How can I quickly find and enable or disable automations?

Configuration
1

Is there a way to create a dashboard or submenu of a dashboard (I am not clear on the concept of the power of dashboards yet) that shows a list my automations so I can enable and disable them?

2

You can enable and disable them in the list at Settings → Automations, however if you install auto-entities and fold-entity-row then you can make lists of entities on your dashboard like this:

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type: entities
entities:
  - card:
      head:
        label: Disabled Automations
        type: section
      padding: 0
      type: custom:fold-entity-row
    filter:
      exclude:
        - state: "on"
        - state: unavailable
      include:
        - domain: automation
    sort:
      ignore_case: true
      method: name
    type: custom:auto-entities
  - card:
      head:
        label: Missing Automations
        type: section
      padding: 0
      type: custom:fold-entity-row
    filter:
      exclude:
        - attributes:
            current: "= 0"
        - attributes:
            current: "= 1"
      include:
        - domain: automation
    show_empty: true
    sort:
      ignore_case: true
      method: name
    type: custom:auto-entities
  - card:
      head:
        label: Running Automations
        type: section
      padding: 0
      type: custom:fold-entity-row
    filter:
      exclude:
        - state: unavailable
        - attributes:
            current: "= 0"
      include:
        - domain: automation
    show_empty: true
    sort:
      ignore_case: true
      method: name
    type: custom:auto-entities
  - card:
      head:
        label: Running Scripts
        type: section
      padding: 0
      type: custom:fold-entity-row
    filter:
      exclude:
        - state: "off"
        - state: unavailable
      include:
        - domain: script
    show_empty: true
    sort:
      ignore_case: true
      method: name
    type: custom:auto-entities
  - card:
      head:
        label: Missing Scripts
        type: section
      padding: 0
      type: custom:fold-entity-row
    filter:
      exclude:
        - state: "off"
        - state: "on"
      include:
        - domain: script
    show_empty: true
    sort:
      ignore_case: true
      method: name
    type: custom:auto-entities
show_header_toggle: false
title: Auto-filled Lists
3

Is there something wrong/missing from “Settings | Automations & scenes” that makes you want to re-invent the wheel? It lists all of your automations, with an on/off slider next to each one…

4

Spook add-on can give you some deep insights into what is happening on your system.

5

This is something that should be avoided. Ise condition statements to prevent the automation from running instead of this nearly always is a better solution.