diff --git a/docs/pre-commit-hooks-rollout.md b/docs/pre-commit-hooks-rollout.md
index adc65cb6e..27a00ef6d 100644
--- a/docs/pre-commit-hooks-rollout.md
+++ b/docs/pre-commit-hooks-rollout.md
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ later resync should mistake for unfinished work.
 Repos and their current `registry/repos.json` `types`, from the hub's own registry as of this
 doc's authorship. Archived repos are not tracked.
 
-- [x] **ProjectTemplate** (`source-only`, `docs`): the hub itself. Doc gates wired in
-      `.husky/pre-commit` since PR #642, and the ruff/mypy half added in this PR's own commits,
+- [x] **ProjectTemplate** (`source-only`, `docs`, `python`): the hub itself. Doc gates wired in
+      `.husky/pre-commit` since PR #642. The ruff/mypy half was added in PR #962,
       once the corpus was confirmed clean (0 ruff errors, 200 files formatted, mypy clean).
 - [ ] **Utilities** (`csharp`, `nuget`): Husky.Net + doc gates.
 - [ ] **LanguageTags** (`csharp`, `nuget`, `codegen`): Husky.Net + doc gates.
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ doc's authorship. Archived repos are not tracked.
 - [ ] **ESPHome-NonRoot** (`docker`, `upstream-wrapper`): doc-gate half only, no declared language.
 - [ ] **VSCode-Server-DotNetCore** (`docker`): doc-gate half only, no declared language.
 - [ ] **NxWitness** (`docker`, `upstream-wrapper`, `codegen`, `csharp`): Husky.Net + doc gates.
-- [ ] **HomeAutomation-Config** (`source-only`): doc-gate half only, no declared language.
+- [x] **HomeAutomation-Config** (`source-only`, `python`): `pre-commit` framework + doc gates.
+      The hub audit in `reports/homeautomation-config/audit.md` graded `parity.hooks` passing.
 - [ ] **KiCadLibrary** (`eda`, `python`): `pre-commit` framework + doc gates.
 - [ ] **EspDinIoT** (`eda`): doc-gate half only, no fleet-covered language.
 - [ ] **ESPHome-Config** (`source-only`, `python`, `cpp`): `pre-commit` framework + doc gates for
diff --git a/registry/repos.json b/registry/repos.json
index b519d58e3..7e7fd7e2e 100644
--- a/registry/repos.json
+++ b/registry/repos.json
@@ -156,16 +156,17 @@
             "name": "HomeAutomation-Config",
             "url": "https://github.com/ptr727/HomeAutomation-Config",
             "status": "cataloged",
-            "types": ["source-only"],
+            "types": ["source-only", "python"],
             "groundTruthBranch": "main",
             "workflowModel": "release",
             "lineEndings": "lf",
             "hasDevelop": true,
             "publish": [{ "target": "github-release", "mechanism": "none" }],
-            "requiredSecrets": [],
+            "requiredSecrets": ["CODECOV_TOKEN"],
             "consumerModel": "pull",
             "releaseTrigger": "dispatch-only",
-            "driftNotes": ["Maintainer home-lab code repo (docker-compose stacks, host install and lifecycle scripts, Firewalla configs), installed onto the Proxmox host and the VPS rather than edited in place, so it runs the release model. It is Linux-consumed, so lineEndings lf.", "Reclassified from operational to release on 2026-09-24 (HomeAutomation-Config #425). The -Config suffix in its name predates the reclassification.", "Renamed from HomeAutomation for fleet naming consistency (config repos are *-Config). The Vantage controller config is split out to its own Vantage-Config repo (lf default, only `.dc` pinned CRLF), not carried here, and the legacy Vantage/ subtree is stripped."]
+            "pythonDirectories": ["CloudInit", "Cloudflare", "MutationSweep", "Notify", "Trackers", "USBDev", "VPS", "scripts"],
+            "driftNotes": ["Maintainer home-lab code repo (docker-compose stacks, host install and lifecycle scripts, Firewalla configs), installed onto the Proxmox host and the VPS rather than edited in place, so it runs the release model. It is Linux-consumed, so lineEndings lf.", "Reclassified from operational to release on 2026-09-24 (HomeAutomation-Config #425). The -Config suffix in its name predates the reclassification.", "Declares python since 2026-10-27 (ProjectTemplate #2255), after its CI came to gate eight Python directories through the hub validator. The maintainer reversed the earlier decision, on HomeAutomation-Config #438, to keep python undeclared.", "Renamed from HomeAutomation for fleet naming consistency (config repos are *-Config). The Vantage controller config is split out to its own Vantage-Config repo (lf default, only `.dc` pinned CRLF), not carried here, and the legacy Vantage/ subtree is stripped."]
         },
         {
             "name": "KiCadLibrary",