Vibration Sensor Help - Delay Start to Routine? My YAML Included

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Hey folks, fairly new to Home Assistant, haven’t coded in 10+ years.

I have a vibration sensor using the Zigbee protocol to alert when it finishes running. And that part works… a little too well, actually. It senses ALL vibration to start the routine., even microscopic movements. Open the door to unload clothes? It goes off. Set the laundry basket on top of the dryer? It goes off.

what I’m looking for is a way to tell it to only run the routine if it initially senses movement for 1 minute. I figure that’s enough time for it to know it’s an actual load, not something small. I’ve looked all over the forum and online for a solution, can’t seem to find any. Would anyone here have a solution?

Here’s the code I have:

alias: Dryer Test
description: ""
trigger:
  - type: no_motion
    platform: device
    device_id: 7ddd7fba1740f89748c500eec13c366a
    entity_id: da6372594687264ff85dcefa37d8c466
    domain: binary_sensor
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 1
      seconds: 0
condition: []
action:
  - action: notify.alexa_media_bedroom_alexa
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: The dryer has finished running.
  - action: notify.alexa_media_kitchen_alexa
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: The dryer has finished running.
  - action: notify.alexa_media_living_room_echo_dot
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: The dryer has finished running.
mode: single

(If this is in the wrong forum, I apologize.)

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I use a Trigger-based template binary sensor for mine, but something similar could be done using a state-based template binary sensor with delay_on and delay_off.

template:
  - trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.zb_vibration_01
        to:
          - 'on'
          - 'off'
        from:
          - 'on'
          - 'off'
        for: "00:01:00"
    binary_sensor:
      - name: Dryer Active
        unique_id: dryer_active_0001
        device_class: running
        state: "{{ trigger.to_state.state }}"

Then I use the state of that binary sensor as the trigger for my automations.

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