablet: config/packages/kiosk_tablet.yaml, config/dashboards/kiosk, video walkthrough
• Holiday/front-of-house color scenes: config/scene/monthly_colors.yaml, config/script/monthly_color_scene.yaml
• Dash-button triggers for quick actions: config/automation/dash_buttons.yaml
• PC lock/unlock-driven lighting plus workday wake-up via HASS.Agent + Wake on LAN: config/packages/hass_agent_homepc.yaml
• Seasonal cuckoo clock with October and Christmas sound packs: config/automation/System/CucKoo_Clock.yaml
• Garage arrival and entry helpers: config/packages/garadget.yaml
• Vacation Mode and house-sitter checks: config/packages/vacation_mode.yaml
• Snoozeable maintenance notifications: config/packages/climate.yaml, config/packages/printer.yaml, config/packages/vacation_mode.yaml, video walkthrough
• Battery and solar awareness: config/packages/powerwall.yaml
• Presence-aware office comfort: config/packages/office_motion.yaml
• Weather-aware lighting: config/automation/dark_rainy_day.yaml

Network diagram

Docker add-ons & utilities

Container	Repo/Docs	Purpose
Duplicati	duplicati/duplicati	Off-box, versioned backups for HA config, media, and infrastructure compose/config trees.
Dozzle	amir20/dozzle	Lightweight Docker log viewer (useful for quick tailing across the homelab stacks).
Cloudflared	cloudflare/cloudflared	Secure tunnel/edge access to Home Assistant without opening inbound ports.
WordPress	wordpress	Hosts vCloudInfo.com for docs, how-tos, videos, and long-form writeups that accompany this config.

Gear tied to real automations (affiliate links)

Only listing hardware that appears in active packages/automations here. https://amzn.to/48jVzZ3

Device	What it drives (friendly name -> file)	Buy
Amazon Fire tablet wall kiosk	Bedroom camera screen with Fully Kiosk recovery, bedtime dimming, and a dedicated YAML dashboard - kiosk tablet package, kiosk dashboard, video walkthrough
Garadget garage door controller	Garage doors: open/close, arrival helpers, wind alerts, and nighttime reminders - garadget package, video walkthrough, companion post
August smart lock	Front-door lock control + status - august package
Phyn Plus water shutoff	Leak detection + auto shutoff - phynplus package
Rachio sprinkler controller	Rain-skips and seasonal watering - rachio package
Tesla Powerwall 2	Grid-outage alerts + load-shed automations - powerwall package
NodeMCU motion sensor	Office motion lighting - office_motion package
Raspberry Pi 3 + Aeon Z-Wave stick	Z-Wave backbone for door/hall sensors - garage entry helper, garage automation video
Roku streaming device	TV presence -> scenes/lighting - roku package
Amazon Dash Button	Quick actions (office lamp toggle) - dash buttons automation
Amazon Echo Show	Front door camera pop-up when the August lock unlocks - august package
Dreame/Neato vacuum	Cleaning schedules, room queues, Alexa room cleans, and rescue notifications - vacuum package, video walkthrough, companion post
Flux/LED strip controller	Monthly color scenes for exterior - monthly color scene
Etekcity/433MHz outlet	Accent lighting relays - garage entry helper

Gear and affiliate links

• Browsing or purchasing through the affiliate links above helps support this project; thanks!
• Full gear list: https://www.vcloudinfo.com/gear-list

All of my configuration files are tested against the most stable version of home-assistant.

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