Automation actions
The action of an automation rule is what is being executed when a rule 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