What are Automations and how do they work?

An Automation makes your accessories react on their own, without you lifting a finger. Every automation is built from an event that triggers it, optionally narrowed down by a condition.

Events include things like:

- Someone arriving or everyone leaving home

- A specific time of day (or sunrise/sunset)

- An accessory being controlled (e.g. a light turning on)

- A sensor detecting something (motion, smoke, etc.)

Conditions can then restrict when that automation is actually allowed to run — by an accessory's current setting, the time of day, or who's home at the time.