https://dimonb.com/tags/picoclaw/Recent content in Picoclaw on DimonBlogHugoen-usblog@dimonb.com (Dmitrii Balabanov)blog@dimonb.com (Dmitrii Balabanov)Sat, 02 May 2026 19:30:00 +0300https://dimonb.com/posts/picoclaw-homeassistant/Sat, 02 May 2026 19:30:00 +0300blog@dimonb.com (Dmitrii Balabanov)https://dimonb.com/posts/picoclaw-homeassistant/<p>I already had a fairly practical smart home setup: Home Assistant as the main hub, Zigbee devices, ESPHome projects, a few Wi-Fi devices, and a smart speaker for announcements. It worked well, but most control surfaces were still quite mechanical: dashboards, buttons, automations, and service calls.</p> <p>At some point I wanted a different interface — not another dashboard, but a small AI assistant that already knows how my home is wired and can operate it from Telegram. This is where I started integrating <a href="https://picoclaw.io/">PicoClaw</a> with Home Assistant.</p>