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Unlock rbw (Bitwarden CLI) via a Home Assistant phone notification. Use when rbw commands fail with "not unlocked", before calling rbw::get/rbw::find, or whenever the vault needs to be unlocked.

pschmitt By pschmitt schedule Updated 6/12/2026

name: rbw description: >- Unlock rbw (Bitwarden CLI) via a Home Assistant phone notification. Use when rbw commands fail with "not unlocked", before calling rbw::get/rbw::find, or whenever the vault needs to be unlocked.

rbw

Use this skill when rbw needs to be unlocked before a command can run.

Check unlock status

rbw unlocked

Returns 0 if unlocked, non-zero if locked.

Request unlock via Home Assistant

POST to the HA webhook to send an actionable notification to the phone. On Accept, HA SSHes to the target host and pipes the master password from HA secrets to rbw unlock --stdin.

curl -fsS -X POST "http://10.5.1.1:8123/api/webhook/rbw_unlock_request" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "{\"host\": \"${HOST:-fnuc}\", \"agent\": \"Claude\"}"

The host field is optional and defaults to fnuc. Known short names that HA maps to SSH targets (<name>.lan): fnuc, ge2, x13, gk4.

The agent field is shown in the phone notification (defaults to Claude if omitted).

Poll for unlock

After triggering the webhook, poll until unlocked (2-minute timeout):

for i in $(seq 1 24); do
  rbw unlocked 2>/dev/null && break
  sleep 5
done
rbw unlocked || { echo "rbw unlock timed out"; exit 1; }

Full unlock flow (copy-paste ready)

if ! rbw unlocked 2>/dev/null; then
  echo "Requesting rbw unlock on ${HOST:-fnuc} via Home Assistant..."
  curl -fsS -X POST "http://10.5.1.1:8123/api/webhook/rbw_unlock_request" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d "{\"host\": \"${HOST:-fnuc}\", \"agent\": \"Claude\"}" || {
    echo "Failed to reach HA webhook" >&2; exit 1
  }
  echo "Waiting for Accept tap on phone (up to 2 minutes)..."
  for i in $(seq 1 24); do
    rbw unlocked 2>/dev/null && { echo "rbw unlocked"; break; }
    sleep 5
  done
  rbw unlocked || { echo "rbw unlock timed out"; exit 1; }
fi
Install via CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/pschmitt/nixos-config --skill rbw
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