Run Automation B only if Automation A triggered in the last X minutes?

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I have an automation that turns on our room light if my 2 year olds door opens and no ones around, using motion sensors.

Once those lights come on at 3 am its annoying trying to get them off when groggy. I have another motion sensor in bedroom so I thought if lights are on, and automation.a has triggered in last 10
Minutes, then bedroom becomes occupied (motion sensor).

I have not found anything like this searching so my feeble attempt below.

alias:  Parents Are Up Dim Lights
description: Dim the lights if we have just gotten up
trigger:
  - type: occupied
    platform: device
    device_id: 3684e0fc6af82010bfcf8a990288e765
    entity_id: binary_sensor.lumi_lumi_sensor_motion_aq2_9f1c7502_occupancy
    domain: binary_sensor
condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: automation.notify_me_if_nias_door_opens_after_8
    state: <10 minutes ago
    attribute: last_triggered
action:
  - service: script.dim_bedroom
    data: {}
mode: single

This is automation A for reference.

alias: Notify me if Babies door opens
description: ''
trigger:
  - type: opened
    platform: device
    device_id: fdb71c5b8b154ce38fec5ce2fb5cd9e0
    entity_id: binary_sensor.lumi_lumi_sensor_magnet_aq2_on_off
    domain: binary_sensor
condition:
  - condition: and
    conditions:
      - type: is_not_occupied
        condition: device
        device_id: 193c0d5533474c1ea3f6377b29f9c316
        entity_id: binary_sensor.lumi_lumi_sensor_motion_aq2_occupancy
        domain: binary_sensor
      - type: is_not_occupied
        condition: device
        device_id: 67e32726f1a71592f882e88d87d7ccf0
        entity_id: binary_sensor.lumi_lumi_sensor_motion_aq2_d9ec5302_occupancy
        domain: binary_sensor
action:
  - type: turn_on
    device_id: 12621a7eac6e4b7bbcaa7e31d32a9e77
    entity_id: light.sengled_e11_g13_d5320c03_level_on_off
    domain: light
    brightness_pct: 100
    flash: short
  - type: turn_on
    device_id: 3c3bc9fc8e564d9e831ec6f9ad42b7ca
    entity_id: light.sengled_e11_g13_fe6e0b03_level_on_off
    domain: light
    brightness_pct: 100
    flash: long
  - type: turn_on
    device_id: 212cf47316d84a67975df77801b21b90
    entity_id: light.sengled_e11_g13_612f0b03_level_on_off
    domain: light
    brightness_pct: 100
    flash: long
  - service: notify.smtp_both_phones
    data:
      message: Go Get That Baby.
      title: Door Open
mode: single
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This condition should work based on what you have above. Not sure if your trigger is working or not…

condition:
  condition: template
  value_template: "{{ (as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(states.automation.notify_me_if_nias_door_opens_after_8.attributes.last_triggered)) < 600 }}"
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Thanks! I didnt know what to search exactly and finally found something below as you were typing.

Thanks a lot for reassuring me. I noticed in that post the guy says 2.5 hours but writes 220 and it was confusing the hell out of me, thought it should be 600 and you reaffirmed that.

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How about having automation A start a timer for length of time X, and then have automation B check on the state of the timer as a condition.