/ha-boot

name: ha-boot
description: Check Home Assistant connectivity, context freshness, and locale. Auto-refresh context if stale. Use at session start or when HA status is unclear.
allowed-tools:
  - Bash
  - Read
  - Glob
  - mcp__homeassistant__GetLiveContext
  - mcp__homeassistant__GetDateTime

HA Boot Check

Run this at the start of every session or when you need to verify HA status. This skill is the single entry point for this project — it also initializes the hermit session.

Steps

0. **Resident startup**: Invoke the `/claude-code-hermit:resident-start` skill first to establish readiness before HA work begins. If it errors (e.g. core hermit not initialized), stop and tell the operator to run `/claude-code-homeassistant-hermit:hatch`.

1. Run `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/ha-agent-lab boot status --probe` and present the result. 2. Read `.claude-code-hermit/OPERATOR.md` for the stored language (in the `## HA hermit` section). All user-facing output should use this locale. 3. Check `.claude-code-hermit/raw/snapshot-ha-normalized-latest.json` modification time.

• If older than 24 hours or missing, auto-run `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/ha-agent-lab ha refresh-context`.

4. Optionally call `GetLiveContext` via MCP for a quick live snapshot. 5. Present a summary:

• HA connectivity: ok/failed
• Context: fresh/stale/missing (age in hours)
• Language: the stored locale
• Entity count from last context

If Something Is Missing

• No `.env` or missing token: tell the operator to create `.env` at the project root and set `HOMEASSISTANT_TOKEN`.
• No endpoint: tell the operator to set `HOMEASSISTANT_URL` in `.env`.
• No language in OPERATOR.md: ask the operator for their preferred locale.