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 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "id": "oleost-visionstate--read-appliance-countdown-from-display",
 "repo": "oleost/VisionState",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/oleost/VisionState",
 "repo_slug": "oleost-visionstate",
 "title": "Read a washer's minutes-left display into Home Assistant",
 "page_title": "How to read a washer's minutes-left display into Home Assistant with Vision State",
 "summary": "Turn a appliance display's remaining minutes into a sensor you can automate on.",
 "who": "A person who is often away from home and wants to know when the washer or dryer finishes.",
 "problem": "Appliances without a network connection hide their remaining time behind a display that cannot be read from another room.",
 "outcome": "A reading sensor that reports the minutes left on the display, so an automation can notify you when the cycle is nearly done.",
 "steps": [
  "Install the Vision State app and open it from the sidebar.",
  "Point a camera at the appliance display, then choose New sensor and select that camera.",
  "Draw a box around the number that shows the minutes left.",
  "Choose the reading option and check that the sensor shows the number the display shows.",
  "Add a Home Assistant automation that sends a message when the reading drops to a value you choose."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the VisionState repo at https://github.com/oleost/VisionState, create a reading sensor for the camera <camera_entity> that reads the minutes-left display on <appliance>. Expected output: a numeric sensor that matches the display. Verify that the sensor value matches the display on three separate checks.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README names the washer as an example but does not say which appliance displays are supported, so test with your own display before you trust the reading.",
 "category": "Life admin",
 "tags": [
  "Life admin"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Home Assistant OS or Home Assistant Supervised, version 2025.10 or newer",
  "The Mosquitto broker app and the MQTT integration in Home Assistant",
  "A camera that Home Assistant can see as a camera entity, or an RTSP or HTTP snapshot URL"
 ],
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 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.7,
 "evidence": [],
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