Automation Message malformed: required key not provided @ data['action']

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Hi, my Automation from ChatGPT can’t be saved. The Error

Message malformed: required key not provided @ data[‘action’]

Is shown. What is wrong with the code


alias: Bewegungssensor Kinderzimmer: Licht rot schalten
description: "Schaltet Licht im Kinderzimmer rot, wenn Bewegung zwischen 20:00 und 07:00 Uhr erkannt wird."
trigger:
  - platform: device
    device_id: binary_sensor.hue_sensor_kinderzimmer_occupancy
    entity_id: binary_sensor.hue_sensor_kinderzimmer_occupancy
    domain: binary_sensor
    type: motion
  - platform: time
    after: '20:00:00'
    before: '07:00:00'
condition: []
action:
  - service: scene.create  # Create scene "Vorher Tom" (if it exists)
    data:
      scene: scene.vorher_tom
  - service: light.turn_on  # Turn on lights red
    data:
      entity_id:
        - light.hue_arwen
        - light.hue_bunny
        - light.hue_emil
        - light.hue_imperator
        - light.hue_sauron
      color_name: red
      brightness: 255
  - delay: '01:00'  # Wait for 1 minute
  - service: scene.turn_on  # Turn on scene "Vorher Tom" again
    data:
      entity_id: scene.vorher_tom
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Don’t use chat bots. They’re terrible for HA YAML.

Replace data with target.

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Thanks for your fast response. Which data should i replace? When i replace all data with target, í will get the same error

4

That’s not the only problem. You seem to want to restrict the automation to only occur during certain times, which you could do with a time condition, but not a time trigger. Understanding this difference is a common hurdle for new users. I would suggest reviewing the opening paragraphs of the linked documentation.

Also, scene.create isn’t going to do anything useful without snapshot_entities being defined.

Instead of trying to fix the YAML, it would be much easier if you just started over and used the UI wizard to create this automation, especially since it’s relatively simple.

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I suspect it is the : in your alias. Yaml wont accept this unless quoted.

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alias: Bewegungssensor Kinderzimmer: Licht rot schalten
description: "Schaltet Licht im Kinderzimmer rot, wenn Bewegung zwischen 20:00 und 07:00 Uhr erkannt wird."
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.hue_sensor_kinderzimmer_occupancy
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
condition:
  - condition: time
    after: '20:00:00'
    before: '07:00:00'
action:
  - variables:
      my_lights:
        - light.hue_arwen
        - light.hue_bunny
        - light.hue_emil
        - light.hue_imperator
        - light.hue_sauron
  - service: scene.create
    data:
      scene_id: vorher_tom
      snapshot_entities: "{{ my_lights }}"
  - service: light.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: "{{ my_lights }}"
    data:
      color_name: red
      brightness: 255
  - delay: '01:00'
  - service: scene.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: scene.vorher_tom
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