Hya,
i have the file automations.yaml and in lovelace → configuration → automations i can see both automations contained in the automations.yaml file, but i can not edit from it - when trying to click on the edit pencil, pop up message says only automations defined in automations.yaml file are editable.
Any hint?
That is a “not editable” symbol. See the line struck through the pencil icon?
You need a file editor addon like VSCode.
thank you. which are the options? I’m not on hassio or supervised. bare metal on ubuntu. 
If you’re really running “bare metal on Ubuntu”, then you can use any method to access the files (Samba, FTP, SSHFS, SSH, etc.) and any editor to edit (like vi!).
it’s what i’m doing…
but it’s there a way to link any of those to the pencil?
No. And it’s not a pencil. It’s a crossed out pencil.
Can you check via editor if those automations has got id? if not you will not be able to edit it.
thank you.
by id, any rule or is it arbitrary?
It can be of any string as long as it is unique.
great! solved the edition problem. thank you very much.