v1.0.0 - Home Assistant Integration Development Template

Home Assistant Integration Development Template

A template repository for developing Home Assistant custom integrations. This template is designed to meet or exceed the Home Assistant development best practices for bronze tier.

What's Included

This template provides everything you need to build Home Assistant integrations that meet or exceed the Integration Quality Scale standards (Bronze → Platinum tiers):

🛠️ Development Environment

• Python 3.14.2 - Latest Python with modern type hints
• Home Assistant 2026.2.0 - Full HA core with all dependencies
• Testing Framework - pytest with HA custom component support
• Code Quality Tools - Ruff, mypy, pre-commit hooks pre-configured
• CI/CD Pipeline - GitHub Actions for automated testing
• VS Code Configuration - Debug configurations and recommended extensions

📦 Example Integration

• Complete working example following HA best practices
• DataUpdateCoordinator implementation with error handling
• Config flow for UI-based setup
• Entity platform examples (sensor, binary_sensor)
• Comprehensive test suite with mocking
• Device registry integration

📚 Comprehensive Documentation

• Quick Start Guide - Get up and running in minutes
• Implementation Guides - Quality checklist, HACS integration, security best practices
• Performance Optimization - Coordinator patterns and async best practices
• Migration Strategies - Config entry version management
• Localization Guide - Multi-language support
• AI Agent Integration - Specialized HA development assistant

✨ Key Features

• Follows Home Assistant Integration Quality Scale
• Modern Python 3.14 async patterns
• Type-safe with comprehensive type hints
• Production-ready error handling
• Automated testing and linting
• Pre-commit hooks for code quality
• Environment verification script

🚀 Getting Started

1. Use this template - Click the "Use this template" button
2. Clone your repository

   git clone your-repo-url
   cd your-repo

3. Set up environment

   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate
   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Verify setup

   python scripts/verify_environment.py

📖 Resources

• README - Complete documentation
• CLAUDE.md - AI assistant guide
• CONTRIBUTING - Contribution guidelines
• Home Assistant Docs - Official HA developer documentation

Full Changelog: https://github.com/L3DigitalNet/HA-Dev-Template/commits/v1.0.0