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Scripts in Home Assistant

script part of Home Assistant since 0.7

Quality: Internal

The Scripts integration allows users to create and manage reusable sequences of actions within Home Assistant. It connects with various components to automate tasks like controlling devices, triggering automations, and managing scenes.

Typical uses

  • Controlling smart home devices
  • Triggering automations
  • Managing scenes
  • Executing complex tasks

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Setup
in configuration.yaml
Kind
Part of Home Assistant itself
Quality scale
Internal – Part of Home Assistant itself, not rated separately.
Installations
536,607 (78.5 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Automation
Maintained by
@home-assistant/core

Setup

  1. Nothing to install: this is part of Home Assistant and available as soon as it is running.

Blueprints that use this integration

  • Automation Sensor Light ♥ 1,689 · Import · Forum
  • Automation NSPanel Configuration ♥ 626 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Bathroom Humidity Exhaust Fan ♥ 389 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Smart Light ♥ 215 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Ikea_bilresa_scroll_wheel ♥ 119 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Sensor Light Add On ♥ 96 · Import · Forum

All blueprints for it

Known issues and fixes

3 open issues and 4 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Scripts in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.5.0.

Open

  • open Renaming a script's entity ID does not work as expected. since April 10, 2024 · 22 reactions · 46 comments · #115334
  • open Using the 'stop' action with 'error' set to true does not halt the parent script's execution. since November 17, 2023 · 10 reactions · 34 comments · #104130
  • open A blocking call in a script's field schema causes unexpected behavior. since July 16, 2025 · 0 reactions · 4 comments · #148859

Fixed

  • fixed in 2026.5.0 A race condition during script unloading caused inconsistent behavior. Fix #169562

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of September 13, 2026. The sentences are written by a language model from the titles of the issues; the reports themselves are on GitHub.

Check a specific device for known problems in the product check →

Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration
The description was written by a language model from the facts listed here, not taken from the documentation.

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