Posts with keyword: home+assistant

5 entries

Moving My Sensor Network onto Manifold

Thu Sep 17 10:08:00 2026

I moved my working LoRaWAN sensor network onto the new Manifold framework and pointed Home Assistant at it as the interface. The port went smoothly until the OAuth protection on the mesh blocked the inbound webhooks Helium uses to deliver readings. The fix was to let a mesh owner scope access channel by channel, and the pico engine now supports it.
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Software-Defined Three-Way Switch

Tue Sep 15 08:41:00 2026

A remodel left me with lights over two fireplace benches wired to separate switches, so turning them on meant a walk to both ends of the room. Rather than tear open the wall, I used Home Assistant and a pair of Inovelli switches to make the two behave as one. The wiring doesn’t have to change if software controls the switches.
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A Map of the Manifold Environment

Wed Aug 5 08:35:00 2026

A reader asked for a map of the whole Manifold environment and the functional capabilities of each part. I have described this system across three posts, a piece at a time, but never in one picture.
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Using Home Assistant with Manifold

Mon Aug 3 07:50:00 2026

Manifold is evolving into a proper framework for building meshes of picos, and Home Assistant gives those meshes an interface. A new Home Assistant integration proves out three pieces at once: an OAuth workflow on the pico-engine that lets outside software into the mesh on the owner's terms, a mature interface rather than a custom one, and a pattern that lets specialized communities extend the platform.
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Childproofing the Control Plane: Using Cedar to Build Frontal Lobes for Agentic Systems

Wed Feb 25 08:55:00 2026

Connecting an agent like OpenClaw to Home Assistant can make home automation more adaptive and intelligent, but it also introduces real risks if authority is not clearly bounded. By externalizing decision logic into deterministic Cedar policies, we can create governed autonomy that allows agents to act usefully while preventing them from crossing safety, security, and privacy boundaries.
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