Send reaction

Use this action to send an emoji reaction, like 👍 or ❤️, to the most recent activity on a Bring! shopping list. Reactions let members of a shared list quickly acknowledge an update.

This is handy in automations, for example to automatically send a thumbs up when someone finishes the shopping.

Using this action from the user interface

If you prefer building automations and scripts visually, Home Assistant walks you through this action step by step. You pick what to target, tweak a few options, and save. No YAML knowledge required.

To send a reaction from an automation or a script:

1. Go to Settings > Automations & scenes.
2. Open an existing automation or script, or select Create automation > Create new automation.
3. If you’re setting up a new automation, add a trigger in the When section. Scripts don’t need a trigger. They run when something else calls them.
4. In the Then do section, select Add action.
5. From the search box, search for and select Bring!: Send reaction.
6. Select the Bring! Activities event entity to react to its most recent activity.
7. Select the Reaction you want to send.
8. Select Save.

Options in the UI

Using this action in YAML

If you work directly in YAML, or you want to know exactly what Home Assistant does under the hood, this section has the technical reference. It lists the field names you use in YAML, their types, and which ones are required.

In YAML, refer to this action as bring.send_reaction. A basic example looks like this:

action: bring.send_reaction
data:
  entity_id: event.bring_shopping_list_activities
  reaction: heart

This sends a heart reaction to the most recent activity on the selected list.

Options in YAML

Good to know

• The reaction is sent to the most recent activity on the list, as reported by the activities event entity.

Try it yourself

Ready to test this? Open Developer tools > Actions, search for this action, fill in the fields, and select Perform action. You see what happens on your actual entitiesAn entity represents a sensor, actor, or function in Home Assistant. Entities are used to monitor physical properties or to control other entities. An entity is usually part of a device or a service. [Learn more] without writing a line of YAML.

More examples

Real scenarios where this action shows up in automations and scripts. Copy any example and adapt it to your setup.

Automation: send a heart reaction when the shopping list is updated

When the shopping list’s activities event fires if someone adds or removes an item, automatically send a ❤️ reaction to acknowledge the update without opening the app.

• Trigger: State: event.shoppinglist_activities
• Action: Bring!: Send reaction
  • Reaction: heart

alias: "React with heart when shopping list is updated"
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id: event.shoppinglist_activities
actions:
  - action: bring.send_reaction
    target:
      entity_id: event.shoppinglist_activities
    data:
      reaction: heart

Still stuck?

The Home Assistant community is quick to help: join Discord for real-time chat, post on the community forum with the action you’re calling and what you expected to happen, or share on our subreddit /r/homeassistant.

Related actions

These actions work well alongside this one:

• Send message: Sends a push notification to members of a shared Bring! list.