Home Assistant Integration

The add-on deploys a companion integration (bruh_minecraft) that Home Assistant auto-discovers — turning the server into a first-class smart-home citizen with sensors, buttons, and services you can automate like anything else.

Device & entities

Everything lives under one BRUH Minecraft device:

Entity	What it tells you
`sensor.…_players_online`	Player count, with the `players` name list in attributes
`sensor.…_players_max`	Slots
`sensor.…_tps_1m/5m/15m`	Server tick rate (Paper/Purpur/Folia) — the lag early-warning
`sensor.…_latency_ms`	Status ping latency
`sensor.…_uptime` / `version` / `server_type` / `motd` / `difficulty` / `gamemode`	Server facts
`binary_sensor.…_reachable`	Status ping succeeds
`binary_sensor.…_rcon_ok`	RCON handshake OK (disabled by default)
Buttons	`backup_now`, `restart_server`, `stop_server`, `save_all`

Services

Service	Fields	What it does
`bruh_minecraft.say`	`message`	Broadcast to everyone online
`bruh_minecraft.rcon_command`	`command`	Any Minecraft command over RCON
`bruh_minecraft.give`	`player`, `item`, `amount`	Give items (player must be online)
`bruh_minecraft.set_weather`	`weather`	`clear` / `rain` / `thunder`
`bruh_minecraft.set_time`	`time`	`day`, `night`, `noon`, `midnight`, or ticks
`bruh_minecraft.backup_now`	—	Git or archive backup, per your config
`bruh_minecraft.restart_server`	—	Graceful save + restart
`bruh_minecraft.stop_server`	—	Graceful save + stop (stays stopped)
`bruh_minecraft.op_player` / `deop_player` / `kick_player` / `ban_player` / `whitelist_add` / `whitelist_remove`	`player`	Player management

There’s also a notify platform: notify.bruh_minecraft_broadcast takes a message and broadcasts it in-game, so anything that can send a notification — doorbells, timers, dinner — can reach the players.

Recipes

Bedtime enforcement

automation:
  - alias: Minecraft - bedtime
    trigger:
      platform: numeric_state
      entity_id: sensor.bruh_minecraft_players_online
      above: 0
    condition:
      condition: time
      after: "22:30:00"
      before: "06:00:00"
    action:
      - service: bruh_minecraft.say
        data: { message: "Server going to sleep in 60s — save your work!" }
      - delay: "00:01:00"
      - service: bruh_minecraft.stop_server

Nightly backup

automation:
  - alias: Minecraft - nightly backup
    trigger: { platform: time, at: "04:00:00" }
    action:
      service: bruh_minecraft.backup_now

Announce over the server

Paired with a brAIn voice assistant, “tell everyone dinner’s ready” does this hands-free:

- service: bruh_minecraft.say
  data:
    message: "Dinner's ready — pause your builds!"

TPS watchdog

automation:
  - alias: Minecraft - lag alert
    trigger:
      platform: numeric_state
      entity_id: sensor.bruh_minecraft_tps_1m
      below: 15
      for: "00:05:00"
    action:
      service: notify.mobile_app_phone
      data:
        message: "Minecraft TPS dropped to {{ states('sensor.bruh_minecraft_tps_1m') }} — {{ state_attr('sensor.bruh_minecraft_players_online','players') | join(', ') }} online."

Under the hood, services run through a file-based IPC bridge at /config/.bruh_minecraft/ — HA drops a JSON request, the add-on executes it over RCON and writes the response back. See the Reference for RCON and backup configuration.