Automation actions
The action of an automation is what is being executed when an automation fires. The action part follows the script syntax which can be used to interact with anything via other actions or events.
For actions, you can specify the entity_id that it should apply to and optional parameters (to specify for example the brightness).
You can also perform the action to activate a scene which will allow you to define how you want your devices to be and have Home Assistant perform the right action.
automation:
# Change the light in the kitchen and living room to 150 brightness and color red.
triggers:
- trigger: sun
event: sunset
actions:
- action: light.turn_on
target:
entity_id:
- light.kitchen
- light.living_room
data:
brightness: 150
rgb_color: [255, 0, 0]
automation 2:
# Notify me on my mobile phone of an event
triggers:
- trigger: sun
event: sunset
offset: -00:30
variables:
notification_action: notify.paulus_iphone
actions:
# Actions are scripts so can also be a list of actions
- action: "{{ notification_action }}"
data:
message: "Beautiful sunset!"
- delay: 0:35
- action: notify.notify
data:
message: "Oh wow you really missed something great."
Conditions can also be part of an action. You can combine multiple actions and conditions in a single action, and they will be processed in the order you put them in. If the result of a condition is false, the action will stop there so any action after that condition will not be executed.
automation:
- alias: "Office at evening"
triggers:
- trigger: state
entity_id: sensor.office_occupancy
to: "on"
actions:
- action: notify.notify
data:
message: "Testing conditional actions"
- condition: or
conditions:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sun.sun
attribute: elevation
below: 4
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.office_illuminance
below: 10
- action: scene.turn_on
target:
entity_id: scene.office_at_evening