How to add non-existing trigger to yaml

Configuration
1

I have a Zigbee button with a toggle command that is not avaible at the list the HA shows when trying to use it as a trigger.

The Developer tools zha_event sniffer gives me this data:

event_type: zha_event
data:
  device_ieee: a4:c1:38:4e:4e:9d:ad:fa
  device_id: 7b032bcff9c01acf131d6a9cc869b8f9
  unique_id: a4:c1:38:4e:4e:9d:ad:fa:1:0x0006
  endpoint_id: 1
  cluster_id: 6
  command: toggle
  args: []
  params: {}
origin: LOCAL
time_fired: "2025-11-30T14:07:34.919220+00:00"
context:
  id: 01KBAHE907DBE5RX24Q5TVTHED
  parent_id: null
  user_id: null

How do I use this as the trigger in this automation?

alias: New automation
description: ""
triggers:
  - type: turned_on
    device_id: 7b032bcff9c01acf131d6a9cc869b8f9
    entity_id: a2bb5d41f4de3db3793b3625f90b1fdc
    domain: switch
    trigger: device
conditions: []
actions:
  - type: toggle
    device_id: 3aac2074dcb4a2ae30063e2415fc0913
    entity_id: 24eb6985585db2cb811b9d97895c9c91
    domain: switch
  - type: toggle
    device_id: e15dcfe0d1742b1e8af4dd76ba901992
    entity_id: 64af755d2b82a912b39d46b09043c781
    domain: switch
  - type: toggle
    device_id: 3d7c9bf0b1a3a916878a22546684408b
    entity_id: b32c3ccdbaccbbf83452d7d36530bfe0
    domain: switch
mode: single

The single click event shows up in the event for the device

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But the toggle is not an option when trying to use it:
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2

You have to listen for a Zigbee event. I do something similar to get the config button from any of my Inovelli switches:

trigger: event
event_type: zha_event
event_data:
  command: button_3_hold

so, try this as a trigger:

trigger: event
event_type: zha_event
event_data:
  device_ieee: a4:c1:38:4e:4e:9d:ad:fa
  command: toggle
3

Is there something wrong in my code?

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4

In the future, please follow Community Questions Guideline #14.

The config is missing the triggers key and the event trigger is improperly indented:

alias: New automation
description: ""
triggers:
  - trigger: event
    event_type: zha_event
    event_data:
      device_ieee: a4:c1:38:4e:4e:9d:ad:fa
      command: toggle
conditions: []
# the rest of it...
5

Thanks! I’m new to yaml, so it’s not really easy to troubleshoot these myself.
Now it works like it should.

6

Just FYI, you can set up Event triggers in the Automation Editor if you want to reduce the amount of messing with YAML. For your event it would look like:

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