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Feature request: resolution parameter missing on Insights getLogEntries via MCP

I’m using the official Homey MCP server (mcp.athom.com) with Claude to compare Insights boolean-log events (e.g. alarm_offline) against an external log.

The MCP tool that wraps ManagerInsights.getLogEntries only accepts logId — it doesn’t expose the resolution query parameter that the underlying Web API supports (last24Hours, last31Days, lastWeek, lastMonth, last2Years, etc. — see ManagerInsights docs).

Without it, repeated calls — even hours/days apart — return an identical, fixed ~50-entry window that never reaches “now”. So I can’t retrieve recent Insights events through the MCP tool at all, only whatever fixed historical slice it happens to return.

Could the MCP server pass through a resolution (or start/end) parameter on the Insights log-entries tool, so agents can request a specific/recent time range?

Happy to share more repro details if useful.

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Hi,

I’m experiencing a persistent issue with the official Homey integration in ChatGPT when ChatGPT tries to retrieve the Flow Trigger Card catalogue.

The Homey MCP call list_flow_trigger_cards consistently fails with:

INVALID_ARGUMENT: Invalid structured content for tool list_flow_trigger_cards

The relevant validation error is:

Expected string, received null

at paths such as:

cards[1353].args[0].values[0].title

cards[1353].args[0].values[1].title

cards[1384].args[0].values[0].title

There are multiple affected cards/values.

It appears that Homey returns one or more Flow Trigger Cards containing an argument with values[] entries where title is null, while the MCP schema requires:

title: string

Because validation fails on these entries, ChatGPT cannot retrieve any of the Flow Trigger Card catalogue.

Impact

Other Homey MCP functionality continues to work. ChatGPT can:

  • read devices and their capabilities
  • read existing Advanced Flows
  • inspect cards and connections inside an Advanced Flow
  • retrieve current sensor/device values

However, because list_flow_trigger_cards fails, ChatGPT cannot safely create/update Advanced Flows, as retrieving the Flow Card catalogue is required before performing these writes.

Troubleshooting already performed

  • Restarted Homey
  • Disconnected and reconnected the ChatGPT/Homey integration
  • Deleted the Advanced Flow that initially appeared to be involved
  • Confirmed other Advanced Flows work normally in the Homey editor
  • Restarted several Homey apps individually, including:
    • Toros Vision
    • Better Logic Library
    • < group >
    • Smart Gateways
    • Solar Forecast
    • Enphase Controller
    • Tuya Cloud
    • Aqara

The error persists.

Restarting apps sometimes changes the numerical index of the affected cards (for example from ~1620 to ~1460 and later ~1353), presumably because the catalogue is rebuilt, but the same values[].title = null validation error remains.

Possible cause

This looks like a schema/serialization compatibility issue between Homey’s Flow Card data and the MCP response schema rather than an Advanced Flow problem itself.

If null is valid/possible for a Flow Card value title on the Homey side, perhaps the MCP schema should accept:

title: string | null

Alternatively, the MCP server could normalize a null title to a string/fallback value or skip malformed entries instead of failing the complete Flow Trigger Card catalogue.

It would also be very useful if the error exposed the Flow Card ID / app ID, rather than only its numerical position in the returned cards[] array. That would make identifying the originating app/card much easier.

Is this a known issue with the official Homey MCP server / ChatGPT integration?

I’m happy to provide additional diagnostics or test a fix.

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Im Also getting constant issues with Chat GPT. I have on several occassions reauthorised the connection. Chat GPT says it can read all my flows/devices etc and then starts to do what i ask.

I then get connection times out, FORBIDDEN REQUEST, unable to connect.

Basically its stopped working and i dont know why.

Any suggestions?

Thanks