All to-do items completed

The All to-do items completed condition helps you check whether a list is fully done before an automation continues. Use it when something should happen only after every item on a checklist is complete, like locking up for the night or sending a final reminder that the day is wrapped up.

Using this condition from the user interface

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

To use this condition in an automation:

1. Go to Settings > Automations & scenes.
2. Open an existing automation, or select Create automation > Create new automation.
3. In the And if section, select Add condition.
4. Select what you want to check. Under By target (see Targets), pick the to-do list you want to check. You can also select an area, floor, device, entity, or label if that target resolves to one or more to-do lists.
5. From the conditions shown for that target, select All to-do items completed.
6. Under Condition passes if (see Behavior), pick Any or All.
7. Under For at least, set how long the list must stay complete before the condition passes. Leave it at zero to pass right away.
8. Select Save.

Options in the UI

Using this condition 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 condition as todo.all_completed. A basic example looks like this:

condition: todo.all_completed
target:
  entity_id: todo.evening_checklist

This passes when todo.evening_checklist has no incomplete items left.

Options in YAML

YAML sometimes provides additional options for more complex use cases that are not available through the UI.

Targets of the condition

This condition requires a target. The target is the object that Home Assistant will check. You can point the condition at a single entityAn 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], a device, an area, a floor, or a label, and Home Assistant will evaluate every matching todo entity behind that target.

• Entity: one specific todo entity, such as todo.living_room.
• Device: every todo entity that belongs to a device.
• Area: every todo entity in a room or area.
• Floor: every todo entity on a floor.
• Label: every todo entity that shares a label.

You can also select different target types in one condition. For example, you can add a specific entity and an area as targets in the same condition to check both of them at once.

Behavior with multiple targets

When you target more than one entity (or select an area, floor, or label that contains several), the Condition passes if option controls how the results combine:

• Any (default): the condition passes if at least one of the targeted entities matches. For example, if you check three smoke sensors and only one of them detects smoke, the condition still passes. This is useful for questions like “is there smoke anywhere in the house?”
• All: the condition passes only when every targeted entity matches. For example, if you check the same three smoke sensors, the condition passes only once all three report cleared. This is useful for “is the entire house safe now?” checks, so your automation does not send an all-clear while one room still has a reading.

Good to know

• A to-do list is considered complete when its state is 0, which means there are no incomplete items left.
• To-do lists in the unavailable or unknown state are skipped when Home Assistant evaluates this condition.
• If you want to check whether a list still has a certain number of open items, use Incomplete to-do items instead.

Try it yourself

Ready to test this? Go to Settings > Automations & scenes, open an automation, and add this condition. Trigger the automation with and without the condition met, and watch whether it continues or stops.

More examples

Real scenarios where this condition gates an automation. Copy any example and adapt it to your setup.

Automation: lock the front door only when the evening checklist is done

If you keep a checklist for the end of the day, this automation makes sure the front door locks only after everything on the list is finished.

• Trigger: Time: 22:00
• Condition: All to-do items completed
  • Target: Evening checklist
• Action: Lock lock

alias: "Lock the front door when the evening checklist is done"
triggers:
  - trigger: time
    at: "22:00:00"
conditions:
  - condition: todo.all_completed
    target:
      entity_id: todo.evening_checklist
actions:
  - action: lock.lock
    target:
      entity_id: lock.front_door

Automation: turn off the kitchen light after the meal-prep list has stayed complete

If you use a short checklist while cooking, this automation turns off a reminder light after the list has stayed complete for five minutes.

• Trigger: Time pattern: Every 5 minutes
• Condition: All to-do items completed
  • Target: Meal-prep checklist
• For at least: 00:05:00
• Action: Turn off light

alias: "Turn off the kitchen reminder light after meal prep"
triggers:
  - trigger: time_pattern
    minutes: "/5"
conditions:
  - condition: todo.all_completed
    target:
      entity_id: todo.meal_prep_checklist
    options:
      for: "00:05:00"
actions:
  - action: light.turn_off
    target:
      entity_id: light.kitchen_reminder

Still stuck?

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

Related conditions

These conditions work well alongside this one:

• Incomplete to-do items: Tests the number of incomplete to-do items in one or more to-do lists.