MQTT Light Entity Action Fails

Configuration
1

Given I can use the dashboard to turn off lights that are set up on smart things. Which makes me believe that I can pass the command to smart things through the mqtt setup.

I am trying to create an automation to do it for me. However, no matter what I attempt I am unable to get the automation to fire.

LIGHT ----

- platform:                 mqtt
  name:                     "Down Stairs"
  state_topic:              "smartthings/Down Stairs/switch"
  command_topic:            "smartthings/Down Stairs/switch"
  brightness_state_topic:   "smartthings/Down Stairs/level"
  brightness_command_topic: "smartthings/Down Stairs/level"
  payload_on:               "on"
  payload_off:              "off"
  retain:                   true

AUTOMATION—

trigger:
  - platform:         time
    minutes: '/1'
action:
  - service:   light.turn_off
    data:
      entity_id:
        - light.down_stairs
2

Not really sure what you’re trying to do. Your automation turns off the light every minute? First check you spacing, this seems to be off. Does the light turns on/off if you toggle the switch on the front? Did you check the HA log?

3

It turns out I didnt realize my include wasnt working. Once that was figured out all those automations showed up, and my light cutoff within 2 minutes. Debugging finished.