MCP Assist - 95% Token Reduction for Voice Assistants with Local & Cloud LLMs

sparkydave · January 28, 2026, 4:09am

Is that something that can be changed via the UI somewhere?

jose1711 · January 28, 2026, 3:46pm

With Gemini model I am getting an “unsupported action” when trying to set a timer. Is that expected? Thanks

jose1711 · January 29, 2026, 7:37am

it’s hardcoded:

github.com/mike-nott/mcp-assist

custom_components/mcp_assist/mcp_server.py

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          """Discover entities based on criteria with progress notifications."""
          # Notify start
          self.publish_progress("tool_start", "Starting entity discovery", tool="discover_entities", args=args)
          
          entities = await self.discovery.discover_entities(
              entity_type=args.get("entity_type"),
              area=args.get("area"),
              domain=args.get("domain"),
              state=args.get("state"),
              name_contains=args.get("name_contains"),
              limit=args.get("limit", 20),
              device_class=args.get("device_class"),
              name_pattern=args.get("name_pattern"),
              inferred_type=args.get("inferred_type"),
          )
          
          # Notify completion
          self.publish_progress(
              "tool_complete",
              f"Discovery complete: found {len(entities)} entities",
              tool="discover_entities",

mikenott · February 1, 2026, 4:23pm

@jose1711 Unfortunately HA doesnt have a good timers framework that assist can connect into yet. There are tools for start and stop, but not for create or managing notification etc.

mikenott · February 1, 2026, 5:03pm

@sparkydave @jose1711 - I’ve added a setting to adjust the entity limit - Release v0.15.4 - Configurable Entity Discovery Limit · mike-nott/mcp-assist · GitHub