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IRK Sensor/Onboarding for Private BLE

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Description

**Describe the problem you have/What new integration you would like**
Let esphome provide the IRK (Identity Resolving Key) for devices to be used in the Home Assistant [Private BLE](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/private_ble_device) integration.

**Please describe your use case for this integration and alternatives you've tried:**

Private BLE needs the IRK of a device, which apparently can be determined by peering a (e.g, android) device using bluetooth. With private BLE, esphome often is already present as bluetooth proxy, so the "onboarding" of a new device might be useful here also.

espresense as alternative firmware already does this (https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/private_ble_device/#espresense), but needing another esp just to read out the IRK, while the remaining parts of the presence tracking are done by Private BLE/esphome bluetooth proxy (instead of espresense) is not straightforward.

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Research direction

Read the linked Home Assistant Private BLE integration documentation and compare the ESPresense behavior referenced in the issue. Define how ESPHome Bluetooth proxy onboarding would obtain and expose a device's IRK, and consider the integration boundary before implementation; done means a new device can be onboarded without requiring a separate ESPresense device.

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Assessment

Domain
embedded-iot
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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