Home Assistant with Home MCP in Qwen Code

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Add Home MCP in user scope

Qwen Code recommends HTTP for remote MCP services. Add Hombee to user scope so the server is available across projects without placing personal authorization in a repository.

qwen mcp add --scope user --transport http hombee \
  https://your-public-home-mcp-url/mcp
  1. Start Qwen Code and open /mcp.
  2. Select hombee and begin OAuth authorization.
  3. Complete Hombee sign-in in the browser.
  4. Restart the current Qwen Code project if it was open before the server was added, then wait for MCP discovery to finish.
  5. Review tool allow and deny settings before enabling state-changing tools.

Qwen Code can store MCP OAuth credentials in a local file. On a shared or sensitive workstation, enable its encrypted file storage and protect the user profile. Never add a copied Hombee browser session as an Authorization header.

Verify Home Assistant from Qwen Code

Ask: “Use hombee to list Home Assistant areas and read-only capabilities available to me. Do not change state.” Confirm the MCP status and tool call, rather than accepting an answer based only on model knowledge.

If tools appear after the first prompt, that can be normal progressive discovery. If authorization repeatedly starts, inspect Qwen Code’s token storage and system clock. If the server is connected but capabilities differ from another user, verify Hombee account, installation access and enabled modules.

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