Turn on light on motion, but after delay, then turn off

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Motion activated lights automation

This gets asked a lot so here is an example for automating a light to come on with movement and go off after there is no movement for a short time. trigger: - platform: state entity_id: binary_sensor.your_motion_sensor_here # change this to: 'on' - platform: state entity_id: binary_sensor.your_motion_sensor_here # change this to: 'off' for: minutes: 2 # adjust as necessary action: - service: "light.turn_{{ trigger.to_state.state }}" target: entity_id: …