Using Helpers in Home Assistant

In my journey to build a smarter home, I am always thinking about how to improve the user experience especially when so much of what my house does is without any direct interaction. One way to do that is by using Home Assistant’s helpers when building automations. So in this video I cover the three helpers I use and the situations I use them in. We cover how to set them up, and to use them in automations and scripts, and I walk through several of my own use cases. So if you are thinking about how to make managing your automations easier, or just want to customize how your smart home interacts with those in your house, stick around because we are about to automate some boring stuff. Here are the video chapters: 00:00 - How to Use Helpers in Home Assistant - Intro 02:17- Using Input Booleans in Home Assistant 04:14 - Using Input Datetime in Home Assistant 05:48 - Using Input Numbers in Home Assistant 08:33 - Wrapping it Up Links to things in the video: Presence Package on Github https://github.com/thejeffreystone/home-assistant-configuration/blob/master/config/packages/presence.yaml Security Package on Github https://github.com/thejeffreystone/home-assistant-configuration/blob/master/config/packages/security.yaml Lighting Package on Github https://github.com/thejeffreystone/home-assistant-configuration/blob/master/config/packages/lighting.yaml Weather Package on Github https://github.com/thejeffreystone/home-assistant-configuration/blob/master/config/packages/weather.yaml Who am I? My Name is Jeff. I am an Automator of boring things and a huge Home Assistant fan. I also live in a house that tweets. Follow Me: Github - https://github.com/thejeffreystone Twitter - https://twitter.com/thejeffreystone / https://twitter.com/slackerlabs On the Web - https://slacker-labs.com/ And if you like this video or find my config or code on GitHub useful you could always fuel my coffee/automation habit - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/icE6DeBut, or use my Amazon affiliate link ( https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?k=Home+Automation&ref=nb_sb_noss_2&linkCode=ll2&tag=thejeffreysto-20&linkId=18622d75c4923c69c2b7488cec58ad5e&language=en_US) which helps support this content. The affiliate link provides a small commission on things you buy without additional cost to you. Or just subscribe, like, and share my videos. I appreciate everything that you do to help make this channel possible. If you want to follow my house on Twitter, you can at https://twitter.com/anchoragehouse2 but be warned....it can be snarky.