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Creates and manages Home Assistant automations including rules, triggers, conditions, actions, scripts, scenes, and blueprints. Covers device triggers and conditional logic.
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Provides YAML patterns, triggers (state, time, sun, numeric, template, event, device, webhook, MQTT), conditions, actions, and best practices for Home Assistant automations. Useful for creating or editing YAML configs.
Creates and debugs Home Assistant automations, scripts, blueprints, and Jinja2 templates including triggers, conditions, actions, and YAML syntax.
Provides best practices for Home Assistant automations, helpers, scripts, and dashboards. Guides on avoiding templates, using native constructs, and safe refactoring.
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| Use this skill when... | Use ha-configuration instead when... |
|---|---|
| Creating automation rules | Editing configuration.yaml |
| Writing triggers/conditions/actions | Setting up integrations |
| Working with scripts and scenes | Managing secrets |
| Using blueprints | Organizing packages |
| Device trigger setup | General YAML configuration |
automation:
- id: "unique_automation_id"
alias: "Descriptive Name"
description: "What this automation does"
mode: single # single, restart, queued, parallel
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.motion
to: "on"
condition:
- condition: time
after: "08:00:00"
before: "22:00:00"
action:
- service: light.turn_on
target:
entity_id: light.living_room
trigger:
# Basic state change
- platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.door
to: "on"
from: "off"
# With duration
- platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.motion
to: "off"
for:
minutes: 5
# Attribute change
- platform: state
entity_id: climate.thermostat
attribute: current_temperature
trigger:
# Specific time
- platform: time
at: "07:00:00"
# Input datetime
- platform: time
at: input_datetime.alarm_time
# Time pattern (every hour)
- platform: time_pattern
hours: "*"
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
# Every 15 minutes
- platform: time_pattern
minutes: "/15"
Other trigger types (numeric state, sun, device, event, webhook, template, zone) are documented in REFERENCE.md.
condition:
# Single entity
- condition: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.door
state: "off"
# Multiple states allowed
- condition: state
entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home
state:
- armed_home
- armed_away
# Check for duration
- condition: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.motion
state: "off"
for:
minutes: 10
condition:
# Time range
- condition: time
after: "08:00:00"
before: "22:00:00"
# Weekdays only
- condition: time
weekday:
- mon
- tue
- wed
- thu
- fri
# Combined
- condition: time
after: "09:00:00"
before: "17:00:00"
weekday:
- mon
- tue
- wed
- thu
- fri
Other condition types (numeric state, sun, template, zone, logical, shorthand) are documented in REFERENCE.md.
action:
# Basic service call
- service: light.turn_on
target:
entity_id: light.living_room
data:
brightness_pct: 80
color_temp: 350
# Multiple targets
- service: light.turn_off
target:
entity_id:
- light.bedroom
- light.bathroom
area_id: upstairs
action:
- service: light.turn_on
target:
entity_id: light.living_room
# Fixed delay
- delay:
seconds: 30
# Wait for trigger
- wait_for_trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.motion
to: "off"
timeout:
minutes: 5
continue_on_timeout: true
# Wait for template
- wait_template: "{{ is_state('light.bedroom', 'off') }}"
timeout: "00:05:00"
action:
- if:
- condition: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.motion
state: "on"
then:
- service: light.turn_on
target:
entity_id: light.hallway
else:
- service: light.turn_off
target:
entity_id: light.hallway
For advanced action patterns (choose, repeat, variables, parallel execution), scripts, scenes, and common automation patterns, see REFERENCE.md.
| Mode | Behavior |
|---|---|
single | Ignore new triggers while running |
restart | Stop current run, start new |
queued | Queue up to max runs |
parallel | Run up to max in parallel |
automation:
- alias: "Motion Light"
mode: restart
max: 10 # For queued/parallel
max_exceeded: silent # silent, warning, error
| Context | Command |
|---|---|
| Find automation | grep -r "alias:" config/automations.yaml |
| Find triggers | grep -r "platform: state" config/ --include="*.yaml" |
| List scripts | grep -r "^ [a-z_]*:" config/scripts.yaml |
| Find scenes | grep -r "^ - name:" config/scenes.yaml |
| Check automation IDs | grep -r "^ - id:" config/automations.yaml |