Morning automation with TTS report and News summary

robconnolly · November 7, 2018, 7:49am

Hi Everyone,

I’ve written a detailed write up of my morning automation, which includes a TTS report/briefing and playback of the latest news from the BBC:

https://webworxshop.com/2018/11/07/making-my-mornings-a-little-easier-with-home-assistant

I’d be happy to hear of any improvements anyone can suggest to this.

I also feel that there aren’t enough detailed write ups on specific parts of people’s setups. We’re not short of example configs on GitHub, but it can often be difficult to piece together all the parts that made things work. This is something I’m trying to address in this post, so I’d be happy to hear feedback on whether people would like to see more of these kind of posts.

Happy Automating!

nickrout · November 7, 2018, 8:01am

Excellent write up. I don’t abide with the TV on in the morning, but the ideas are easily adopted to other media players

lolouk44 · November 7, 2018, 8:09am

nice, I have something similar where my assistant also tells me about the commute to work and my next family appointment:

github.com

lolouk44/homeassistant/blob/master/automation/Good Morning.yaml

- alias: Play Good Morning
  initial_state: false
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_living_room_front
      to: 'on'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_kitchen
      to: 'on'
  condition:
    - condition: time
      after: '05:30'
      before: '12:00'
    - condition: state
      entity_id: input_boolean.normal
      state: 'on'
    - condition: template
      # Only run if more than 6 hours (21,600 sec) since it last ran 
      value_template: '{{(as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(state_attr("automation.play_good_morning", "last_triggered") | default(0)) | int > 21600 )}}'
  action:

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