Automations

All levels

Automations are the heart of a smart home. Here you’ll find guides to build everything from simple light automations to complex flows.

🚀 Start Here

⚡ Your First Automation Learn the basic principles and create your first automation

🧠 How Automations Work

All automations have three parts:

TRIGGER  →  CONDITION  →  ACTION
(When?)      (If?)        (What?)

Part	Description	Examples
Trigger	What starts the automation	Sunset, motion, time, temperature
Condition	What must be true	Is anyone home? Is it dark?
Action	What happens	Turn on lights, send message, play music

📚 Automation Ideas

🏠 Daily Use

Automation	Trigger	Action
Lights at sunset	Sun goes down	Turn on living room lights
Good morning routine	7:00 AM on weekdays	Turn on lights, start coffee
Welcome home	Person arrives	Turn on lights, unlock door
Good night	11:00 PM	Turn off everything, lock doors

🔔 Notifications

Automation	Trigger	Action
Washing machine done	Power < 5W	Push notification
Door left open	Door open > 10 min	Push notification
Low temperature	Temp < 18°C	Push notification

💡 Advanced

Automation	Trigger	Action
Adaptive lighting	Time of day	Adjust color temperature
Vacation mode	No one home 24h+	Simulate presence
Energy monitoring	High power	Log and alert

🔧 Useful Tools

Helpers

Go to Settings → Devices → Helpers to create:

Helper	Use for
Input Boolean	Vacation mode, guest mode
Input Number	Temperature limits, timers
Input Select	House state (home/away/sleeping)
Timer	Countdown to actions

Scenes

Combine multiple actions:

- name: "Cozy evening"
  entities:
    light.living_room:
      state: on
      brightness_pct: 40
      color_temp: 400
    light.tv_backlight:
      state: on
      rgb_color: [255, 100, 50]
    media_player.living_room:
      state: playing

🚀 Next Steps

📡 More Sensors

The more sensors, the smarter your automations.

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🔧 DIY Sensors

Build exactly the sensors you need.

ESP32 guides →