Automation-first reliability planner
Start with what you want to automate, then check whether it will run reliably
Choose a scene such as presence lighting, front door security, away mode, smart locks, energy alerts, climate comfort, or garden watering. The planner maps the devices, hubs, compatibility path, limits, reliability checklist, and Home Assistant YAML before you buy.
Arm a home when everyone leaves, watch doors and motion sensors, and send actionable alerts.
Devices you already own
Security automation
Away mode and alarm arming
Arm a home when everyone leaves, watch doors and motion sensors, and send actionable alerts.
Local risk
high
Security scene
Yes
Owned matches
0
- Start with reliable door and motion triggers.
- Create an away-mode condition before enabling siren actions.
- Add camera verification or NVR clips for high-confidence alerts.
- Aqara Door and Window Sensor P2
- Eve Door & Window
- Eve Motion
- Aqara Motion Sensor P1
- Aqara Hub M3
- reliable presence or away signal
- door sensors
- motion sensors
- siren or notification path
- Home Assistant alarm control panel
- Presence detection can be unreliable if phone location is the only signal.
- False alarms increase quickly without entry delay and clear arming states.
- Cloud sirens or cameras may not be suitable for security-critical paths.
These checks come before copying YAML. They reduce false triggers, stale states, manual-control conflicts, and unsafe security or power actions.
- Use more than one away signal when possible: phone presence, door state, motion silence, or manual arming.
- Add entry delay, exit delay, and disarm conditions before siren or alarm actions.
- Treat unknown or unavailable sensors as a review item, not automatically safe.
- Send actionable notifications before escalating to sirens or lock actions.
Recommended devices
alias: Notify when front door opens
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.front_door
to: "on"
action:
- service: notify.mobile_app_phone
data:
title: Front door opened
message: The front door sensor changed to open.
mode: singleNeed a final setup and reliability path?
$1.99 setup + reliability report
Send your scene, devices, hubs, and target ecosystem. We will return what to connect, what hub is missing, which features may not work, reliability risks, fallback checks, and what to buy or avoid.
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