Anyone currently working on an MCP server?
MCP server?
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Model Context Protocol server would be my guess.
Something like this:
Could be useful if we switched to AI based queries to design automations.
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yea this! If we get a model setup correctly, then the possibilities are many for automating things in ways we couldnt do before.
Local Voice control...."plain language" automations, etc
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Oh, very cool. That definitely goes on the list of things I would love to take a stab at if I had time.
It has been on my list for a while... some use cases are easier than others.
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The last time someone created an MCP for a platform
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I had some time finally and wanted to explore MCP capabilities so created a MCP server that integrates with maker API to provide tools and resources, and includes some custom prompts to show what could be done.
Here are a couple of screenshots from part of a session using claude code to run a security status prompt (prompt provided by the hubitat MCP server):
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ohhh this is killer. I'm not a full time coder, but i might be able to contribute if you are gonna share it somewhere.
oh dang i am so into this, please let us know if you open source it!
Any updates on this initiative? If not, I will start vibe-coding one (just because, why not...) 
okay, so I had a few hours to spare and since I am really into vibe-coding lately, I figured I'd have a go at it.
Progress so far...
- Created a MakerAPI instance specific for testing/coding.
- Gave ClaudeCode some much needed context incl. the Maker API documentation.
- Gave it the IP and token of the MakerAPI
- Had to muck about with my Hue bridge integration a bit (registration failed and needed reboot the bridge and rediscover it from the Hue integration app)
and .... it worked.! Sure it is a bit rough around the edges and I am not really happy with the speed, but it does work in both Claude Desktop and from the Claude CLI. One annoying thing is that it send a command and expects it to instantly have worked. So 1 mSec after sending to command it checks the settings and start reporting that it did not work and should if start troubleshooting. By adding a small tweak to the prompt, it works just fine but this is something to fix in a next version.
For now, it is working. I am going to review the code a bit, make sure things are documented and my private stuff is removed. Once that is done, I will figure out how to properly setup a Github repo and post it there. After it goes up, I will absolutely share the link here and have you all also benefit from it.
But please for the love of all that is holy, don't expect pretty coding or are very active maintenance because I anything but a professional coder. I am just mucking about with AI and happen to love my home automation hobby also. Give me a few days and I'll get the repo stuff sorted.
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I'm working on a MCP at work. If successful and time permits, a MCP for Hubitat is on my list...
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I wrote a Hubitat MCP server in python and it is working with VS Code and MCP Inspector as the client.
Can someone please explain a use case or two of how they would use a Hubitat MCP server?
Writing and testing drivers and apps. What inspired you to create it?
Work wants me to write a MCP server and since I've never done so before, I thought it would be more fun to learn using Hubitat than some boring corporate data source
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Amazing!!
I have a few different use-cases.
- I want to use ChatGPT/Claude/Copilot or any agent to talk to and quickly troublshoot why something went wrong. e.g. Closet door doesn't turn on the light, ask it what does it think happened based on the logs and device state? How is the battery? When was the last time it talked to Hubitat and it's state, etc, etc. Basically a verbal debugger that saves me the time from having to go to the device or dashboard and look at it's states and properties and the events + logs page.
This has the side benefit of if I go on a work trip (or worse, get injured/die) my wife still has some help to not go insane with how automated our home is.
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I use alexa all of the time for lights, music, checking status of a device, but Alexa sucks and i don't have a lot of hope for Alex+. I could totally see this taking over.
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Away lighting. I'd love to use an agent to say... build me an app/groovey code or routines that mimic how we use our lights at night so I can run it while on vacation with the right randomness that looks like we are here.
I'm sure I have a lot more..
Sure... and take the fun out of owning an automation hub.
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Hello! Related somehow to this initiative, I have working on a project whose goal is allowing people to create automations from text using LLM.
I haven't used your MCP server but it would probably be quite useful, I will take a look on it.
If anybody wants to understand better my initiative, here it is my post:
