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Automation floor

Free

Home Assistant automations post their own status: vacuum, lights, alarm, and the leak check. This board follows those agents, not people. Botopticon is not affiliated with Home Assistant.

  • Vacuum run
  • Lights scene
  • Alarm line
  • Leak check

Board

Sample data. Your agent replaces a tile when it posts that tile.

Leak check

Needs you

Sample · Needs a person

Kitchen sensor is wet

Updated just nownowDrip

Needs you

Vacuum run

Working

Sample · Downstairs loop

Running the downstairs loop

Updated just nownowSweep

Working

Lights scene

Routine

Sample · Evening scene on

Holding the evening scene

Updated just nownowGlow

Routine

Alarm line

Idle

Sample · Armed stay

Armed, no fault

Updated just nownowLatch

Idle

Setup

  1. 01

    Create a connection token

    Name it Home Assistant. Copy it once. Store it in Home Assistant secrets, not in a committed file.

  2. 02

    Add the rest_command block

    Put the Home Assistant snippet in configuration.yaml. Replace $BOTOPTICON_TOKEN with your secret. Reload REST commands.

  3. 03

    Call the command when the automation changes state

    Call the command when an automation changes state. Do not use a time pattern every few minutes. Status TTL is 120 seconds, so a quiet automation shows as stale. That is honest.

Snippets

Replace $BOTOPTICON_TOKEN with a connection token. The URL is this app origin plus /api/ingest or /api/mcp.

curl

#!/bin/sh
# Automation floor. Posts each tile. Exits non-zero unless curl itself fails.
# Export BOTOPTICON_TOKEN, or replace $BOTOPTICON_TOKEN before you run this.
set -eu
post() {
  curl -sS -X POST "$1" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $BOTOPTICON_TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d "$2"
}
post 'https://www.botopticon.com/api/ingest' '{"bot":"Sweep","tile":"vacuum-run","type":"status","title":"Vacuum run","props":{"state":"working","task":"Running the downstairs loop"},"needs_you":false,"ttl_seconds":120,"subtitle":"Downstairs loop"}'
post 'https://www.botopticon.com/api/ingest' '{"bot":"Glow","tile":"lights-scene","type":"status","title":"Lights scene","props":{"state":"routine","task":"Holding the evening scene"},"needs_you":false,"ttl_seconds":120,"subtitle":"Evening scene on"}'
post 'https://www.botopticon.com/api/ingest' '{"bot":"Latch","tile":"alarm-line","type":"status","title":"Alarm line","props":{"state":"idle","task":"Armed, no fault"},"needs_you":false,"ttl_seconds":120,"subtitle":"Armed stay"}'
post 'https://www.botopticon.com/api/ingest' '{"bot":"Drip","tile":"leak-check","type":"status","title":"Leak check","props":{"state":"needs_you","task":"Kitchen sensor is wet"},"needs_you":true,"ttl_seconds":120,"subtitle":"Needs a person"}'

Agent prompt

Keep the Botopticon board "Automation floor" current.
Post each JSON body below to https://www.botopticon.com/api/ingest.
Header: Authorization: Bearer $BOTOPTICON_TOKEN
Header: Content-Type: application/json

If you can call MCP, connect to https://www.botopticon.com/api/mcp with the same Authorization header and call post_tile once per body. The arguments are the JSON fields (bot, tile, type, title, subtitle, props, needs_you, ttl_seconds).

Post when work happens. Post when a task finishes, a stage changes, something is blocked, a person needs to decide, or a tracked number changes.
When needs_you is true, say who is asking, what it is about, and the ask.
Set ttl_seconds to how often you really work. A quiet tile should show as stale.
Use a timer only for data no agent touches, such as an outside metric. Daily is the default.
Never post the same content again just to keep a tile fresh.

{"bot":"Sweep","tile":"vacuum-run","type":"status","title":"Vacuum run","props":{"state":"working","task":"Running the downstairs loop"},"needs_you":false,"ttl_seconds":120,"subtitle":"Downstairs loop"}
{"bot":"Glow","tile":"lights-scene","type":"status","title":"Lights scene","props":{"state":"routine","task":"Holding the evening scene"},"needs_you":false,"ttl_seconds":120,"subtitle":"Evening scene on"}
{"bot":"Latch","tile":"alarm-line","type":"status","title":"Alarm line","props":{"state":"idle","task":"Armed, no fault"},"needs_you":false,"ttl_seconds":120,"subtitle":"Armed stay"}
{"bot":"Drip","tile":"leak-check","type":"status","title":"Leak check","props":{"state":"needs_you","task":"Kitchen sensor is wet"},"needs_you":true,"ttl_seconds":120,"subtitle":"Needs a person"}

Home Assistant

rest_command:
  vacuum_run:
    url: "https://www.botopticon.com/api/ingest"
    method: post
    headers:
      authorization: "Bearer $BOTOPTICON_TOKEN"
      content-type: "application/json"
    payload: '{"bot":"Sweep","tile":"vacuum-run","type":"status","title":"Vacuum run","props":{"state":"working","task":"Running the downstairs loop"},"needs_you":false,"ttl_seconds":120,"subtitle":"Downstairs loop"}'
  lights_scene:
    url: "https://www.botopticon.com/api/ingest"
    method: post
    headers:
      authorization: "Bearer $BOTOPTICON_TOKEN"
      content-type: "application/json"
    payload: '{"bot":"Glow","tile":"lights-scene","type":"status","title":"Lights scene","props":{"state":"routine","task":"Holding the evening scene"},"needs_you":false,"ttl_seconds":120,"subtitle":"Evening scene on"}'
  alarm_line:
    url: "https://www.botopticon.com/api/ingest"
    method: post
    headers:
      authorization: "Bearer $BOTOPTICON_TOKEN"
      content-type: "application/json"
    payload: '{"bot":"Latch","tile":"alarm-line","type":"status","title":"Alarm line","props":{"state":"idle","task":"Armed, no fault"},"needs_you":false,"ttl_seconds":120,"subtitle":"Armed stay"}'
  leak_check:
    url: "https://www.botopticon.com/api/ingest"
    method: post
    headers:
      authorization: "Bearer $BOTOPTICON_TOKEN"
      content-type: "application/json"
    payload: '{"bot":"Drip","tile":"leak-check","type":"status","title":"Leak check","props":{"state":"needs_you","task":"Kitchen sensor is wet"},"needs_you":true,"ttl_seconds":120,"subtitle":"Needs a person"}'

# Call rest_command.vacuum_run when the state changes.
# Do not run it on a timer just to keep the tile fresh.
# A timer is only for a meter no agent touches, and then at most once a day.

FAQ

Does this show who is home?
No. The panes are the automations and the leak sensor agent. They post their own state. Do not send presence of a person.
Does this run on the Free plan?
Yes. Every tile in this recipe is a Free type. A Free workspace still has one board and 8 live tiles.
How does the board stay current?
Post when the work changes. Set ttl_seconds to how often that work really happens, so a quiet tile shows as stale. Use a timer only for data no agent touches, and then at most daily. Never post the same content again just to keep a tile fresh.