Front door

The hall is the last place you pass before you leave. A viewport there answers the questions you'd otherwise ask on the doorstep: will it rain, is the back door locked, is the washing done, which bin goes out.

The case for Switchboard

• It catches things before you’ve gone. Back door unlocked, Washing finished and Car at 38% appear only when they’re true, in red, blue or yellow, with a line saying what to do. When all is well, the list is empty.
• The forecast that matters at the door. The weather section says when the rain starts or stops today, not just a percentage.
• The bins, sorted. Collections come from your council’s calendar link or a Home Assistant sensor. The night before, it says Put out tonight.
• No wiring in the hall. It hangs on a nail or sits on a shelf, and runs for months on a charge.
• Your words. The messages are yours: Keys, wallet, phone?

Setting it up

This screen is two columns:

• Left: a Weather section with its rain outlook, then a Message with an icon.
• Right: a Now section of entity items, each with a condition and your own wording, then a Bins section.

See Viewport layouts for each section’s options.