Repeat same action on multiple person - how to optimise this automation?

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I you only want the automation to process four specific persons, here’s how it can be done with Counted Repeat.

alias: MQTT Presence Initialise
description: Respond with data when the BlinktPi Initialises
trigger:
  - platform: mqtt
    topic: blinktpi/response
    payload: Initialise
condition: []
action:
  - variables:
      persons: [ 'darren', 'h', 'a', 'k' ]
  - repeat:
      count: '{{ persons | count }}'
      sequence:
      - variables:
          person: '{{ persons[repeat.index - 1] }}'
      - service: mqtt.publish
        data:
          topic: blinktpi/presence
          payload_template: >
            { "person": "{{ person }}","status": "{{ states('person.' ~ person) }}" }
mode: single
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