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HA Dashboard Design

Beautiful, copy-paste-ready Home Assistant dashboard designs with complete CSS themes, card-mod styles, and button-card templates. Nine distinct visual styles: Glassmorphism, Dark Minimal, Material You, Nordic, Neon/Cyberpunk, Warm Home, Soft Pastel, Luxury Gold, and Retro Terminal. Use this skill whenever the user wants to make their dashboard look good, asks about card styling, CSS for Home Assistant, card-mod, button-card templates, Lovelace themes, dashboard aesthetics, or wants a specific visual style - even if they don't use the words "design" or "CSS".

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npx add-skill https://github.com/tonylofgren/aurora-smart-home/tree/main/ha-dashboard-design

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HA Dashboard Design

Copy-paste-ready dashboard designs for Home Assistant. Pick a style, copy the blocks you need.

Prerequisites (install via HACS)

  • card-mod - CSS styling for any card
  • button-card - fully customizable button cards
  • mini-graph-card - beautiful graphs (optional)
  • mushroom - modern card suite (optional, used in some styles)

Available Styles

Style Feel Best for
glassmorphism Frosted glass, depth, blur Dark wallpaper backgrounds
dark-minimal Pure black, clean typography Focus, productivity
material-you Google Material 3, dynamic color Modern, familiar
nordic Light, airy, Scandinavian Bright rooms, day use
neon-cyberpunk Glow effects, vivid neon Night mode, wow factor
warm-home Amber/orange, cozy Living rooms, evening
soft-pastel Soft pinks, lilac, mint Friendly, family homes
luxury-gold Deep navy + gold accents Premium, sophisticated
retro-terminal Green phosphor, monospace Geek aesthetic

How to Use

  1. Read the reference file for the chosen style
  2. Copy the Theme YAML → paste into config/themes/your-style.yaml
  3. Copy the card-mod global styles → paste into your dashboard resources
  4. Copy individual card blocks → paste directly into your dashboard YAML
  5. Adjust entity IDs to match your setup

Quick Start - Any Style

yaml
# configuration.yaml - enable themes folder
frontend:
  themes: !include_dir_merge_named themes/
yaml
# Activate theme in dashboard
theme: your-theme-name

Image Generation

To generate background images or dashboard mockup visualizations matching any style, read references/image-prompts.md - contains ready-to-paste prompts for Midjourney, DALL-E 3, Stable Diffusion, and Flux for every style.

Reference Files

Read only the file for the requested style:

  • references/glassmorphism.md
  • references/dark-minimal.md
  • references/material-you.md
  • references/nordic.md
  • references/neon-cyberpunk.md
  • references/warm-home.md
  • references/soft-pastel.md
  • references/luxury-gold.md
  • references/retro-terminal.md
  • references/image-prompts.md - image generation prompts for backgrounds and mockups

Card Types Covered in Every Style

Each reference file contains copy-paste blocks for:

  • Sensor display - temperature, humidity, power readings
  • Media player - Spotify, TV, speaker controls
  • Climate / thermostat - temperature control with visual feedback
  • Security / alarm - arm/disarm, door/window sensors
  • Camera - live feed with overlay
  • Button grid - scene/light/device shortcuts
  • Weather - current + forecast display
  • Energy - power consumption, solar, grid
  • Light control - on/off, brightness, color temp slider
  • Presence - person/device tracker cards
  • Calendar / agenda - upcoming events
  • Statistics / graphs - sensor history, mini-graph
  • Header / navigation - page title, room nav
  • Alert banners - notifications, warnings, status

Dashboard Types

Always default to masonry - it works in all HA versions and requires no setup.

yaml
# Safe default - works everywhere
views:
  - title: Home
    type: masonry   # ← default, always works
    cards:
      - ...

type: sections (HA 2024.6+ grid layout) can give a blank page if the user's HA version doesn't support it or if the view structure is wrong. Only suggest it if the user explicitly asks for it or confirms they're on HA 2024.6+.

Pre-Output Checklist

  • Dashboard uses type: masonry unless user specifically asked for Sections
  • Theme YAML included with correct filename
  • card-mod styles wrapped in correct YAML structure
  • All entity IDs marked as placeholders (e.g., sensor.YOUR_TEMPERATURE)
  • HACS dependencies listed at top of output
  • Credentials/secrets not hardcoded

Integration

Pairs with:

  • ha-yaml skill - for automations that respond to dashboard interactions
  • api-catalog skill - for sensor data displayed on the dashboard

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