Troubleshooting

Lost API token

It is visible in the add-on Configuration tab (api_token option) and kept in /data/token. The log never shows it in full, only a masked prefix. If the option looks empty, restart the add-on: the write-back is retried at every start. To force a new token: clear the option, delete /data/token, restart.

401 Unauthorized

• Check the header: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN, no stray spaces or quotes.
• The token in your client must match the api_token option exactly.
• Each unauthorized attempt is logged (Unauthorized MCP request from ...), which confirms the request reaches the add-on.

Tools answer "Home Assistant WebSocket is not connected"

The add-on maintains a permanent WebSocket to Home Assistant and reconnects with backoff. A short outage right after an HA restart is normal.

• Check the add-on log: you should see Connecting to Home Assistant WebSocket... then Authenticated with Home Assistant.
• If it loops on reconnection, raise log_level to debug and look at the reason.

ha_get_addons fails

The Supervisor API only exists when running as a real add-on. In dev mode (outside HA), this tool answers a clear error; everything else works.

Responses look truncated

That is by design: responses are capped (about 15 KB) to protect the LLM context window. The note field tells the assistant how to refine (domain/area filters, shorter time window, pagination). It is a feature, not a bug.

Logs too quiet or too noisy

Adjust the log_level option: debug adds WebSocket commands, HTTP calls and tool invocations; trace adds raw frame details and tool arguments. See Logging.

Is the server alive?

http://HA_IP:9583/health answers without authentication:

{ "status": "ok", "websocket": true }

websocket: false means the add-on runs but is not (yet) connected to Home Assistant. After more than 5 minutes of lost connection the endpoint answers 503 with "status": "degraded", which lets the container healthcheck restart the add-on.

Something else?

Open an issue on GitHub with the add-on version, your HA version, the client used and a log excerpt (mask your token).