Event conditions and person_id

[Edwin_D]

The solution is right. If you are wondering why: it is because you cannot simply place a string with double quotes around it inside a string with double quotes. Switching to multiline avoids the outer qoutes.

How to read a template in yaml / the why and how of all those delimiters

This topic is part of the community-driven cookbook where you can find other topics you might be interested in or might like to contribute to. When you ask around for a solution to a problem in Home Assistant, then 9 out of 10 times you’ll get a response using a Jinja2 template that you can put in a YAML file. These templates look like delimiter salad when you first see them. While you can simply copy paste those templates in your configuration, things get way more fun if you can read them. …