Help configuring YAML for relay assistant (for automations)

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Hi all, this is my first time on the forums, and I’m relatively new to all this - please let me know if I should be asking elsewhere!

I’m having trouble creating automations using relay assistant. I have successfully installed and configured relay assistant itself on my Pi 4 running HASS OS using this excellent youtube guide.

I can successfully relay messages to my google assistant using the sandbox. However, I am running into issues configuring YAML and creating automations. Specifically, when I try to create an automation using the rest_command:assistant_relay, there is no field in which I can enter a message / command (see pic):

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I’m pretty sure something is wrong with my YAML file. I didn’t have any luck with the example YAML from the youtube video, so I am now experimenting a bit. I’m pretty sure I’m missing something obvious to those with more experience. I also know YAML is very fiddly with formatting errors, but I’ve tried so many different things now I have no idea what is going on. Here is my current YAML file:

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Can anyone see what is going on here and how I might be able to fix this? Happy to provide more information if needed.

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You have to use yaml mode when using that service in an automation. You provide the info to the data field.

- service: rest_command.assistant_broadcast
  data:
    message: 'xyz'

For future reference, please take the time to learn how to format code. See point 11. Do no post images of code. Thanks.