Help to find issue in a simple blueprint

Configuration Blueprints
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Wrote a blueprint to auto turn on/off a light/switch based on motion/light_sensor. Getting this error, but couldn’t figure out reason:

Message malformed: Entity entity_id is neither a valid entity ID nor a valid UUID for dictionary value @ data[‘action’][0][‘choose’][0][‘conditions’][2][‘entity_id’]

blueprint:
  name: Motion Light New 
  description: Turn on a light when motion is detected with a condition
  domain: automation
  input:
    motion_entity:
      name: Motion Sensor
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: binary_sensor
          device_class: motion
    light_condition:
      name: Light Condition (off)
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: binary_sensor
          device_class: light
    light_target:
      name: Light/Switch
      selector:
        target:
          entity:
            domain:
              - light
              - switch
    no_motion_wait:
      name: Wait time
      description: Time to leave the light on after last motion is detected.
      default: 120
      selector:
        number:
          min: 0
          max: 3600
          unit_of_measurement: seconds
trigger:
- platform: state
  entity_id: !input motion_entity
  from: 'off'
  to: 'on'
- platform: state
  entity_id: !input motion_entity
  to: 'off'
  for: !input no_motion_wait

action:
- choose:
  - conditions: 
    - condition: state
      entity_id: !input motion_entity
      state: "on" 
    - condition: state
      entity_id: !input light_condition
      state: "off"
    - condition: state
      entity_id: !input light_target
      state: "off"
    sequence:
    - service: turn_on
      entity_id: !input light_target
  - conditions: 
    - condition: state
      entity_id: !input motion_entity
      state: "off" 
    - condition: state
      entity_id: !input light_target
      state: "on"
    sequence:
    - service: turn_off
      entity_id: !input light_target
  default: []
  mode: single
2

If I read the docs, a target selector is to be used with a target in an action, not in a condition. But I never used them before, so I cannot be sure. See the important block in the docs below:

Also see this (rather old) post:

Either way, the service call should also use target: and not entity_id:

3

I tried to write it in a different style, still got errors:
Message malformed: Unexpected value for condition: ‘None’. Expected and, device, not, numeric_state, or, state, sun, template, time, trigger, zone @ data[‘condition’][0]

blueprint:
  name: Motion Light New 
  description: Turn on a light when motion is detected with a condition
  domain: automation
  input:
    motion_entity:
      name: Motion Sensor
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: binary_sensor
          device_class: motion
    light_condition:
      name: Light Condition (off)
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: binary_sensor
          device_class: light
    light_target:
      name: Light/Switch
      selector:
        target:
          entity:
            domain:
              - light
              - switch
    no_motion_wait:
      name: Wait time
      description: Time to leave the light on after last motion is detected.
      default: 120
      selector:
        number:
          min: 0
          max: 3600
          unit_of_measurement: seconds

trigger:
- platform: state
  entity_id: !input motion_entity
  from: 'off'
  to: 'on'
- platform: state
  entity_id: !input motion_entity
  to: 'off'
  for: !input no_motion_wait

condition:
  or:
    - and:
      - condition: state 
        entity_id: !input motion_entity
        state: "on" 
      - condition: state
        entity_id: !input light_target
        state: "off"
      - condition: state
        entity_id: !input light_condition
        state: "off"
    - and:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: !input motion_entity
        state: "off" 
      - condition: state
        entity_id: !input light_target
        state: "on"
action:
  - service: "homeassistant.turn_{{trigger.to_state.state}}"
    target: 
      entiry_id: !input light_target
4

You haven’t corrected the use of the target selector that Edwin pointed out. Generally, if you are limiting the target selector to entities, I would suggest not using target selectors… just use an entity selector.

Other issues:

  • The Entity selectors that you have are missing the filter key
  • There were a few other typos.
blueprint:
  name: Motion Light New 
  description: Turn on a light when motion is detected with a condition
  domain: automation
  input:
    motion_entity:
      name: Motion Sensor
      selector:
        entity:
          filter:
            - domain: binary_sensor
              device_class: motion
    light_condition:
      name: Light Condition (off)
      selector:
        entity:
          filter:
            - domain: binary_sensor
              device_class: light
    light_target:
      name: Light/Switch
      selector:
        entity:
          filter:
            - domain: 
                - light
                - switch
    no_motion_wait:
      name: Wait time
      description: Time to leave the light on after last motion is detected.
      default: 120
      selector:
        number:
          min: 0
          max: 3600
          unit_of_measurement: seconds

trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: !input motion_entity
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
  - platform: state
    entity_id: !input motion_entity
    to: 'off'
    for: !input no_motion_wait

condition:
  - or:
      - and:
          - condition: state 
            entity_id: !input motion_entity
            state: "on" 
          - condition: state
            entity_id: !input light_target
            state: "off"
          - condition: state
            entity_id: !input light_condition
            state: "off"
      - and:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: !input motion_entity
            state: "off" 
          - condition: state
            entity_id: !input light_target
            state: "on"
action:
  - service: "homeassistant.turn_{{trigger.to_state.state}}"
    target: 
      entity_id: !input light_target
5

I actually worked on the blueprint whole afternoon and finally made it work in my own style. Seems that “filter” is not needed here.

blueprint:
  name: Motion Light 
  description: Turn on a light when dark & motion detected
  domain: automation
  input:
    motion_entity:
      name: Motion Sensor
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: binary_sensor
          device_class: motion
    light_condition:
      name: Light Condition (off)
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: binary_sensor
          device_class: light
    light_target:
      name: Light/Switch
      selector:
        target:
          entity:
            domain:
              - light
              - switch
    no_motion_wait:
      name: Wait time
      description: Time to leave the light on after last motion.
      default: 150
      selector:
        number:
          min: 0
          max: 3600
          unit_of_measurement: seconds

trigger:
- platform: state
  entity_id: !input motion_entity
  from: 'off'
  to: 'on'
- platform: state
  entity_id: !input motion_entity
  to: 'off'
  for: !input no_motion_wait

condition:
  - or:
    - and:
      - condition: state 
        entity_id: !input motion_entity
        state: "on" 
      - condition: state
        entity_id: !input light_condition
        state: "off"
    - condition: state
      entity_id: !input motion_entity
      state: "off" 
action:
  - service: "homeassistant.turn_{{trigger.to_state.state}}"
    target: !input light_target
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