Writing an automation to execute only once?

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I would like to send a message to an Echo when my child turns on the computer…something like “good morning, did you brush your teeth”. I can detect when the computer turns on or comes out of sleep by seeing if it’s connected to the wifi network…so triggering isn’t a problem…but I’d like to deliver that message only once, not every time he turns on the computer during the day.

Is there an easy way to do this?

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You could use a Time condition if he typically only turns it on before a certain time.

Alternately you’d have to create an input boolean. This would need to be reset to zero every night (in a separate automation triggered by time of day), added as a condition to the automation to announce only if it was zero, and as part of the automation itself have it set to 1 when it runs.

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Do you have an existing Template Binary Sensor, or something similar, that indicates when the computer is on?

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I’d do it very simply:

  1. Have the automation turn itself off
  2. Have another automation turn it on at, say, midnight
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Thanks…found service automation .turn_off. Exactly what I want to do.

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Also, you could define an array of things to say, use a random number to mix it up a bit just to keep it interesting