[solved] Can't call script from Automation

Configuration
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I’m mostly just using the UI as I’m a noob, but I’m trying to create an automation that tells me when the garage door is open too long. There are a lot of older examples in yaml, but none of it is helping me. Here’s what I did so far:

  1. Created a script that tells notify.alexa_media to say that the door has been open too long - I can execute that and she blabs as desired.
  2. I created an automation that has a condition when the door is “open” for: minutes: 2
  3. I have an action that does a call_service on script.announce_garage_blah, which doesn’t require any data, but when I try to save, I get Message malformed: value is not allowed for dictionary value @ data['type']

I only made the script because trying to do the notify from the automation also gave me similar errors. But the script works great by itself.

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Willing to delve into the code a little bit? try to copy and paste this in your automations.yaml… Don’t forget to restart HA after pasting this, otherwise it won’t work. I hope it helps.

- id: put a random numer here.. so you'll be able to modify it from the UI
  alias: put it as you like it
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.name_of_your_door
    to: on
    for: '00:02:00'
  action:
  - service: script.turn_on
    entity_id: script.announce_garage_blah
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Thanks for your reply. I’m happy to play in the code/yaml. I added this to automations.yaml, and though it appears valid, this automation does not appear in the UI under config->automations (there is another one I made that does appear). I did restart the server (I even put a server restart button on my lovelace UI)

- id: '2608925526286'
  alias: Door open too long
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: cover.garage_door
    state: open
    for: '00:02:00'
  action:
  - service: script.turn_on
    entity_id: script.announce_garage_door_open
  mode: single

Appreciate any help!

[update - there was actually an error in the log!]

Invalid config for [automation]: [state] is an invalid option for [automation]. Check: automation->state. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 8). I’m guessing that it’s state: open but not sure. Back to the docs!

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Doesn’t look like calling the script was the problem. I think it’s trying to put a for condition on a cover.

5

Got it working. HA is amazing!! It announces on all my Echoes. In case anyone else wants this.

 id: '1609007893100'
  alias: Garage Door Open too long
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: cover.garage_door
    to: open
    for: "00:15:00"
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: script.announce_garage_door_open
    data: {}
  mode: single
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oops, yeah. It was to: instead of state: sorry for that. I’m glad you got it working

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