Problem:
Sometimes, I just want the the house to be in sleep_mode without actually running any scripts when sleep_mode is toggled on/off. However, sometimes the reverse is true and I want the sleep_mode switch to also run a bedtime script.
Fix 1:
The switch should only run the bedtime script if guest_mode is off perhaps? In this way, the sleep_mode could still be toggled on an off (ensuring other automations are blocked) without running the script when guest_mode is enabled. However, having guests in the house is only half the issue because there are other times when I still only want to enable sleep_mode without running the bedtime script
Fix 2:
Another option is to seperate the switch and the script entirely. And have the bedtime script run using another switch. The bedtime script then needs to toggle the sleep_mode switch. This seems backwards to me and also involves creating yet another input_boolean switch with automations linked to it.
Any thoughts or suggestions you might have (or other ways you are setting up the house for bedtime and enabling sleep_mode) would be welcome!