Description
This will create a recurring todo item that always appear on a specified list. When the item is marked complete, it will be recreated to be due x days from now (at y time).
It will perform the following:
- When the list is modified in any way this automation will trigger, wait 20 seconds, then
- Removes the ‘item name’ if it is completed in the todo list, then
- If the ‘item name’ does not exist in the todo list as either a complete or incomplete item (this prevents duplicates):
- Adds a new entry for ‘item name’ set for the number of days specified away from today, with the specifies due time
Note: in order for the todo to first display, make any modification (add/remove/complete an item on the list) after saving this automation
This is a modification of the blueprint by @bakinbits found here.
blueprint:
name: Recurring todo
description: >-
Setup a recurring todo to always appear on a specified list. Performs:
1. When the list is modified in any way this automation will trigger, wait 20 seconds, then
2. Removes the 'item name' if it is completed in the todo list, then
3. If the 'item name' does not exist in the todo list as an incomplete item (this prevents duplicates):
1. Adds a new entry for 'item name' set for the number of days specified away from today, with the specifie due time
### Note: in order for the todo to first display, make any modification (add/remove/complete an item on the list) after saving this automation
domain: automation
input:
taskList:
name: Todo List
description: List containing recurring tasks (must exist)
selector:
entity:
filter:
- domain: todo
taskName:
name: Item name
description: The name that represents the to-do item.
taskDescription:
name: Description
description: A more complete description of the to-do item than provided by the item name.
default: " "
recurDays:
name: Days until task is due
description: How often should task repeat once completed (number of days)
selector:
number:
min: 1
max: 365
recurTime:
name: Recur time (24hr)
description: What time should the task repeat in 24 hour time (HH:MM:SS format)
selector:
time:
default: 12:00:00
mode: restart
max_exceeded: silent
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- !input "taskList"
condition: []
action:
- delay: "00:00:20"
alias: Wait 20 seconds before modifying list, in case change was an accident
- variables:
taskList: !input "taskList"
taskName: !input "taskName"
taskDescription: !input "taskDescription"
recurDays: !input "recurDays"
recurTime: !input "recurTime"
alias: Set Task Details
- service: todo.get_items
metadata: {}
data:
status:
- completed
target:
entity_id: "{{ taskList }}"
response_variable: completedTasks
alias: Get all completedTasks
- if:
- condition: template
value_template: >-
{{taskName in completedTasks[taskList]['items'] |
map(attribute='summary') | list}}
alias: If todo exists and is completed
then:
- service: todo.remove_item
metadata: {}
data:
item: "{{ taskName }}"
target:
entity_id: "{{ taskList }}"
alias: If todo is completed, remove it from list
- alias: Get allTasks
service: todo.get_items
metadata: {}
data:
status:
- completed
- needs_action
target:
entity_id: "{{ taskList }}"
response_variable: allTasks
- alias: If todo is not in the list already, add it with new due date and time
if:
- alias: "Todo does not exist"
condition: template
value_template: >-
{{ taskName not in allTasks[taskList]['items'] |
map(attribute='summary') | list}}
then:
- variables:
newDueDate: "{{ (now() + timedelta(days=recurDays)).strftime('%Y-%m-%d') }}"
- service: todo.add_item
metadata: {}
data:
item: "{{ taskName }}"
description: "{{ taskDescription }}"
due_datetime: "{{ newDueDate }} {{ recurTime }}"
target:
entity_id: "{{ taskList }}"
