safe-refactoring: display names are a separate registry field - #95
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The Entity Renames section covers entity_id renames thoroughly — sibling discovery, dashboard reference locations, config-entry blind spots — but never mentions that the display name is stored independently, and that renaming in the UI writes a user override rather than changing the value the integration supplied. That gap has a delayed failure mode. Once `name` / `name_by_user` is set it takes precedence for as long as it exists, so a later corrected name from the integration — device renamed in its vendor app, firmware typo fixed — lands in `original_name` / `default_name` and never reaches the UI. The stale override then reads as an integration bug rather than a local setting, often months after it was set. Adds a Step 3 subsection with the field pairs, the mechanism, and the non-shadowing alternatives (labels, areas, categories). Placed inside the existing Entity Renames section rather than as a new top-level section, so no TOC entries or anchors change. Per CONTRIBUTING step 6, also updates the descriptions that route a reader to this file, since it now covers a scope they did not imply: the safe-refactoring rows in SKILL.md's reference table and README.md's Skill Contents table, and the decision-workflow gate at the top of SKILL.md. Verified with `skills_ref.cli validate` — skill valid. Claude-Session-Id: fb5f7638-4901-4aa5-8fd6-40ced1ec261b Resume: claude --resume fb5f7638-4901-4aa5-8fd6-40ced1ec261b
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe safe-refactoring reference now documents display-name overrides, separate registry fields, override precedence, source renaming, annotation alternatives, and clearing overrides. The README and skill index now include display-name refactoring. ChangesSafe refactoring documentation
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In `@skills/home-assistant-best-practices/references/safe-refactoring.md`:
- Around line 90-93: Update the device row in the registry table to use name for
the integration-supplied value and name_by_user for the user override; do not
use the deprecated DeviceInfo field default_name.
In `@skills/home-assistant-best-practices/SKILL.md`:
- Line 39: Update the gate condition in the skill guidance to explicitly include
display-name changes alongside entity IDs and cross-component references,
ensuring display-name-only changes also require reading safe-refactoring.md
before proceeding.
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… covers display-name changes - Device registry table: the integration-supplied value lives in the entry's `name` field (DeviceInfo `default_name` is a deprecated discovery-only default, not the registry field `name_by_user` shadows). - Step 0 gate in SKILL.md now names display-name changes explicitly so a display-name-only rename also routes through safe-refactoring.md. Verified with `skills_ref.cli validate` — skill valid. Claude-Session-Id: b862e058-a21e-41ee-b9e3-7b45df3f18aa Resume: claude --resume b862e058-a21e-41ee-b9e3-7b45df3f18aa
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What this changes
Adds a Step 3 subsection to
references/safe-refactoring.md, inside the existing Entity Renames section:Placed inside the existing section rather than as a new top-level one, so no TOC entries or anchors change.
Why
Entity Renames covers
entity_idrenames thoroughly — sibling discovery, dashboard reference locations, config-entry and storage-dashboard blind spots — but the display name is a different field with a different failure mode, and it is not mentioned.The failure is delayed, which is what makes it worth a paragraph. Setting the override is immediate and obviously correct at the time. The cost lands later, when the integration reports a better name and it silently does not appear; at that point the override reads as an integration bug rather than a local setting, and the natural next step is to go debug the integration.
Concretely: an agent asked to make a badly-named entity clearer will set the name, because that is the direct route. The skill currently gives it no reason to consider the source, or to reach for a label instead.
Tests
python -m skills_ref.cli validate skills/home-assistant-best-practices/→Valid skillsafe-refactoringrows inSKILL.md's reference table andREADME.md's Skill Contents table, plus the decision-workflow gate at the top ofSKILL.md.Scoped to HA registry behaviour only — no naming conventions or style preferences, per CONTRIBUTING's "no opinionated conventions".
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