Daily walkaround

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I want to create a “daily walkaround” that checks a wide variety of things like battery levels, other monitored consumable levels like printer ink and water tank level and so forth.

There are a couple of issues I see in trying to figure out how to do it.

  1. If I make a script or automation that just sends out notifications I’ll probably just get overwhelmed. If I trigger a replace battery at 25% I may not replace it for weeks so wow, lots on needless notifications or RTM tasks.

  2. Ideally I’d create a daily email with issues listed but I’m not sure how to build such a complex thing in HA. I’d have no problem in python though so I am leaning that way.

  3. There will be some tasks I want to automate like rebooting various pi servers but not sure how to do that.

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Using a monster-card you can easily create an overview of things which need attention like battery levels, plants that need water, etc. Items appear and disappear automatically, I find this way easier as sending notifications.

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Thanks! Monster-card became a project for a lazy Sunday afternoon. I got it working and it seems to do what I want. Many thanks!