Notifications with simple Action (Start Script)

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Finally figure out what it is:
The flow is that

  1. Set up an actionable notification. The action can be of any name like STOP_THE_SIREN.
  2. When you press the button on the notification of the app, a trigger mobile_app_notification_action with event data STOP_THE_SIREN is fired.
  3. You use the trigger in #2 to trigger ANOTHER automation.
  4. In this automation, do everything you want.

Here’s my result:

Automation 1: Send the notification until turned off

alias: Repeat Notification when Siren Switch Turned On
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - input_boolean.siren_switch
    from: null
    to: "on"
condition: []
action:
  - repeat:
      sequence:
        - service: notify.notify
          data:
            message: Button pressed
            title: Warning
            data:
              sound:
                name: default
              actions:
                - action: TURN_OFF_SIREN
                  title: Turn off
        - delay:
            hours: 0
            minutes: 0
            seconds: 3
            milliseconds: 0
      until:
        - condition: state
          entity_id: input_boolean.siren_switch
          state: "off"
mode: single

Automation 2: Listen to the app action and then turn off the siren switch

alias: Turn off siren switch using mobile app
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: mobile_app_notification_action
    event_data:
      action: TURN_OFF_SIREN
condition: []
action:
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: input_boolean.siren_switch
mode: single

I think the official document is written in a way that not everyone can understand. Thanks for the YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZsY5a7R10c . Hope this helps.

Cheers

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