Integration Request "Flappie" - a new smart cat flap

Hi there,

“Flappie” is a new smart cat flap on the market.
It is not yet available - but should be released “Winter 2024/2025”…

It comes with an AI camera to recognize if your cat brought you a ‘present’ - and if so, it will not open the cat flap.

I’ve had a chat with the customer support, because right now, there is no integration available for ‘any’ smarthome System, but they stated on their website, that this is on their list and they are working on integrations / ways how to integrate the flap in systems like HomeAssistant.

They confirmed, that they would also a community driven development of such an integration - so while my development skills are limited and I don’t see myself in the position of developing such an Integration, it might be an idea for a core integration at that point?
It might also be a good idea to get a “Works with HomeAssistant” partner as an alternative option to SurePet (which is causing issues from time to time)…

What do you think?