Doorbell Alert

Best-fit scenarios

Doorbell alert tool for when the user requests or says to run a doorbell alert.

Execution guidance

Use the example call shape below and provide only the fields the plugin expects.

Input shape

• camera string

  camera.doorbell_high

• players array

  ['media_player.kitchen']

• tts_entity string

  tts.piper

• notifications boolean

  True

• persistent_notifications boolean

  True

• api_notification boolean

  True

• device_service string

  notify.mobile_app_my_phone

• area string

  front door

Required configuration

• AREA_LABEL string

  Area tag saved with events (e.g., 'front door', 'porch').

  Default: front door
• CAMERA_ENTITY string

  Default camera entity for doorbell snapshots.

  Default: camera.doorbell_high
• ENABLE_HA_API_NOTIFICATION boolean

  If true, also send to the Home Assistant platform notification endpoint.

  Default: True
• MEDIA_PLAYERS textarea

  One media_player entity per line (newline or comma separated). Example: media_player.living_room media_player.kitchen

  Default: media_player.living_room media_player.kitchen
• NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED boolean

  If true, also post alerts to the HA notification queue and events.

  Default: False
• PERSISTENT_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED boolean

  If true, also create Home Assistant persistent notifications via Home Assistant Notifier.

  Default: True
• TTS_ENTITY string

  TTS entity to use (e.g., tts.piper).

  Default: tts.piper
• VISION_API_BASE string

  OpenAI-compatible base (e.g., http://127.0.0.1:1234).

  Default: http://127.0.0.1:1234
• VISION_API_KEY string

  Optional; leave blank for local stacks.

• VISION_MODEL string

  OpenAI-compatible model name (qwen2.5-vl-7b-instruct, etc.).

  Default: gemma3-27b-abliterated-dpo