Automation Examples
Just some sample automation rules to get you started.
# Example of entry in configuration.yaml
automation:
# Turns on lights 1 hour before sunset if people are home
# and if people get home between 16:00-23:00
- alias: 'Rule 1 Light on in the evening'
trigger:
# Prefix the first line of each trigger configuration
# with a '-' to enter multiple
- platform: sun
event: sunset
offset: '-01:00:00'
- platform: state
entity_id: group.all_devices
to: 'home'
condition:
# Prefix the first line of each condition configuration
# with a '-'' to enter multiple
- condition: state
entity_id: group.all_devices
state: 'home'
- condition: time
after: '16:00:00'
before: '23:00:00'
action:
service: homeassistant.turn_on
entity_id: group.living_room
# Turn off lights when everybody leaves the house
- alias: 'Rule 2 - Away Mode'
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: group.all_devices
to: 'not_home'
action:
service: light.turn_off
entity_id: group.all_lights
# Notify when Paulus leaves the house in the evening
- alias: 'Leave Home notification'
trigger:
platform: zone
event: leave
zone: zone.home
entity_id: device_tracker.paulus
condition:
condition: time
after: '20:00'
action:
service: notify.notify
data:
message: 'Paulus left the house'
# Send a notification via Pushover with the event of a Xiaomi cube. Custom event from the Xiaomi component.
- alias: 'Xiaomi Cube Action'
hide_entity: false
initial_state: false
trigger:
platform: event
event_type: cube_action
event_data:
entity_id: binary_sensor.cube_158d000103a3de
action:
- service_template: notify.pushover
data_template:
title: "Cube event detected"
message: "Cube has triggered this event: {{ trigger.event }}"