Firstly, credit where credit is due! A lot of this automation was inspired and even copied from both @SgtBatten's Frigate notification Blueprint and @valentinfrlch's LLMVision Blueprint. If anyone has an issue with content or code, please reach out.
After sharing a screenshot of one of my Frigate automations the other day, a few of you asked if I had a blueprint. At the time I didn’t… so I sat down, taught myself how to build one and here it is!
Introducing Frigate Vision; a blueprint designed to bring intelligent notifications and AI object recognition to your Home Assistant setup, powered by Frigate, LLMVision, and Home Assistant.
📄 Get the Blueprint:
- 🚨 Listens for new Frigate detection events from any camera you choose using MQTT
- 🧠 Integrates with LLMVision to enrich notifications with event summaries
- 🕒 Enforces per-camera cooldowns so you’re not spammed when a squirrel does laps in your yard
- 📱 Pushes mobile notifications with custom text, camera names, and optional sublabels (e.g., who or what was recognized)
- 🧩 Uses input helpers so you can easily reuse this blueprint across cameras without editing YAML
- 🎛️ Multiple notification devices now available
- 🐛 Debug mode lets you preview all variables and logic without sending notifications
I’ve used @SgtBatten’s reworked Frigate notifications for years and finally decided to break it down and recreate it to my liking. It started out as a fun project, but once I discovered LLMVision and the ability to generate dynamic event summaries from clips, I was hooked.
I’ve since spent time crafting what I felt was the ultimate smart notification setup for me. The blueprint includes 3 built-in notification actions and is currently optimized for Android (with iOS support planned). This is still a beta version, but it’s what I’d call mostly complete—and I’m already planning to add more customization options like SgtBatten’s original in future releases.
- Frigate installed with MQTT events enabled
- LLMVision installed and configured
- Home Assistant mobile app (for push notifications)
- An input_boolean helper for multi-camera queuing
- A dashboard to use as a landing page ( LLMVision event summary suggested )
Frigate Vision makes your HA notifications smarter by blending real-time detection with AI object recognition and smart logic; all wrapped in one reusable, configurable blueprint.
I’d love your feedback, ideas, bug reports (via github please), and feature requests. If you use it and like it, drop a comment; let’s make Frigate Vision even smarter!