Runbook: lead the TouchHub setup with the zero-config flow #179
@@ -159,9 +159,50 @@ Sensors the automations read: `sensor.nestquest_<child>_quests_due_today`
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Run these steps in order to display the NestQuest panel on a TouchHub
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wall device. The panel is an HA Lovelace dashboard, so the kiosk browser
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is simply a Home Assistant client.
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is simply a Home Assistant client. The path below is zero-config: the
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integration registers its panel dashboard itself on setup, so no YAML
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and no hand-built views are involved.
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1. **Create a dedicated kiosk user.** In *Settings → People → Users*, add
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1. **Install the integration and add the config entry.** Install
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NestQuest via HACS or manually (see Installation above) and restart
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Home Assistant. Then, in *Settings → Devices & Services*, click
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**Add Integration**, search for **NestQuest**, and submit the flow —
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it has no fields; it just creates the single config entry. Then open
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the entry, click **Configure**, and fill the panel-plane API
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connection in the options flow:
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- **NestQuest API base URL** — the full `http://host:port` URL of
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your NestQuest API service (default `http://127.0.0.1:8000`).
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- **Panel service token** — the token the panel presents to the API
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service as its Bearer credential. It may stay empty until you have
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one; a pasted token must be unpadded.
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The form's remaining fields (panel idle timeout, coordinator update
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interval, last-good snapshot staleness) have defaults that serve the
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panel and need no change here.
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2. **The panel dashboard appears automatically.** On setup the
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integration registers one storage-mode Lovelace dashboard: a sidebar
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entry titled **NestQuest** at the URL path `/nestquest`, whose stored
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config is nothing but the **`custom:nestquest-party` strategy**
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(`strategy: { type: custom:nestquest-party }`). The strategy
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generates the views at render time from the household roster:
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- **The Party** — the party-board view at `/nestquest/party`; the
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dashboard root `/nestquest` shows it as the first view.
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- one quest-log view per child at `/nestquest/<child-slug>`
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("Ada's Quest Log", …), in roster order.
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Nothing is hand-configured: no YAML, no manual views, no
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`child_order`, no `quest_log_path`/`board_path` — the board and the
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quest logs compute their navigation paths from the dashboard's own
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URL — and every generated view is already in **Panel** layout (see
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the two constraints below). If the Lovelace surfaces are unavailable
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(for example when Lovelace runs in YAML mode), setup logs a warning
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and skips the registration; create the dashboard manually with the
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same strategy as described in the manual alternative below.
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3. **Create a dedicated kiosk user.** In *Settings → People → Users*, add
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a new user for the wall device. Make it **non-admin**, and ensure it is
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not in the NestQuest admin allowlist. The allowlist blocks the NestQuest
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**admin** operations — `uncomplete_quest`, `create_quest_definition`,
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@@ -174,81 +215,101 @@ is simply a Home Assistant client.
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Assistant user it may also reach other permitted Home Assistant entities
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and services.
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2. **Build a dashboard with only the NestQuest panel cards.** The
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recommended path is the **zero-config dashboard strategy**: create a
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Lovelace dashboard whose URL slug is `nestquest` with
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4. **Open the dashboard and point TouchHub at it.** Open
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`http://<home-assistant>/nestquest` in a browser first and check the
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party board renders with your children's crests. Then, in the
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TouchHub launcher, add the **Home Assistant Lovelace** app to the
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dock and paste the dashboard URL from step 2 — the dashboard root,
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`/nestquest` (TouchHub loads that URL directly as the kiosk landing
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page). Set TouchHub **Auto-Return** to a value GREATER than the
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quest log's `idle_return_seconds` (default 40s) — recommend **60s or
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higher**. If Auto-Return is at or below 40s, TouchHub returns to its
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launcher before the quest log's idle return can navigate back to the
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party board.
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```yaml
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strategy:
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type: custom:nestquest-party
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```
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and no views of your own — the strategy generates the party-board and
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quest-log views (each already in Panel layout) from the household
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roster at render time. Optional `url_path` and `weather_entity` keys
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may sit beside `strategy:`. The manual instructions below describe
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building the two views by hand if you prefer not to use the strategy.
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**Manual alternative:** create a Lovelace dashboard whose **URL slug
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is `nestquest`** (Settings →
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Dashboards → Edit → URL slug). A functional panel needs **two** views
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in that dashboard, each with its own card config from
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`design/ENTITIES-AND-SERVICES.md` §4. Give the views these exact URL
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paths (the path segment after the dashboard slug):
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- **View 1 path `board`** (URL `/nestquest/board`) — party board
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(`type: custom:nestquest-party-board-card`): the household quest
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board. Set `weather_entity` (optional; the dock falls back to
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date/time), `quest_log_path: /nestquest/log` (the view the crest tap
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navigates to), and `child_order: [slug1, slug2, slug3]` listing each
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child's slug in display order.
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- **View 2 path `log`** (URL `/nestquest/log`) — quest log
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(`type: custom:nestquest-quest-log-card`): the per-child quest screen
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the party board hops to. Set `board_path: /nestquest/board` (the
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party-board view to return to), `weather_entity`,
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`idle_return_seconds` (must be shorter than TouchHub Auto-Return),
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`confirm_timeout_seconds`, and `complete_screen_seconds`. The quest
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log reads the selected child's slug from the view's URL path, so the
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board → log hop is a plain Lovelace navigation.
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Each view's layout MUST be set to **Panel** (Edit Dashboard → pencil on the
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view → View type: Panel). Home Assistant's default Masonry layout constrains
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the 1080px-tall NestQuest card to a narrow column; Panel (single-card)
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layout is what renders the card full-screen at 1920×1080.
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The dashboard contains only the NestQuest panel card for each view —
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no other cards, no admin controls.
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The `quest_log_path` and `board_path` values must match the dashboard
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slug and view paths above: `/<slug>/<view>`. If you chose `nestquest`
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as the dashboard slug with view paths `board` and `log`, the card
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configs are already correct. If you pick different names, substitute
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your actual paths in **both** card configs — e.g. a dashboard slug
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`chores` with view paths `main` and `history` needs
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`quest_log_path: /chores/history` and `board_path: /chores/main`.
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Navigation between the two views fails (the crest tap or back button
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lands on a 404) if the card config paths do not match the dashboard
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slug and view paths exactly.
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See `design/ENTITIES-AND-SERVICES.md` §4 for the full card YAML.
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3. **Point TouchHub at it.** In the TouchHub launcher, add the **Home
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Assistant Lovelace** app to the dock and paste the dashboard URL from
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step 2 — the party-board view URL, e.g. `/nestquest/board` (TouchHub
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loads that URL directly as the kiosk landing page). Set TouchHub
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**Auto-Return** to a value GREATER than the quest log's
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`idle_return_seconds` (default 40s) — recommend **60s or higher**. If
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Auto-Return is at or below 40s, TouchHub returns to its launcher before
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the quest log's idle return can navigate back to the party board.
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4. **Log the kiosk session in.** Sign in on the device as the dedicated
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kiosk user from step 1, and leave that session logged in.
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5. **Log the kiosk session in.** Sign in on the device as the dedicated
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kiosk user from step 3, and leave that session logged in.
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TouchHub loads the dashboard URL directly. The NestQuest cards are normal
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Lovelace cards, not an iframe, so no Home Assistant framing setting is
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needed.
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### The two constraints
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- **Panel layout.** Every view must be in **Panel** (single-card)
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layout: Home Assistant's default Masonry layout constrains the
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1080px-tall NestQuest card to a narrow column, while Panel renders the
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card full-screen at 1920×1080. The zero-config path already satisfies
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the requirement — the strategy generates every view as
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`type: panel` — while the manual alternative below requires setting
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the layout by hand on each view (Edit Dashboard → pencil on the view
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→ View type: Panel).
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- **TouchHub Auto-Return.** TouchHub's **Auto-Return** must be greater
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than the quest log's `idle_return_seconds` (default 40s) — recommend
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**60s or higher** — so the launcher does not reclaim the wall device
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before the quest log's own idle return navigates back to the party
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board.
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### Manual alternative: build the dashboard by hand
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If you prefer not to use the zero-config dashboard above — or its
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registration was skipped — configure a Lovelace dashboard whose **URL
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slug is `nestquest`** (Settings → Dashboards → Edit → URL slug)
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yourself. Two options, in decreasing order of convenience:
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- **Use the strategy.** Give the dashboard
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```yaml
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strategy:
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type: custom:nestquest-party
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```
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and no views of your own — the strategy generates the party-board and
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quest-log views (each already in Panel layout) from the household
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roster at render time. Optional `url_path` and `weather_entity` keys
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may sit beside `strategy:`.
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- **Build the two views by hand.** A functional panel needs **two**
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views in that dashboard, each with its own card config from
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`design/ENTITIES-AND-SERVICES.md` §4. Give the views these exact URL
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paths (the path segment after the dashboard slug):
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- **View 1 path `board`** (URL `/nestquest/board`) — party board
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(`type: custom:nestquest-party-board-card`): the household quest
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board. Set `weather_entity` (optional; the dock falls back to
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date/time), `quest_log_path: /nestquest/log` (the view the crest tap
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navigates to), and `child_order: [slug1, slug2, slug3]` listing each
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child's slug in display order.
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- **View 2 path `log`** (URL `/nestquest/log`) — quest log
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(`type: custom:nestquest-quest-log-card`): the per-child quest screen
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the party board hops to. Set `board_path: /nestquest/board` (the
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party-board view to return to), `weather_entity`,
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`idle_return_seconds` (must be shorter than TouchHub Auto-Return —
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see the two constraints above), `confirm_timeout_seconds`, and
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`complete_screen_seconds`. The quest log reads the selected child's
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slug from the view's URL path, so the board → log hop is a plain
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Lovelace navigation.
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The dashboard contains only the NestQuest panel card for each view —
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no other cards, no admin controls. Each view's layout MUST be set to
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**Panel** — see the two constraints above for why; the strategy
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generates it for you, hand-built views do not get it for free.
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The `quest_log_path` and `board_path` values must match the dashboard
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slug and view paths above: `/<slug>/<view>`. If you chose `nestquest`
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as the dashboard slug with view paths `board` and `log`, the card
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configs are already correct. If you pick different names, substitute
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your actual paths in **both** card configs — e.g. a dashboard slug
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`chores` with view paths `main` and `history` needs
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`quest_log_path: /chores/history` and `board_path: /chores/main`.
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Navigation between the two views fails (the crest tap or back button
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lands on a 404) if the card config paths do not match the dashboard
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slug and view paths exactly.
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See `design/ENTITIES-AND-SERVICES.md` §4 for the full card YAML.
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## Developer Setup and Testing
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This project uses [`uv`](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv) for fast Python package and dependency management.
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