Adding repo to Home Assistant fails with not valid repo error

[macvfx]

adding custom repo to Home Assistant fails:

"https://github.com/HAEdwin/homeassistant-apsystems_ecu_reader.git is not a valid add-on repository"

https://github.com/HAEdwin/homeassistant-apsystems_ecu_reader

Log details (ERROR)

Logger: homeassistant.components.hassio
Source: components/hassio/websocket_api.py:141
integration: Home Assistant Supervisor (documentation, issues)
First occurred: February 14, 2025 at 10:30:37 PM (14 occurrences)
Last logged: 3:40:12 PM

Failed to to call /store/repositories - https://github.com/HAEdwin/homeassistant-apsystems_ecu_reader is not a valid add-on repository
Failed to to call /store/repositories - https://github.com/ksheumaker/homeassistant-apsystems_ecur is not a valid add-on repository
Failed to to call /store/repositories - https://github.com/ksheumaker/homeassistant-apsystems_ecur.git is not a valid add-on repository
Failed to to call /store/repositories - Cmd('git') failed due to: exit code(128) cmdline: git clone -v --recursive --depth=1 --shallow-submodules -- https://github.com/ksheumaker/ /data/addons/git/df847bb8 stderr: 'Cloning into '/data/addons/git/df847bb8'... remote: Not Found fatal: repository 'https://github.com/ksheumaker/' not found '
Failed to to call /store/repositories - https://github.com/HAEdwin/homeassistant-apsystems_ecu_reader.git is not a valid add-on repository

[HAEdwin]

Hi @macvfx This is an Integration not an Add-On. See the readme for installation instructions: Choose Type > Integration

[macvfx]

Thanks for your help. I'm brand new to Home Assistant and the add-ons and integrations terms were mixed up for me. I installed HACS and added the integration. Thanks so much for all your work. And now it's just a matter of building a dashboard to make it pretty (and useful). Any dashboard examples are tips? I added inverters power but is there an aggregation (add) total? So much to discover. Cheers

[HAEdwin]

No problem, in the beginning it's somewhat confusing. Think of an Add-On as a separate application that is not directly related to home assistant. For example the Add-On's: Pi-Hole, AdGuard home or File editor. I'm really bad in creating dashboards :)
Yes there is so much to discover, it's a new hobby in fact. Total power for each inverter: Settings > Devices and Services > Helpers (top of the screen) > +Create Helper > +/- Combine the state of several sensors