From e1d8f0bb6aae730ef245d067b0bbd5b4e1fb5690 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexandre <44178713+alexbelgium@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:35:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 birdnet-go/README.md | 2 +-
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 ### MQTT and MariaDB auto-configuration (opt-in)
 
-If the Home Assistant **MQTT** addon is installed and running and you set `mqtt_auto_config: true` in the addon options, the addon writes the HA Mosquitto credentials directly into BirdNET-Go's `config.yaml` on every startup: `realtime.mqtt.enabled`, `broker`, `username`, and `password` are populated, and the topic defaults to `birdnet`. When the option is `false` (the default), the addon still logs the broker details and reminds you about the option whenever Mosquitto is detected — nothing is written.
+If the Home Assistant **MQTT** addon is installed and running and you set `mqtt_auto_config: true` in the addon options, the addon writes the HA Mosquitto credentials directly into BirdNET-Go's `config.yaml` on every startup: `realtime.mqtt.enabled`, `broker`, `username`, and `password` are populated, and the topic defaults to `birdnet`. In addition, it enables BirdNET-Go's **native Home Assistant MQTT auto-discovery** (`realtime.mqtt.homeassistant.enabled`), so the detection sensors show up in Home Assistant automatically — **no manual MQTT sensor YAML required** (the hand-written sensors in [HAINTEGRATION.md](./HAINTEGRATION.md) remain available if you prefer to build your own). Messages are also retained (`realtime.mqtt.retain: true`) so sensor states survive Home Assistant restarts. When the option is `false` (the default), the addon still logs the broker details and reminds you about the option whenever Mosquitto is detected — nothing is written.
 
 If the Home Assistant **MariaDB** addon is installed and running and you set `mariadb_auto_config: true`, the addon writes the HA credentials into `output.mysql.*` and sets `output.sqlite.enabled` to `false` (database name `birdnet`, created on first connect). When the option is `false` (the default), the addon only logs the credentials so you can configure them manually.