adaptive-lighting/docs/getting-started.md
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Create comprehensive documentation site for adaptive-lighting.nijho.lt:

- Add zensical.toml configuration with Material theme (amber/orange)
- Create docs_gen.py module for extracting README sections via markers
- Add section markers to README.md for content reuse
- Create documentation pages:
  - index.md: Home with features overview
  - getting-started.md: Installation and quick setup
  - configuration.md: Auto-generated config options table
  - services.md: Auto-generated service documentation
  - automation-examples.md: Real-world automation recipes
  - troubleshooting.md: Common issues and solutions
  - see-also.md: External resources and links
  - advanced/brightness-modes.md: Brightness mode deep dive
  - advanced/manual-control.md: Manual control system docs
  - advanced/sleep-mode.md: Sleep mode configuration
- Add GitHub Actions workflow for building and deploying to Pages
- Add custom CSS with sun-themed styling
- Add CNAME for custom domain

Uses markdown-code-runner to auto-generate content from code schemas
and extract README sections for single-source documentation.

* [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks

for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci

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- troubleshooting.md: Remove manually written "Additional Tips" section
- automation-examples.md: Remove duplicate "Additional Examples" section
- configuration.md: Remove duplicate "Option Categories" tables
- sleep-mode.md: Simplify to reference main config, remove duplicate examples
- docs_gen.py: Remove unused get_troubleshooting() and get_sleep_mode_intro()

This reduces duplication risk by keeping README as single source of truth.
Docs pages now primarily pull content via markdown-code-runner.

* [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks

for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci

* Integrate webapp (simulator) into docs workflow

- Merge deploy-webapp.yml into docs.yml workflow
- Build simulator and place at /simulator/ subdirectory
- Update docs links to use relative paths to simulator
- Remove separate deploy-webapp.yml to avoid conflicts

The combined workflow now:
1. Builds docs with zensical
2. Builds webapp with shinylive
3. Copies webapp to site/simulator/
4. Deploys everything to GitHub Pages

Simulator will be at adaptive-lighting.nijho.lt/simulator/

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- Add site_name to zensical.toml (required by MkDocs)
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- Remove docs/run_markdown_code_runner.py (lint issues, not needed for CI)

* Fix _docs_helpers.py import error in CI

- Add try/except for relative vs absolute imports in _docs_helpers.py
- Remove silent error handling in docs workflow (fail on error)

The relative import fails when markdown-code-runner executes the code
directly via sys.path.insert. The fallback to absolute import fixes this.

* Temporarily enable deployment from feature branch

* Add tabulate dependency for pandas to_markdown()

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- Restructure zensical.toml to match working agent-cli config
- Add three-way palette toggle (system/light/dark)
- Use proper [project.theme] structure
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- Add Inter font for text, JetBrains Mono for code

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- Remove hide:navigation from index.md to show menu on homepage

* Remove temporary feature branch deployment settings

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This reverts commit c568694837.

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The zensical build was failing silently because gfm_admonition extension
was not installed. Add the dependency to pyproject.toml and docs workflow.

* Use uv sync for documentation dependencies

Switch from manual pip installs to uv sync with pyproject.toml for cleaner
dependency management and reproducible builds.

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Enable md_in_html extension and add markdown="1" attribute to <details>
tags so markdown content inside them is properly rendered.

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manually maintained docs in favor of clean text and Material icons.

* Enable attr_list extension for button styling

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- Add accurate project metadata (version, authors, classifiers, URLs)
- Organize dependency groups: docs, dev, test
- Add tool configs for ruff, mypy, pytest
- Convert MkDocs-style admonitions (!!! tip) to GitHub-style (> [!TIP])
- Use docs group in CI workflow

* Add homeassistant and ulid-transform as runtime dependencies

Remove speculative test dependencies since tests run inside HA core.

* Simplify docs_gen.py - remove wrapper functions

Use readme_section() directly in docs instead of 10 one-liner wrappers.
Changed default strip_heading to True since that's the common case.

* Populate empty OUTPUT sections with markdown-code-runner

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- Add docs/run_markdown_code_runner.py script to process all docs
- Add GitHub workflow to run on push/PR and auto-commit changes

* Exclude README.md from markdown-code-runner workflow

README.md contains code blocks that import from
homeassistant.components.adaptive_lighting, which only exists
when running inside Home Assistant core, not in a regular venv.

* Update auto-generated docs

* Use editable install for markdown-code-runner workflow

- Add setuptools.packages.find config pointing to custom_components
- Remove sys.path.insert manipulation from all docs files
- Update imports to use adaptive_lighting.* package paths
- Install package with `uv pip install -e .` in workflow
- Remove deprecated license classifier (PEP 639)

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- Remove separate markdown-code-runner.yml workflow
- Update update-readme.yml to handle all markdown files (docs + README)
- Rename workflow to "Update auto-generated content"
- Update README imports to use adaptive_lighting package path

* Rename workflow to markdown-code-runner

* Remove accidentally committed files

* Remove redundant markdown-code-runner from docs workflow

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* Add webapp deps (astral, shinylive) to docs group

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* Update to latest action versions (uv@v5, upload-pages-artifact@v4)

* Remove try/except import fallback in _docs_helpers.py

* Restore install_dependencies action (used by pytest)

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* Remove redundant cp+sed for webapp (file already in repo)

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* Fix mcr: checkout PR branch instead of detached HEAD

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This is a HA custom component, not a pip package. The homeassistant
dependency is only needed for docs building, not as a project dependency.

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* Remove arbitrary version constraints from dependency groups

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Getting Started

This guide will help you install and configure Adaptive Lighting for the first time.

Prerequisites

Installation

  1. Open HACS in your Home Assistant instance
  2. Click on Integrations
  3. Click the + Explore & Download Repositories button
  4. Search for "Adaptive Lighting"
  5. Click Download
  6. Restart Home Assistant

Or use this button to open HACS directly:

Open your Home Assistant instance and open the Adaptive Lighting integration inside the Home Assistant Community Store.

Manual Installation

  1. Download the latest release from GitHub
  2. Extract the adaptive_lighting folder to your config/custom_components/ directory
  3. Restart Home Assistant

Configuration

Step 1: Add to configuration.yaml

Add the following to your configuration.yaml:

adaptive_lighting:

Note

This entry is required even if you plan to configure everything through the UI.

Step 2: Restart Home Assistant

Restart Home Assistant for the changes to take effect.

Step 3: Add the Integration

  1. Go to SettingsDevices & Services
  2. Click + Add Integration
  3. Search for "Adaptive Lighting"
  4. Follow the setup wizard to select your lights

Step 4: Configure Your Lights

You can configure Adaptive Lighting in two ways:

=== "Via UI"

1. Go to **Settings** → **Devices & Services**
2. Find Adaptive Lighting and click **Configure**
3. Adjust settings as needed

=== "Via YAML"

```yaml
adaptive_lighting:
  - name: "Living Room"
    lights:
      - light.living_room_ceiling
      - light.living_room_lamp
    min_brightness: 20
    max_brightness: 100
    min_color_temp: 2200
    max_color_temp: 5500
```

Basic Configuration Example

Here's a simple configuration to get you started:

adaptive_lighting:
  - name: "Main Lights"
    lights:
      - light.living_room
      - light.bedroom
      - light.kitchen
    transition: 30
    min_brightness: 10
    max_brightness: 100
    min_color_temp: 2000
    max_color_temp: 5500

Verifying Installation

After configuration, you should see new switches in Home Assistant:

  • switch.adaptive_lighting_main_lights
  • switch.adaptive_lighting_sleep_mode_main_lights
  • switch.adaptive_lighting_adapt_brightness_main_lights
  • switch.adaptive_lighting_adapt_color_main_lights

Turn on switch.adaptive_lighting_main_lights to start adapting your lights!

Next Steps