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 services or events. For servicesA service carries out one specific task, for example: turn on the light in the living room. A service has targets and data and can be called by actions, a dashboard, or via voice command. [Learn more], you can specify the entity_id that it should apply to and optional service parameters (to specify for example the brightness).
You can also call the serviceA service carries out one specific task, for example: turn on the light in the living room. A service has targets and data and can be called by actions, a dashboard, or via voice command. [Learn more] to activate a scene which will allow you to define how you want your devices to be and have Home Assistant call the right services.
automation:
# Change the light in the kitchen and living room to 150 brightness and color red.
trigger:
- platform: sun
event: sunset
action:
- service: 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
trigger:
- platform: sun
event: sunset
offset: -00:30
variables:
notification_service: notify.paulus_iphone
action:
# Actions are scripts so can also be a list of actions
- service: "{{ notification_service }}"
data:
message: "Beautiful sunset!"
- delay: 0:35
- service: notify.notify
data:
message: "Oh wow you really missed something great."
Conditions can also be part of an action. You can combine multiple service calls 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 service calls after that condition will not be executed.
automation:
- alias: "Office at evening"
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.office_occupancy
to: "on"
action:
- service: 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
- service: scene.turn_on
target:
entity_id: scene.office_at_evening