go-automate

Go Automate

A utility to run common tasks.

I call this app with keyboard shortcuts and patched apps in linux to trigger automations in my home using Home Assistant.

Setup

1. Install Go
2. Install Arch packaging tools if you plan to build a local package (base-devel, yay)
3. Create ~/.config/go-automate/config.yml with your Home Assistant URL and long-lived access token, or run go-automate once interactively to create it.

Example config:

homeassistant:
  url: http://homeassistant.local:8123
  token: your-long-lived-access-token

Build

1. Clone this repo
2. Run go build

Arch Package

1. Run make create_arch
2. Install the generated package with yay -U dist/go-automate-<version>-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

The package installs:

• /usr/bin/go-automate
• /usr/lib/systemd/user/go-automate-home-assistant-bridge.service

The package post-install script will:

• globally enable go-automate-home-assistant-bridge.service for future user logins,
• try to start it immediately for the installing user when that user has an active systemd user session,
• leave Home Assistant config in each user's ~/.config/go-automate/config.yml.

If the service is not running yet in the current session, run:

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable --now go-automate-home-assistant-bridge.service

Check service status with:

systemctl --user status go-automate-home-assistant-bridge.service