Dermot DuffyandClaude Opus 4.8
b701366762
Split automations into HA-style `triggers`, ongoing `conditions`, and
`actions`, with compatibility migrations for existing Advanced Camera
Card configs.
## Summary
At a glance (details below):
- **Added** `triggers:` -- a required, HA-shaped block: stock `state` /
`numeric_state` / `template` plus card-specific triggers (`camera`,
`view`, `fullscreen`, ...).
- **Added** the HA-native `if` / `then` / `else` action.
- **Removed** `actions_not` (replaced by `if` / `then` / `else`).
- **Removed** the ambient `advanced_camera_card` template namespace (use
`acc` instead).
- **Changed** the trigger template surface to a top-level `trigger.*`
variable (as in HA); the nested `acc.trigger.*` paths are removed.
- **Changed** `conditions:` to ongoing gates only -- they no longer wake
an automation, and change-only forms (`config`, valueless `camera` /
`view` / `state`) become triggers, not conditions.
- **Changed** action templates to render per step, so a later action
sees state an earlier one changed.
- **Compatibility:** HA-shaped YAML is accepted (singular keys,
single-or-list, `and` / `or` / `not` shorthand, `entity` / `entity_id`).
- **Migration:** existing configs upgrade automatically; anything that
cannot be converted faithfully is recorded under `__UPGRADE_FAILURE__`
for manual fixup.
## Breaking Changes
### 1. Automations now require triggers
Before this PR, `automations[].conditions` served two roles:
- They decided whether the automation should run.
- They also acted as the thing that woke the automation up.
After this PR:
- `triggers` wake the automation.
- `conditions` only gate it at the instant a trigger fires.
Most existing automations are migrated automatically from `conditions:`
to `triggers:`.
### 2. `actions_not` is retired
Legacy `actions_not` is replaced by an HA-style `if` action with `then`
/ `else`.
Faithful conversions are automatic. Cases that cannot be faithfully
converted are recorded under `__UPGRADE_FAILURE__.automations` and must
be migrated manually.
### 3. Template surface aligned with Home Assistant
Two related template changes, both auto-migrated:
- **Top-level `trigger.*`.** Automation actions now receive a top-level
`trigger` template variable, like Home Assistant. Legacy nested paths
such as `acc.trigger.state.to` and
`advanced_camera_card.trigger.camera.to` are migrated automatically when
they appear inside template strings.
- **The ambient `advanced_camera_card` template namespace is removed.**
The long-form ambient namespace (`advanced_camera_card.camera`,
`advanced_camera_card.view`, `advanced_camera_card.config`) is retired
in favour of its shorter `acc` alias -- supported since v7.1.0, and the
only spelling the new trigger surface uses. Existing templates are
migrated automatically by rewriting the `advanced_camera_card.` prefix
to `acc.`.
### 4. Trigger-only condition forms are no longer valid conditions
Some legacy "conditions" were really change detectors. These are now
triggers only:
- `condition: config`
- valueless `camera`
- valueless `view`
- valueless `state` / picture-elements state condition with neither
`state` nor `state_not`
These are automatically promoted in automations and stripped from
overrides/elements where they would no longer be meaningful as ongoing
conditions.
### 5. Template truthiness now follows Home Assistant behavior
Template conditions and template triggers intentionally use different
truthiness rules, matching HA:
- A template condition passes only when the rendered value is `true`
(case-insensitive), matching HA's `condition.py`.
- A template trigger uses HA's broader `result_as_boolean` coercion: a
non-zero number, or `1` / `true` / `yes` / `on` / `enable`
(case-insensitive), counts as true.
### 6. Action templates render when each action executes
Action templates are now rendered per action step, not once for the
whole sequence. This means a later action can see card-local state
changed by an earlier action in the same sequence.
The `trigger` context is fixed for the automation run. HA entity state
updates still depend on the frontend receiving updated HASS state over
the websocket.
## Automatic Migrations
### Automation `conditions:` to `triggers:`
Simple legacy automation:
```yaml
# Before
automations:
- conditions:
- condition: fullscreen
fullscreen: true
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: substream_on
```
```yaml
# After, automatic
automations:
- triggers:
- trigger: fullscreen
fullscreen: true
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: substream_on
```
State conditions become HA-style state triggers:
```yaml
# Before
automations:
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.front_door
state: 'on'
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: live
```
```yaml
# After, automatic
automations:
- triggers:
- trigger: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.front_door
to: 'on'
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: live
```
Multiple conditions become both triggers and ongoing conditions:
```yaml
# Before
automations:
- conditions:
- condition: camera
cameras: [front_door]
- condition: fullscreen
fullscreen: true
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: substream_on
```
```yaml
# After, automatic
automations:
- triggers:
- trigger: camera
cameras: [front_door]
- trigger: fullscreen
fullscreen: true
conditions:
- condition: camera
cameras: [front_door]
- condition: fullscreen
fullscreen: true
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: substream_on
```
The flattened trigger list is an implicit OR. The retained `conditions:`
list is an implicit AND checked when any trigger fires.
### Trigger-only legacy conditions
Legacy `config` conditions become `config` triggers:
```yaml
# Before
automations:
- conditions:
- condition: config
paths: [menu.style]
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: status_bar
```
```yaml
# After, automatic
automations:
- triggers:
- trigger: config
paths: [menu.style]
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: status_bar
```
Trigger-only leaves are removed from retained `conditions:` blocks
because they no longer describe an ongoing state.
### `actions_not` to `if` / `then` / `else`
```yaml
# Before
automations:
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.camera_alerts
state: 'on'
actions:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: live
actions_not:
- action: none
```
```yaml
# After, automatic
automations:
- triggers:
- trigger: state
entity_id: input_boolean.camera_alerts
actions:
- if:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.camera_alerts
state: 'on'
then:
- action: custom:advanced-camera-card-action
advanced_camera_card_action: live
else:
- action: none
```
If the legacy automation had no conditions, or only trigger-only
conditions, `actions_not` is dropped because the old `else` branch could
not be reproduced as an ongoing predicate.
### Trigger template paths
```yaml
# Before
message: 'Door is {{ acc.trigger.state.to }} from {{ acc.trigger.state.from }}'
```
```yaml
# After, automatic
message: 'Door is {{ trigger.to_state.state }} from {{ trigger.from_state.state }}'
```
Path rewrites performed automatically:
| Old path | New path |
| -------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| `acc.trigger.state.entity` | `trigger.entity_id` |
| `acc.trigger.state.from` | `trigger.from_state.state` |
| `acc.trigger.state.to` | `trigger.to_state.state` |
| `acc.trigger.camera.from` | `trigger.from_acc.camera` |
| `acc.trigger.camera.to` | `trigger.to_acc.camera` |
| `acc.trigger.view.from` | `trigger.from_acc.view` |
| `acc.trigger.view.to` | `trigger.to_acc.view` |
| `acc.trigger.config.from` | `trigger.from_acc.config` |
| `acc.trigger.config.to` | `trigger.to_acc.config` |
The same rewrites are applied for the older
`advanced_camera_card.trigger.*` namespace.
### Ambient template namespace
Any remaining long-form ambient `advanced_camera_card.*` references
(outside the trigger surface) are rewritten to the `acc.*` alias:
```yaml
# Before
title: 'Now viewing {{ advanced_camera_card.camera }}'
```
```yaml
# After, automatic
title: 'Now viewing {{ acc.camera }}'
```
## Manual Migration Cases
### `__UPGRADE_FAILURE__.automations`
If a legacy automation cannot be converted faithfully, the original
automation is recorded under:
```yaml
__UPGRADE_FAILURE__:
automations:
- ...
```
These entries require manual migration.
The main known case is legacy `actions_not` with a condition whose
trigger can only fire on a rising edge, such as:
- `condition: template`
- `condition: screen`
- `condition: numeric_state` without an entity-backed state to watch
Those conditions can start the `then` branch, but cannot reliably start
the `else` branch when they stop matching.
### Unsupported HA conditions and triggers
This PR aligns the card with HA where supported, but it is not a full HA
automation engine.
Unsupported HA condition families include:
- `time`
- `zone`
- `sun`
- `location`
- `device`
- `condition: trigger`
Unsupported HA trigger platforms include:
- `event`
- `time`
- `time_pattern`
- `sun`
- `zone`
- `calendar`
- `webhook`
- `tag`
- `device`
- `mqtt`
The card-specific camera `triggers:` feature (which auto-selects and
wakes the card on camera events such as motion) is a separate feature
from automation `triggers:`, despite the shared word.
### Trigger IDs and variables
HA keys such as `id`, `alias`, and `variables` are accepted so pasted HA
YAML validates, but they are ignored by the card. There is no
`trigger.id` support in this PR.
## New Compatibility Features
This PR also makes card config more forgiving for HA-style YAML:
- `trigger`, `condition`, and `action` singular keys are accepted and
normalized to `triggers`, `conditions`, and `actions`.
- Single trigger, condition, and action objects are accepted where lists
are expected.
- `if`, `then`, and `else` accept a single item or a list.
- Composite condition shorthand is accepted:
- `{ and: [...] }`
- `{ or: [...] }`
- `{ not: [...] }`
- `{ condition: [...] }` as an implicit AND
- State conditions resolve expected state values that name another
entity, matching HA/Lovelace behavior.
- Both `entity` and `entity_id` are accepted on state and numeric
conditions and triggers (a superset of HA's two dialects), so there is
no forced rename.
- `state_not` remains supported as a card/Lovelace-friendly extension.
## Trigger Payloads
Automation action templates receive a top-level `trigger` object.
For stock `state` and `numeric_state` triggers:
```yaml
trigger.platform
trigger.entity_id
trigger.entity
trigger.from_state
trigger.to_state
```
For template triggers:
```yaml
trigger.platform
```
For card-specific triggers:
```yaml
trigger.platform # "acc"
trigger.type
trigger.from_acc
trigger.to_acc
```
The card does not currently expose HA's `id`, `idx`, `for`, `attribute`,
`above`, `below`, or `alias` trigger fields.
BREAKING CHANGE: Automations now follow Home Assistant's `triggers:` /
`conditions:` / `actions:` model. Automations require a `triggers:`
block and `conditions:` no longer wake an automation; `actions_not` is
removed in favour of an `if` / `then` / `else` action; the nested
`acc.trigger.*` template paths and the ambient `advanced_camera_card`
template namespace are removed (use the top-level `trigger.*` surface
and the `acc` alias); trigger-only condition forms (`config`, valueless
`camera` / `view` / `state`) are no longer valid conditions; and
template-condition vs template-trigger truthiness now follow HA.
Existing configs are upgraded automatically where a faithful conversion
exists; anything that cannot be converted is recorded under
`__UPGRADE_FAILURE__` for manual migration.
---------
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
actions
Introduction to actions
actions is not a top-level configuration block, but can be used as part of
multiple other blocks.
Actions are pre-configured activities that can be triggered in response to a variety of circumstances (e.g. tapping on a menu icon, double tapping on an element or holding the mouse/tap down on a particular view).
Differences in actions between Advanced Camera Card and Home Assistant
Both the Home Assistant frontend and the Advanced Camera Card cooperate to provide action functionality. In general, the Advanced Camera Card functionality is a superset of that offered by stock Home Assistant.
Stock action functionality is used for Stock Home Assistant picture elements. Extended Advanced Camera Card behavior covers all other interactions on the Advanced Camera Card (e.g. menu icon elements, submenus and actions on the card or views).
Custom action types: start_tap and end_tap
The card has partial support for two special action types start_tap and
end_tap which occur when a tap is started (e.g. mouse is pressed down /
touch begins), and ended (e.g. mouse released / touch ends) respectively. This
might be useful for PTZ cameras cameras to start/stop movement on touch. Network
latency may introduce unavoidable imprecision between end_tap and action
actually occurring.
Multiple actions
Extended Advanced Camera Card behavior supports a list of actions instead of a single action, all of which will be handled. See an example of multiple actions.
Card and view actions
Actions may be attached to the card itself, to trigger action when the card
experiences a tap, double_tap, hold, start_tap or end_tap event.
Alternatively they can be configured on a per group-of-views basis, e.g. only
when live view is tapped.
| Configuration path | Views to which it refers |
|---|---|
image.actions |
image |
live.actions |
live |
media_gallery.actions |
clips, snapshots, recordings |
media_viewer.actions |
clip, snapshot, recording |
view.actions |
All except timeline and diagnostic |
If an action is configured for both the whole card (view.actions) and a more
specific view (e.g. live.actions) then the actions are merged, with the more
specific overriding the less specific.
Note
The card itself relies on user interactions to function (e.g.
tapon the menu should activate that button). Card or View actions are prevented from being activated through standard interaction with menu buttons, next/previous controls, thumbnails, etc, but in some cases this prevention is not possible (e.g. embedded WebRTC card controls) -- in these cases duplicate actions may occur with certain configurations (e.g.tap).
Note
Card-wide actions are not supported on the
timelineview,diagnosticsview nor when a info/error message is being displayed.
Actions
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Custom Actions | Custom actions to control the card. |
| Stock Actions | Standard Home Assistant actions. |