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Home Assistant MCP Server (Dev)

homeassistant-ai/ha-mcp 8.5.0.dev2678

Security 5/8 Opens inside Home Assistant (Ingress) very lively – several changes a month

The Home Assistant MCP Server (Dev) enables AI assistant integration through the MCP protocol in development. Users can connect AI tools to their Home Assistant system for voice and automation commands.

Facts about this add-on

Security rating
5 / 8
Ingress
yes
Maintenance
very lively – several changes a month (100 changes/year)
Version
8.5.0.dev2678
Last change
September 12, 2026
Project
github.com
Architectures
aarch64, amd64
Ports
9583/tcp -> 9583

How this rating comes about

Home Assistant calculates the rating itself: every add-on starts at 5, and each right it asks for or gives up moves the number. The same calculation runs here, on the configuration the add-on ships.

Starting value of every add-on 5
Reached through Ingress, so no port of its own +2
May command the Supervisor (role: manager) -1
Shares the network of the host -1
Result 5 / 8

A high number does not mean the add-on is good, and a low one does not mean it is dangerous – a backup add-on has to reach far into the system to do its job. The number says how much it is allowed to do, and the list above says what exactly.

What the add-on is allowed to do

  • Uses the host network
  • Supervisor role: manager

Installation

  1. In Home Assistant open Settings → Add-ons → Add-on Store, and add the repository https://github.com/homeassistant-ai/ha-mcp through the three-dot menu.
  2. Reload the store and open Home Assistant MCP Server (Dev).
  3. Install the add-on and wait for the first start.
  4. Switch on "Show in sidebar" – the interface then opens directly inside Home Assistant.
  5. Check the rights the add-on asks for before you start it – they are listed above.

Add repository to my Home Assistant Open the add-on directly

Both links go through my.home-assistant.io and open the store of your own instance – no address of ours is involved.

Source of this entry: the add-on configuration on GitHub

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