Aurora Smart Home
75,000+ lines of documentation | 900+ example prompts | 1,500+ code examples
The most comprehensive Claude Code skill pack for smart home development - from YAML automations to designing and manufacturing professional ESPHome-based IoT products.
At a Glance
| Home Assistant | Node-RED | ESPHome | Integration Dev |
|---|
| Reference Guides | 49 | 12 | 38 | 17 |
| Example Prompts | 300+ | 100+ | 600+ | 129 |
| Code Examples | 700+ | 200+ | 1000+ | 200+ |
| Ready Templates | 17 | 15 | 30 | 10 |
| Coverage | 50+ integrations | 31 nodes | 160+ components | Full HA framework |
| Bonus | Sections dashboard | Node-RED 4.x | Product dev: idea → production | HACS v2 |
v1.3.0 - Breaking change:
Individual skill plugins have been removed. If you're upgrading from a previous version, copy and paste this entire block to reinstall:
/plugin uninstall esphome@aurora-smart-home
/plugin uninstall ha-yaml@aurora-smart-home
/plugin uninstall node-red@aurora-smart-home
/plugin uninstall ha-integration@aurora-smart-home
/plugin marketplace add tonylofgren/aurora-smart-home
/plugin install aurora@aurora-smart-home
/reload-plugins
What's New in v1.3.0
Aurora - A New Way to Work
Start with /aurora:aurora - Aurora opens, asks what you want to build, and takes it from there.
No need to know which skill to use. Describe your project in plain language and Aurora routes to the right specialist(s), recommends the right Claude model for your subscription tier, and builds a step-by-step workflow if the task spans multiple skills.
21 specialist agents - Volt (ESP32 firmware), Sage (automations), Ada (custom integrations), Iris (dashboards), Glitch (debugging), Grid (network/VLANs), Forge (infrastructure), and 14 more. Each agent has a defined domain, a soul, and a voice.
Home Assistant 2026.4
- IR Proxy - Native infrared entity platform. ESPHome IR devices expose
InfraredEntity, HA sends commands through them
- Cross-domain automation triggers - More intuitive trigger syntax aligned to how people think (Labs)
- Matter lock PIN management - Full PIN code control for Matter locks
- Dashboard - Section background colors and card favorites
- Voice - Ask Assist to clean a specific room area
- New integrations - UniFi Access, WiiM, Solarman, TRMNL (e-paper display)
ESPHome 2026.3
- IR/RF Proxy (
ir_rf_proxy) - Runtime IR/RF without reflashing. Learns and replays commands via remote_transmitter / remote_receiver
- RP2040/RP2350 - First-class Raspberry Pi Pico support (143+ boards, WiFi, BLE, OTA)
- Media Player redesign - Pluggable sources, playlists, Ogg Opus support
- Performance - Main loop up to 99x faster, API protobuf 6-12x faster, 11-20KB flash savings. Just reflash - no config changes needed
- ESP8266 heap crash fix - Long-standing LWIP use-after-free bug resolved
- Alarm Control Panel, Lock & Valve, MIPI DSI displays, Z-Wave Proxy, Zigbee expansion
See CHANGELOG.md for full details.
Choosing the Right Skill
| I want to... | Use this skill |
|---|
| Not sure, or task spans multiple areas | aurora |
| Create YAML automations (automations.yaml, blueprints, dashboards) | ha-yaml |
| Build visual Node-RED flows (drag-and-drop, JSON) | node-red |
| Configure ESP device firmware or design a new IoT product | esphome |
| Develop Python custom components (HACS) | ha-integration |
New to Aurora? Start with /aurora:aurora - it routes to the right skill and recommends the right model for your task.
Quick Start
# 1. Add the marketplace
/plugin marketplace add tonylofgren/aurora-smart-home
# 2. Install Aurora
/plugin install aurora@aurora-smart-home
# 3. Start here
/aurora:aurora
Aurora asks what you want to build and takes it from there.
Advanced: install per-project or per-team instead
By default, skills install globally (--scope user). You can also scope them:
# Shared with your team via git (committed to .claude/settings.json)
/plugin install ha-yaml@aurora-smart-home --scope project