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+homeassistant:
+  name: Home
+  latitude: !secret home_latitude
+  longitude: !secret home_longitude
+  elevation: !secret home_elevation
+  unit_system: metric
+  time_zone: !secret home_timezone
+  packages: !include_dir_named packages
+
+  allowlist_external_dirs:
+    - / # Add this if it isn't already there
+  customize_glob:
+    sensor.*_total_chores:
+      friendly_name: "Total Chores"
+
+# Loads default set of integrations. Do not remove.
+default_config:
+
+# Text to speech
+tts:
+  - platform: google_translate
+
+automation: !include automations.yaml
+script: !include scripts.yaml
+#scene: !include scenes.yaml
+input_select: !include input_select.yaml
+input_boolean: !include input_boolean.yaml
+input_number: !include input_number.yaml
+sensor: !include sensors.yaml
+counter: !include counter.yaml
+input_datetime: !include input_datetime.yaml
+input_text: !include input_text.yaml
+rest_command: !include rest_commands.yaml
+
+# ========== MODERN TEMPLATE CONFIGURATION ==========
+# Migrated from legacy binary_sensor platform: template syntax
+# Old file: binary_sensors.yaml (can be deleted after verifying migration works)
+template: !include templates.yaml
+
+# ========== REMOVED - LEGACY SYNTAX ==========
+# binary_sensor: !include binary_sensors.yaml  # REMOVED - migrated to template: above
+
+notify:
+  - platform: file
+    name: chorelog
+    filename: chorelog.csv
+    timestamp: False
+  - platform: group
+    name: family
+    services:
+      - service: mobile_app_jess_iphone
+      - service: mobile_app_angelrose_iphone
+
+frontend:
+  themes:
+    main:
+      fc-small-font-size: "32px"
+
+python_script:
+
+shell_command:
+  generate_chore_summary: "python3 /config/python_scripts/chore_log_summary.py"
+
+recorder:
+  db_url: mysql://homeassistant:23Pinkpr!ncesses@core-mariadb/homeassistant
+  purge_keep_days: 5
+  include:
+    domains:
+      - automation
+      - input_boolean
+      - input_text
+      - sensor
+      - binary_sensor
+      - script
+    entity_globs:
+      - "counter.chores_completed_*"
+      - "input_boolean.task_*"
+      - "sensor.last_chore_*"
+      - "sensor.*_consumption"
+      - "sensor.*_power"
+      - "sensor.dishwasher_*"
+      - "sensor.washingmachine_*"
+      - "sensor.clothesdrier_*"
+      - "sensor.cr10_*"
+      - "sensor.server_*"
+      # Add device blocking entities to recorder
+      - "input_boolean.*_blocked"
+      - "input_boolean.*_mac_changed"
+      - "input_text.*_mac"
+      - "sensor.*_detected_mac"
+      - "sensor.*_blocked"
+      - "sensor.*_network_status"
+      - "binary_sensor.ping_*"
+
+http:
+  use_x_forwarded_for: true
+  trusted_proxies:
+    - 10.0.0.55 # Add the IP address of the proxy server
+    - 172.16.0.0/12 # You may also provide the subnet mask
+    - 127.0.0.1
+  server_port: 8123
+  ip_ban_enabled: true
+  login_attempts_threshold: 5
+
+light:
+  - platform: group
+    name: "Lounge Lights"
+    entities:
+      - light.rgb_lounge_front_left
+      - light.rgb_lounge_front_right
+      - light.rgb_lounge_rear_left
+      - light.rgb_lounge_rear_right
+
+# ========== ZONE DEFINITIONS ==========
+zone:
+  - name: Home
+    latitude: !secret home_latitude
+    longitude: !secret home_longitude
+    radius: 100
+    icon: mdi:home
+
+# ========== LOGGER CONFIGURATION ==========
+logger:
+  default: info
+  logs:
+    homeassistant.components.rest_command: debug
+    homeassistant.components.ping: info
+    custom_components.tplink_router: debug