Hi there,
currently, the HomeKit Bridge integration is quite cumbersome to use.
Most users want to filter the devices/entities that should be displayed in HomeKit. We are in a situtation where we have a half baken UI configuration that only allows filtering by category and an extensive Yaml configuration that allows filtering by entity name.
With the addition of labels to Home Assistant, I think it would be an excellent idea to allow dynamic filtering by labels.
The proposal is to have an inclusive filter include_by_label that allows to specify one, ore more labels of devices/entities that should be visible in HomeKit. Similar to this, we could have a blacklist filter exclude_by_label that is applied in addition.
Adding/Removing the specific labels to devices/entities should automatically tag them for HomeKit usage. I imagine a restart of Home Assistant is still required, but I don’t think this should be a blocker. Some devices (locks, media players, etc) will as well require manual pairing after adding the label, but again, this is currently the case as well.