Selora AI
Complete guide to the Selora AI Home Assistant integration — installation, configuration, the Selora AI chat panel, MCP onboarding, and privacy.
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Selora AI is the AI layer for Home Assistant — an always-on assistant that watches your home, drafts automations for your review, and responds to plain-English commands, without you having to think about prompts or models.
Who is this documentation for?
This guide is for homeowners who want to add AI-powered automation to their Home Assistant setup. No programming or professional background is required — if you can install a Home Assistant integration, you can set up Selora AI.
Get Started
Ready to install? Head to the Installation page for step-by-step setup via HACS or manual install.
Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| AI Automation Suggestions | Periodically analyzes device states and history, then writes draft automations to automations.yaml (disabled, prefixed [Selora AI]) for your review. |
| Natural Language Commands | Send plain-English commands via the Selora AI chat panel or Home Assistant Assist. |
| Home Assistant Assist | Expose Selora AI as an Assist conversation agent that can be selected in Home Assistant’s standard chat and voice interface. |
| Context-Aware Chat | The AI sees your existing automations so it can suggest refinements instead of duplicates. |
| Network Device Discovery | Scans your network for supported integrations and helps onboard them with automatic area assignment. |
| Dashboard Generation | Auto-builds a Lovelace dashboard for your discovered media players and devices. |
| Multi-LLM Backend | Supports Anthropic Claude (recommended), OpenAI, and Ollama (fully local, zero data egress). |
Prerequisites
Before installing, confirm you have:
- Home Assistant 2025.1 or later — check under Settings → About
- HACS installed — required for the recommended installation path ( HACS installation guide )
- One of the following LLM backends:
- Anthropic API key — recommended ( get one at console.anthropic.com ). API usage is billed by Anthropic separately from your Selora subscription.
- OpenAI API key ( get one at platform.openai.com ). API usage is billed by OpenAI separately from your Selora subscription.
- Ollama running and reachable — for fully local processing with zero data egress ( Ollama installation guide )
- InstallationInstall Selora AI via HACS or manually into your Home Assistant instance.Selora-Ai Installation Hacs
- ConfigurationConfigure Selora AI after installation — LLM provider setup, device discovery, and integration options.Selora-Ai Configuration
- Chat Panel & AssistUse the Selora AI chat panel and Home Assistant Assist to interact with your home in plain English.Selora-Ai Chat Assist Voice
- AI-Generated AutomationsHow Selora AI drafts automations for your review and how to manage them.Selora-Ai Automations
- MCP & Agent SkillsConnect external AI agents to Selora AI using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — setup, client configs, Docker networking, and troubleshooting.Selora-Ai Mcp Agent-Skills
- Privacy & SupportPrivacy details for each LLM backend and where to report issues.Selora-Ai Privacy Support