Automation services
The automation integration has services to control automations, like turning automations on and off. This can be useful if you want to disable an automation from another automation.
Service automation.turn_on
This service enables the automation’s triggersA trigger is a set of values or conditions of a platform that are defined to cause an automation to run.
[Learn more].
| Service data attribute | Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|
entity_id |
no | Entity ID of automation to turn on. Can be a list. none or all are also accepted. |
Service automation.turn_off
This service disables the automation’s triggersA trigger is a set of values or conditions of a platform that are defined to cause an automation to run.
[Learn more], and optionally stops any currently active actionsActions are used in several places in Home Assistant. As part of a script or automation, actions define what is going to happen once a trigger is activated. In scripts, an action is called sequence.
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| Service data attribute | Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|
entity_id |
no | Entity ID of automation to turn off. Can be a list. none or all are also accepted. |
stop_actions |
yes | Stop any currently active actions (defaults to true). |
Service automation.toggle
This service enables the automation’s triggers if they were disabled, or disables the automation’s triggers, and stops any currently active actions, if the triggers were enabled.
| Service data attribute | Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|
entity_id |
no | Entity ID of automation to turn on. Can be a list. none or all are also accepted. |
Service automation.trigger
This service will trigger the actionActions are used in several places in Home Assistant. As part of a script or automation, actions define what is going to happen once a trigger is activated. In scripts, an action is called sequence.
[Learn more] of an automationAutomations in Home Assistant allow you to automatically respond to things that happen in and around your home.
[Learn more]. By default it bypasses any conditions, though that can be changed via the skip_condition attribute.
| Service data attribute | Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|
entity_id |
no | Entity ID of automation to trigger. Can be a list. none or all are also accepted. |
skip_condition |
yes | Whether or not the condition will be skipped (defaults to true). |
Service automation.reload
This service is only required if you create/edit automations in YAML. Automations via the UI do this automatically.
This service reloads all automations, stopping all currently active automation actions.