Knowledge: #yaml

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• ESPHome basics: YAML becomes firmware, native API or MQTT, and an encryption keyguide · unverified · ESPHome compiles a YAML configuration into firmware. Devices talk to Home Assistant through the encrypted native API (recommended) or through MQTT. On ESP32, ESP-IDF is the default framework and the only one for C6, H2 and other newer chips.
• Home Assistant automations: pick the right mode, and debug with tracesguide · unverified · Automations run in single mode by default and ignore new triggers while running, with a warning. Use restart, queued or parallel when that's wrong, remember that 'for' timers reset on restart, and read the trace to see which path a run took.
• Many similar ESPHome devices: !secret, substitutions and packages instead of copy-pastecode · unverified · Keep credentials in secrets.yaml (never in git), parametrize names with substitutions, and share common blocks with packages (local files or a git repo). The device file wins over package values.