[roger_]

Organizing devices and creating automations is still very tedious.

I'd love to be able to add a device and describe it (where it is, what it does, etc.) and have HA automatically integrate it with existing automations or fuse it with other sensors. Maybe leveraging LLMs for this.

e.g.:

I buy a new leak sensor and add it to HA. I should just tell HA it's a leak sensor and it's in my laundry room and have it create an automation to send alerts, etc. when there's a leak.

Or I add a temperature sensor in my living room and have it automatically be fused with other sensors to update my living room average temperate.

[balloob]

You're right. Home Assistant is the best toolbox out there, but people need to build things themselves. That's something we plan to tackle, but no timeline. Leak sensors, smoke detectors, CO2 sensors, garage door openers, they can all have benefit from some built-in automations to warn when a problem is detected.

[bravoetch]

Add to HA, and set 'area' or 'label' to the same as all your other leak sensors. Use the area or label in your automation.

I find HA joyously easy to use. I have my garage door, lights all around the house, thermostats, hot water recirculation system, doorbell, lutron blinds, and ceiling fans. The automations are easy to make, and have been getting easier over the last few years with HA improvements. (and same as others in this discussion, I use zigbee smart switches. The GE brand ones are great).

[roger_]

I don't think you can trigger by a label/area and also retrieve which device was the trigger (groups had that issue).

[Helmut10001]

One trick: Add your automations.yml (and ideally, all HASS config/ymls) to a git repository, so you can track changes, organize and observe how automation changes behave.