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Automations

Publishers and subscribers

To prevent spaghetti code in automations as this project grows, I employ a publish–subscribe pattern (kind of a lightweight mediator pattern) where some automations will trigger changes on /inputs/input_booleans.yaml and /inputs/variables.yaml while others listen to those changes.

Avoiding spaghetti code.

For example, one push of a button will lead to enabling the night mode by setting the relevant boolean to true. Every room has an automation that listens to changes on that night mode boolean, and is responsible for turning devices on and off accordingly. This makes every room reactive to one central direction, without having to maintain a monolithic /scripts/go_to_sleep.yaml that lists all the devices that must be acted upon.

It's a bit like a boss giving orders to managers, and letting them figure out how to best accomplish these goals based on what they know about their respective teams. Less micromanagement = smarter teams.

To help clarify and document this pattern in the files' comments, automations annotated with @publish are the ones that issue orders, and those annotated with @subscribe are listening for such orders. Some automations will be both publishers and subscribers of different orders.

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Folders

📂 ./areas/

Contains automations related to smart areas.

📂 ./devices/

For automations related to individual smart devices.

📂 ./modes/

For all automations related to modes.

📂 ./notifications/

Visual and audio notifications.

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Files

💡️ ./cct_lifx.yaml

Adjust LIFX bulbs colour temperature (CCT) based on cyrcadian rythm.

💡️ ./cct_limitlessled.yaml

Adjust LimitlessLED/MiLight colour temperature (CCT) based on cyrcadian rythm.

🏠 ./homekit_start.yaml

Start the HomeKit server when everything is ready.

🎥 ./motion_front_start.yaml

Fetch video and generate images when motion has been detected outside in front.

🛑 ./motion_front_stop.yaml

Reset motion sensor for outside in front.

🔆️ ./scene_daylight.yaml

Toggle the daylight scene.

👾 ./scene_gaming.yaml

Toggle the gaming scene.

💏️ ./scene_romantic.yaml

Toggle the romantic scene.

🔘️️ ./scene_select.yaml

Manually select a global scene.

🌈️ ./theme_auto.yaml

Set theme to "normal" during daytime and "dark" during night mode.

🆕 ./update_verify.yaml

Check for new Home Assistant version availability.

⏰️ ./wake_up.yaml

Wake up all devices.

🖼️ ./wallpaper_create.yaml

Create wallpaper images from cameras.

🖼️ ./wallpaper_update.yaml

Update wallpaper images from cameras.

📞 ./webhook_ifttt.yaml

Wake up all devices.

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Customization

The bulk of the customization is done in /ui-lovelace.yaml, /customize.yaml, and /customize_glob.yaml.

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