# Check if there is information about an entity — Home Assistant

Botize method — `home_assistant.get_entity_states` (action).

Gets the data from a specific entity.

This is an action: it runs as a step of a task. Several can be chained.

## Fields you set

The field's internal name, its type and the values it accepts. These fields accept `{{...}}` tags from earlier steps.

- `mb_switch` *(boolean)* — Rules
- `entity_id` *(string)* — Device

It also accepts repeatable field groups, with these prefixes: `mb_filters_*`, `field_counter_*`, `tagname_*`, `tagtype_*`, `tagtitle_*`. These are composite components (buttons, filters, keyboards); the trailing number is set by the user as they are added.

## Output variables

Data this step makes available. Reference them in later steps with the double-brace tag.

- `{{entity_id}}` *(text)* — Entity Id
- `{{state}}` *(text)* — State
- `{{attributes}}` *(array)* — Attributes

## Account

Needs a connected Home Assistant account in Botize: https://botize.com/en/app/home_assistant/authenticate

## This app

Every trigger and action for Home Assistant: https://botize.com/en/app/home_assistant.md

## How to build this

An AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor…) can create and edit these tasks in the user's account through the Botize MCP connector, included in every plan:

    https://webhook.botize.es/mcp

- Connection guide: https://botize.com/en/mcp
- Agent map: https://botize.com/llms.txt
- New account: https://botize.com/en/join (500 free operations, no card)

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Machine-readable summary for AI assistants. Human version: https://botize.com/en/method/home_assistant/get_entity_states