I’ve been hacking on the official homey CLI together with Claude Code for the past few weeks, and the result is a skill I want to share. It runs locally, no cloud involved, and covers a wide chunk of the local API including advanced flows, raw API and HomeyScript. The feature I use most: ask the ag…

But the Homey MCP server is basicly the same thing, right? [image] Introducing the Homey MCP Server – News | Homey Or does this skill offer more features?

The MCP is not able to list advanced flows for example. This skill is based on the MCP

Tim, thank you so much for that piece!! Creating Dashboards by the App UI could be sometimes a really frustrating expericence… now it is so easy. I’ve also created for me an agent loop framework for developing Homey Apps completely “headless” (means without any IDE) with Claude Code and this skill…

[image] Torsten_Sturm: Tim, thank you so much for that piece!! Creating Dashboards by the App UI could be sometimes a really frustrating expericence… now it is so easy. That sounds great! Could I ask how you use the Homey CLI skill to create dashboards? I’ve skimmed the skill but I can’t see…

The skill just explains Claude how to use the Homey CLI, not what the CLI is capable to do. The CLI allows to use the full set of Homey API calls (including Dashboards). Just ask Claude: Use Homey CLI! Check if you can read, create or edit dashboards. Store your results in homeyclimemory.md for l…

Ah, thanks! I see that now as I’m starting to test out the skill. A very good first impression, @timvdhoorn looks like this can bring som value to my setup

Homey-cli skill for Claude Code - drive Homey /build flows from terminal and AI agents

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How I built a Homey app without an IDE — with Claude Code, Superpowers Skill, Homey-cli skill and an agentic development loop

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Homey-cli skill for Claude Code - drive Homey /build flows from terminal and AI agents

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