Automation failing (Slack and numeric_State)

Configuration
1

I’m currently trying to setup the automation with the help of the trigger numeric_state and Slack as an action, but I’m a bit struggeling. The automation looks like this:

automation:
  - alias: Temperature Dario Bedroom
    trigger:
      platform: numeric_state
      entity_id: sensor.temperature_dariobedroom
      above: 20
    action:
      service: notify.smarthome
      data:
        message: "Temperature in Dario's room is above 20°C"

and


notify:
  - name: smarthome
    platform: slack
    api_key: **
    default_channel: '#smarthome'

But I get the following error:
2017-07-24 00:06:34 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.config] Invalid config for [automation]: [automation] is an invalid option for [automation]. Check: automation->automation. (See /home/dario/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml, line 147). Please check the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/automation/

I appreciate the help!

Thanks :slight_smile:

2

My guess, based on the error message, is that you already have automation: defined in your configuration.yaml, and that the automation you have quoted is in a separate file (maybe automations.yaml ?)

If so, remove the automation: line from your automation and move everything below it back two spaces:

- alias: Temperature Dario Bedroom
  trigger:
    platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.temperature_dariobedroom
    above: 20
  action:
    service: notify.smarthome
    data:
      message: "Temperature in Dario's room is above 20°C"

Hope this helps.

3

Thanks for your help, but that’s not the case, automation: is just once mentioned in the configuration.yaml and the formatting is also fine.

4

OK, can you post your whole (sanitised) configuration.yaml file?

5

That’s not so handy to do, as it is quite big.

6

I just fixed the issue, by removing the automation tag in the automations.yaml :slight_smile:

7

Which is what I said first off, but you said it wasn’t the case.

You may want to consider splitting up your configuration and using secrets so that you can post your configs easily.