Best Home Assistant AI connectors
Home Assistant connectors ranked by the latest check. Featured placements are labelled and pinned to the top. After that, rank follows live status, then official or vendor listings, then GitHub stars.
We currently track 5 connectors. The top of the list: Home Assistant MCP Server (built-in), Home Assistant MCP client (built-in), and ha-mcp.
| # | Connector | Status | Type | Works with | Access | Setup | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home Assistant MCP Server (built-in) | Not yet tested | Built-in | Claude, ChatGPT, Any remote-MCP client (HA must be reachable) | read-write | 2/5 | Free (part of Home Assistant) |
| 2 | Home Assistant MCP client (built-in) | Not yet tested | Built-in | Home Assistant Assist (uses outside MCP tools) | read-write | 3/5 | Free (part of Home Assistant) |
| 3 | ha-mcp | Not yet tested | Self-hosted | Any MCP client (local), Claude (remote) | read-write | 3/5 | Free (open source) |
| 4 | hass-mcp | Not yet tested | Self-hosted | Any MCP client (local) | read-write | 3/5 | Free (open source) |
| 5 | homeassistant-mcp (tevonsb) | Stale | Self-hosted | Any MCP client (local) | read-write | 3/5 | Free (open source) |
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