Home Assistant camera check
Use “Home Assistant camera check” in Recued. Takes a picture from one camera, asks your AI a yes-or-no question about it, such as whether someone is at the door, and alerts you on yes. Run it yourself, from chat, or on a schedule that waits for a motion sensor. The picture goes to your AI, which can miss things: an extra pair of eyes, not a safety device.
How it works
Inspect the data fetches, transforms, gates, and output this recipe runs.
Process (72 steps)
camera_given
coalesce
Use the first available value from: setting camera,
camera_text
trim
Trim whitespace from camera given
camera_lc
lowercase
Convert camera text to lowercase
camera_key_raw
replace
Replace text in camera lc
camera_key_text
trim
Trim whitespace from camera key raw
camera_key_empty
compare
Check if camera key text is empty
camera_key
ternary
Apply ternary
question_given
coalesce
Use the first available value from: setting question, Is there a person in the picture?
question
trim
Trim whitespace from question given
states_raw
recued-core.home-assistant.state.list
List state on home assistant
states
default
Apply default
states_named
map
Extract attributes.friendly_name from each item
states_with_domain
map
Extract entity_id from each item
cameras
filter
Filter by condition
cameras_keyed_raw
map
Extract name_lc from each item
cameras_keyed
map
Extract name_key_raw from each item
camera_labels
map
Extract from each item
camera_list
join
Join items with ", "
camera_count
count
Count items in cameras
no_cameras
compare
Check if camera count equals 0
matches
filter
Filter by condition
match_count
count
Count items in matches
found
compare
Check if match count equals 1
entity
default
Apply default
camera_name
coalesce
Use the first available value from: matches 0 attributes friendly name, matches 0 entity id, camera text
camera_seen
coalesce
Use the first available value from: matches 0 attributes friendly name, matches 0 entity id
unavailable
compare
Check if matches 0 state equals unavailable
sensor_given
coalesce
Use the first available value from: setting motion sensor,
sensor_text
trim
Trim whitespace from sensor given
sensor_lc
lowercase
Convert sensor text to lowercase
scheduled
compare
Check if caller channel equals schedule
has_sensor
compare
Check if sensor text has data
gated
all
Check if all conditions are true
sensor_rows
filter
Filter by condition
sensor_count
count
Count items in sensor rows
sensor_found
compare
Check if sensor count equals 1
sensor_name
coalesce
Use the first available value from: sensor rows 0 attributes friendly name, sensor text
sensor_on
compare
Check if sensor rows 0 state equals on
idle
all
Check if all conditions are true
sensor_missing
all
Check if all conditions are true
ready
all
Check if all conditions are true
snapshot
recued-core.home-assistant.camera.snapshot
Snapshot camera on home assistant
skip: step.ready not_equal true
ask
core.ai.classify
AI classifies data into one of the given categories
skip: step.snapshot.file_ref is_null
answer
default
Apply default
answer_word
switch
Map answer to one of: no, yes, cannot_tell
is_yes
compare
Check if answer equals yes
is_unsure
compare
Check if answer equals cannot_tell
alerts_on
compare
Check if setting alert when does not equal never
unsure_alerts
compare
Check if setting alert when does not equal yes
unsure_alert
all
Check if all conditions are true
alert_worthy
any
Check if any of the conditions are true
should_alert
all
Check if all conditions are true
should_warn
all
Check if all conditions are true
several
compare
Check if match count is greater than 1
no_camera_named
compare
Check if camera text is empty
not_found_text
ternary
Apply ternary
blocked_missing
ternary
Apply ternary
blocked_detail
ternary
Apply ternary
blocked_camera
ternary
Apply ternary
blocked_text
ternary
Apply ternary
notify_answer
core.notification.send
Send notification
skip: step.should_alert not_equal true
notify_blocked
core.notification.send
Send notification
skip: step.should_warn not_equal true
alerted
coalesce
Use the first available value from: notify answer, notify blocked
alert_tried
compare
Check if alerted exists
alert_channels
default
Apply default
alert_reached
compare
Check if alert channels has data
alert_list
join
Join items with ", "
alert_unreached
ternary
Apply ternary
alert_text
ternary
Apply ternary
not_ready_text
ternary
Apply ternary
result_text
ternary
Apply ternary
card
to_summary
Format results as a summary card
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Output
summary
card
Settings
Configurable at install. Defaults shown — change them anytime in Recued.
camera
setting
=
[object Object]
channels
setting
=
[object Object]
question
setting
=
Is there a person in the picture?
alert when
setting
=
yes_or_unsure
motion sensor
setting
=
[object Object]
Uses (4 operations)
Pack operation
List state on home assistant
recued-core.home-assistant.state.list
Pack operation
Snapshot camera on home assistant
recued-core.home-assistant.camera.snapshot
AI models
AI classifies data into one of the given categories
core.ai.classify
Notifications
Send notification
core.notification.send
Trust & control
What installing this recipe would let it do. Recued grants these permissions at install — review them there before approving.
Permissions it requires
Declared by the recipe — Recued grants these at install, where you review them before approving.What it's allowed to do
Read
AI models
core.ai.classify
read-only
Read
Notifications
core.notification.send
external change
2 more aren't listed here. You'll see them at install.