Turned my HyBran into a smart home command center

Finally ditched my Alexa and Google Home setup. Moved everything to OpenClaw running locally on my HyBran, and honestly it's way better than I expected.

The setup:

• Hooked OpenClaw to my Home Assistant instance via webhook
• Voice commands work even when the internet is down (the killer feature)
• Created custom scenes: "movie night" dims lights, closes blinds, sets temp to 72°F
• Morning routine gradually raises lights and reads my calendar while I make coffee

What surprised me:

• Response time is faster than cloud assistants. No more "Hmm, let me think about that" delays.
• Privacy actually means something. My light switch patterns aren't being sold to advertisers.
• Battery impact is minimal — HyBran still lasts 3+ days even with constant Home Assistant polling.

The only hiccup was setting up the Matter bridge, but once that was done everything just worked.

Anyone else running local-only smart home setups? Curious what automations you've built.