Magic Caster Wand
eigger/hass-magic-caster-wand · v2.2.0
Magic Caster Wand Home Assistant Integration
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
switch | Switch or outlet | |
camera | Camera | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
binary_sensor | Sensor (motion, contact, leak, smoke…) | |
sensor | Sensor (temperature, humidity, air quality…) | |
button | Button (as a switch) | |
select | Mode picker (as switches) |
What people report
Local Bluetooth integration for Magic Caster wands; spell detection accuracy is rough (roughly 50% error reported).
- Works2
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Caster Box | Works Local | Support included per READMESaved copySupported devices: Wand models: Defiant, Loyal and Honourable; Magic Caster Box support is also included.; Home Assistant 2025.4.0 or later, HACS or a manual installation, and a connectable Bluetooth adapter or ESPHome Bluetooth proxy.. Excerpt saved from the README on 2026-10-23. | README | |
| Magic Caster Wand (Defiant, Loyal, Honourable) | Works Local | Listed wand models; needs Bluetooth adapter or ESPHome proxySaved copySupported devices: Wand models: Defiant, Loyal and Honourable; Magic Caster Box support is also included.; Home Assistant 2025.4.0 or later, HACS or a manual installation, and a connectable Bluetooth adapter or ESPHome Bluetooth proxy.. Excerpt saved from the README on 2026-10-23. | README | |
| Magic Caster Wand spell detection | Partly works Local | User sees about 50% wrong or missed spellsSaved copy… of the lag; I did better just waiting for the tip to glow white and just following the diagram on the readme. Probably still a 50% error rate (either a spell doesn't fire or it fires the wrong one), but still big progress. Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Discussion #60 · 2026-02 |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Local polling
Talks to the device on your network, asking it for updates every so often.
Found automatically over
- Bluetooth
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 71 (0.01%) |
|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 194 |
| Latest version | 2.2.0 (2026-10-23) |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @eigger |
| License | MIT |
Devices listed in its README
- Wand models: Defiant, Loyal and Honourable; Magic Caster Box support is also included.
- Home Assistant 2025.4.0 or later, HACS or a manual installation, and a connectable Bluetooth adapter or ESPHome Bluetooth proxy.
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
Sources
- Documentation: https://github.com/eigger/hass-magic-caster-wand
- Source code: https://github.com/eigger/hass-magic-caster-wand
- Issues: https://github.com/eigger/hass-magic-caster-wand/issues
- HACS: https://hacs.xyz
