Updated: Mar 1, 2024—2 min read

Sentinel Sight: AI Vigilance with Gemini Vision and Home Assistant

Written by: Fixt
Sentinel Sight: Unleash the Full Power of AI Vigilance with Gemini Vision and Home Assistant

Install Integration version with Gemini Vision Support

Download if from here

Home Assistant version 2024.2 is out, and it brings support for Gemini Vision built in.
You can safely remove the Custom Integration files

Google AI API Key

First you need to generate an API key to use with the integration, you can generate yours here.

Gemini Vision is running on Google Cloud using the Vertex AI Conversation API
Is free to use for now, but Google may enforce rate limits during this period.

Google IA Conversation Integration

Open your Home Assistant and show de integration menu

You can use this button to start the setup process. It will open the integration page in Home Assistant.

This integration allows you to use the Google AI Conversation API to generate text. You can use this to generate personalized messages for automations and scripts.

You can find the documentation here.

Sentinel Sight: Blueprint

New Sentinel Sight v2 available here

AI-Powered Vigilance with Gemini Vision

Install Visual Studio Code Add-on

Open your Home Assistant instance and show the dashboard of a Supervisor add-on.

You can buy the blueprint and support the channel by clicking the button

I would love to hear your comments, or suggestions on this post.


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