How to use action input beside other actions

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Hi everyone,

I’m struggling for hours on a blueprint now.
Here is the point, we usually use action input as the only entry in a sequence (see exemple below)

action:
- variables:
    event: '{{ trigger.event.data.event }}'
- choose:
  - conditions:
    - '{{ event == 1002 }}'
    sequence: !input 'remote_button_short_press'
  - conditions:
    - '{{ event == 1003 }}'
    sequence: !input 'remote_button_hold_press'
  - conditions:
    - '{{ event == 1004 }}'
    sequence: !input 'remote_button_double_press'

Today, I have complex situation. I want to loop an action (selected by the user) and there’s no way I get this working.

action:
- variables:
    device: !input 'ikea_styrbar'
    event: '{{ trigger.event.data.event }}'
- choose:
  - conditions:
    - '{{ event == 1002 }}'
    sequence: !input 'remote_button_short_press_light_up'
  - conditions:
    - '{{ event == 1001 }}'
    sequence:
      - repeat:
          until:
            - condition: template
              value_template: "{{ wait.trigger is not none or repeat.index > 10 }}"
          sequence:
            - !input 'remote_button_hold_press_light_up'
            - wait_for_trigger:
              - platform: event
                event_type: deconz_event
                event_data:
                  device_id: !input 'ikea_styrbar'
                  event: 1003
              timeout:
                milliseconds: 500

The idea here is to handle the looping conditions in the blueprint, this code works like a charm in my automations.

Here is an example of automation that works :

alias: Test
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: deconz_event
    event_data:
      id: remote_control_n2
condition: []
action:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ trigger.event.data.event == 1002}}"
        sequence: []
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ trigger.event.data.event == 1001}}"
        sequence:
          - repeat:
              until:
                - condition: template
                  value_template: "{{ wait.trigger is not none or repeat.index >= 20 }}"
              sequence:
                - service: light.turn_on
                  data:
                    brightness_step_pct: 10
                  target:
                    area_id: salon
          - wait_for_trigger:
              - platform: event
                event_type: deconz_event
                event_data:
                  id: remote_control_n2
                  event: 1003
            timeout:
              hours: 0
              minutes: 0
              seconds: 0
              milliseconds: 500
mode: single

I’m looping until the wait.trigger is set which occurs once the “release” event of my button is fired.
This allows me to increase/decrease brightness in a room when you hold a button until you release it.

I’d like to turn this into a blueprint, letting the user choose the actions in my until loop.
I’ve tried many syntax in order to get the action input working in the repeat’s sequence but I always get an error

expected dictionary @ data['action'][1]['choose'][1]['sequence'][0]['repeat']['sequence'][0]. Got Non

Anyone has already tried something like this ?
Using action input in a sequence with other actions in the same sequence ?

Thanks for reading me :blush:

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blueprint:
  name: test
  domain: automation

  input:
    lights:
      name: lights
      description: "same description"
      selector:
        target:
          entity:
            domain: light

trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: deconz_event
    event_data:
      id: remote_control_n2
condition: []
action:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ trigger.event.data.event == 1002}}"
        sequence: []
      - conditions:
          - condition: template
            value_template: "{{ trigger.event.data.event == 1001}}"
        sequence:
          - repeat:
              until:
                - condition: template
                  value_template: "{{ wait.trigger is not none or repeat.index >= 20 }}"
              sequence:
                - service: light.turn_on
                  data:
                    brightness_step_pct: 10
                  target: !input lights
          - wait_for_trigger:
              - platform: event
                event_type: deconz_event
                event_data:
                  id: remote_control_n2
                  event: 1003
            timeout:
              hours: 0
              minutes: 0
              seconds: 0
              milliseconds: 500
mode: single
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