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Agent actions allowlist (safety gateway)

> **SUPERSEDED — 2026-08-03.** The 12-line tier-a claim stub at this path has been promoted into a tier-b recipe connection at [`connections

OpenClaw JSON API (local agent contract)

RoamCore exposes stable JSON endpoints for local agents (system summary + skill execution) so assistants can read state and (optionally) tak

Music Assistant

Music Assistant is a powerful music system that can unify multiple speakers/targets and give you a consistent “play everywhere” experience.

Quickly switch the van between common states (driving, parked, quiet night). A clean way to group automations later without building everyth

Quickly switch the van between common states (driving, parked, quiet night). A clean way to group automations later without building everyth

DIY bed lift (actuators / motor + strap)

A DIY bed lift is usually either linear actuators or a winch/motor + strap system, controlled by a relay/driver and protected with limit swi

HappiJac bed lift

HappiJac bed lifts are a popular off-the-shelf system. The HA integration is usually custom because the stock controller is not designed as

CCTV with Frigate (spec + setup ideas)

A single-page spec for a low-CPU CCTV system using Frigate + go2rtc, designed for predictable storage and practical van use.

Approach lights

Approach lights (welcome-home exterior + underbody lighting) — the universal small-comfort van automation: open the door after dark, the und

Fans are a simple upgrade that massively improves comfort: airflow, condensation control, cooking smells, and keeping the van livable in war

Happijac bed lift

Bed lift control — van bed up / down — is the foundation of every sleep-cycle automation in a van with a Happijac (or any 2-relay + 2-limit-

Heated floors + engine pre-heat

Heated floors + engine pre-heat — cold-weather comfort controls for vans — are the foundation of every "Warm up" automation in winter van li

HVAC basics — RoamCore catalog entry.

Motion-based lighting

Motion-based lighting — RoamCore catalog entry.

Music Assistant

Music Assistant is a provider- agnostic multi-room audio orchestrator very popular in HA installs — it unifies Spotify, Apple Music, TuneIn/

Pi-hole or AdGuard Home

Pi-hole and AdGuard Home are self-hosted DNS-level ad/tracker blockers (DNS sinkhole + blocklist + per-client query stats).

Peplink Balance / MAX / EP-series routers are rugged, configurable multi-WAN gateways very popular in van life — they handle LTE/5G + Starli

Check the van from anywhere: see sensor status, view cameras, get alerts, or (optionally) control systems.

Starlink is a self-hosted mobile-internet terminal (Gen-2/Gen-3 dish + router).

Teltonika RUT-series LTE/5G routers are rugged, configurable mobile-internet gateways widely used in van life.

AdGuard Home (network-wide ad blocking)

> SUPERSEDED: This legacy tier-c spec has been promoted to a tier-b connection at [`connections/dns-blocker/`](../../connections/dns-blocke

Frigate (NVR with on-device AI)

Self-hosted Network Video Recorder that runs person/car/animal/package detection on the camera feed itself.

Home Assistant installer (one-line)

RoamCore ships `install.sh`/`uninstall.sh` to install the integration and assets into Home Assistant.

Mosquitto (MQTT broker)

Lightweight message bus for IoT — Shelly, Tasmota, ESPHome, Victron, and most "smart" devices speak MQTT.

n8n (workflow automation)

Self-hosted workflow tool — chain services, schedule tasks, and glue systems together without writing glue code.

NAS (Network Attached Storage)

> SUPERSEDED: This legacy tier-b spec has been promoted to a tier-b connection at [`connections/nas/`](../../connections/nas/). This page i

Node-RED (visual automations)

Visual flow-based programming for Home Assistant — drag-and-drop automations without writing YAML.

Pi-hole (network-wide ad blocking)

> SUPERSEDED: This legacy tier-c spec has been promoted to a tier-b connection at [`connections/dns-blocker/`](../../connections/dns-blocke

RoamCore on your phone (installable app)

RoamCore can live on your phone's home screen like a regular app — one tap to open, works even when the internet is gone.

Support bundle export (logs + config snapshot)

A documented way to generate a support bundle so issues can be debugged quickly without back-and-forth.

Zigbee2MQTT (Zigbee → MQTT bridge)

Use cheap Zigbee sensors and switches (Aqara, IKEA, Sonoff) with Home Assistant without buying a vendor hub.

Heated floors + engine pre-heat (cold weather comfort)

Bring cold-weather comfort controls into one place: heated floors, engine pre-heat, and other “warm-up” routines that make winter van life l

Amenities overlay

Amenities overlay (nearby places) — See nearby things you actually care about when living on the road — water taps, laundrettes, gyms, dump

Bluetooth / Wi-Fi presence

Presence detection — who is currently home in the van — is the foundation of every occupied/away automation in RoamCore: shut down inverter

RoamCore provides a map experience inside Home Assistant, including current location and route/trip context. Quick 'where are we / where did

In-cab tablet dashboard

Mount a small tablet in the cab that shows the handful of controls and readouts you care about while driving + a richer control surface on a

Better sleep and cooking. Quick 'good enough' check without guessing.

Amenities overlay (nearby places)

See nearby things you actually care about when living on the road — water taps, laundrettes, gyms, dump points, campsites, supermarkets, and

RoamCore Map (dashboard + route)

RoamCore provides a map experience inside Home Assistant, including current location and route/trip context.

Mock location + tracks (dev/demo)

RoamCore includes developer/demo mocks for location trails and tracks, useful for testing map and Trip Wrapped flows without real driving da

RoamCore TileServer add-on

A Home Assistant add-on that serves map tiles locally for reliable map rendering.

Traccar Init add-on (first boot provisioning)

An add-on to help with first-boot provisioning for Traccar-backed flows.

Traccar Proxy add-on

A Home Assistant add-on that proxies Traccar endpoints to make setup and local integration more reliable.

Traccar (GPS tracking) integration

RoamCore ships Traccar support via its own proxy/init components so you can use Traccar as a reliable location history source in Home Assist

Trip Local (local GPX / local trip tools)

RoamCore includes a “Trip Local” path for working with local trip data/tools inside Home Assistant.

Trip Wrapped (route recap report)

Trip Wrapped generates a shareable, beautiful HTML report of a trip/route.

Hub Backup — RoamCore catalog entry.

Network Attached Storage

A NAS gives RoamCore a reliable local-storage target for media, camera footage, backups, and logs — especially valuable when you don't want

Keep HA's clock accurate even when offline (in a van with intermittent connectivity).

Timezone geolocator

Keep HA's system timezone correct as the van travels across regions so that time-based automations (sun events + `now` + `today_at`) keep wo

OpenWrt router controls (WAN status + sensors)

RoamCore includes an OpenWrt API integration path to surface WAN/internet state into HA and enable safe control flows.

Peplink (multi-WAN router for van internet)

Peplink routers are popular in van life because they handle multi‑WAN setups (LTE/5G + Starlink + campground Wi‑Fi) and can do load‑balancin

Starlink sleep timer (night + battery saving)

> SUPERSEDED: This legacy tier-c spec has been promoted to a tier-b connection at [`connections/starlink/`](../../connections/starlink/). T

Alternator charge control (Wakespeed / smart regulator)

If your build uses a smart alternator regulator (e.g. Wakespeed), you can automate when alternator charging is allowed and how aggressively

Inverter idle shutdown (automatic power safety)

Automatically turn off (or reduce) inverter usage when it’s been idle for a while, or when nobody is home — to prevent silent battery drain.

Victron Auto add-on (backend connector)

A Home Assistant add-on used by RoamCore to connect to Victron telemetry automatically and keep power entities up to date.

Victron Mock add-on (demo power data)

A demo/mock backend that generates Victron-like power telemetry for development and demos.

Victron power monitoring (GX + MQTT)

RoamCore includes a Victron integration path that turns your Victron GX + battery/solar system into clean Home Assistant entities (SOC, sola

Bluetooth / Wi‑Fi presence detection (who’s home?)

Detect whether people are home (and who) using Bluetooth and/or Wi‑Fi signals from phones, watches, key fobs, or other devices — then use th

Smart deadbolts — van door lock control for vans — are the "did I forget to lock the van?" answer.

Smart Automations

Smart automations are the day-to-day convenience layer of a RoamCore van: 17 prebuilt Home Assistant automations that handle mode-aware tran

Smoke / CO / gas safety sensors

Smoke / CO / gas safety sensors — van life safety monitoring — are the foundation of every "is it safe to sleep in the van?" question.

Cheap + simple NFC tags make the van feel magical: tap your phone to run a scene (Lights off, Bedtime, Leave camp).

One long page listing every feature currently tagged with this tier, grouped by category.

One long page listing every feature currently tagged with this tier, grouped by category.

One long page listing every feature currently tagged with this tier, grouped by category.

Time (atomic) — NTP-synchronized time with offline-resilience

> **SUPERSEDED** by `connections/time-atomic/` (Wave 3 #55, shipped 2026-08-02).

In‑cab dashboard (driving tablet)

> **SUPERSEDED 2026-08-02 by `connections/in-cab-tablet-dashboard/connection.yml` + `connections/in-cab-tablet-dashboard/docs/recipe.md`. Th

MeatPi WiCAN Pro (OBD2 reader)

MeatPi WiCAN Pro is an OBD2 + CAN adapter (ESP32-based) that can bring vehicle telemetry into Home Assistant: voltage, coolant temp, fault c

Electronic valves + auto tank switching

Electronic valves + auto tank switching — fresh / aux tank routing, grey drain valve auto-close, freeze-risk / leak-detected / low- voltage

Water tanks — fresh + grey water telemetry + pump runtime + leak detection + freeze-risk monitoring for vans — is the vendor-neutral surface

Weather entities (forecast + alerts)

A curated list of weather integrations that pair well with van life (forecast, alerts, sunrise/sunset), plus guidance on wiring them into th