How to use friendly_name for an hardware switch in automations.yaml

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I’m new to zigbee2mqtt and have setup HA on a raspberry PI 4 with a SONOFF 3.0 Zigbee dongel.
Now i want control a light (led) with an hardware switch "Ecodim ED-10015.
With the configuration below i can switch on the light.

Part of zigbee2mqtt configuration.yaml

Devices:
  # hardware switch
  '0xb4e3f9fffeefac07':
    friendly_name: badkamer_ecodim_schakelaar_8_knoppen
    description: Schakelaar voor bedienen lampen in de badkamer
  # led light  
  '0xa4c138b20348eb1e':
    friendly_name: test_led_spot
    description: Deze led spot wordt gebruikt voor test doeleinde.

Automations.yaml

- id: '1799208799489'
  alias: test schakel lamp aan-uit
  description: testing
  trigger:
  - platform: device
    domain: mqtt
    device_id: 7cdb9a09b782b3da28c3d92144830a0d
    type: action
    subtype: on_1
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: light.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id:
      - light.test_led_spot
    data: {}
  mode: single

Now i want to use the friendly_name instead of the device_id in my automations.yaml but i know how to do that.
By everything i tried i get error messages or the light don’t switched on.
Can someone point me to the right direction how to get this to work?

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Please format your post properly.

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You can’t. But you could use a state trigger instead.

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I suggest you read this before proceeding any further Why and how to avoid device_ids in automations and scripts

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