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Feature Index

Which recipes show each feature. For what every setting does, see the README.

Kinds

Kind Recipes
State Garage door left open, Front door unlocked, Public locks unlocked at night, Door open, then left open, Water leak, Smoke detected, Craft room hotplate left on, Device offline, Power cut, Medication not taken, Vacation mode on
Threshold Freezer too warm, Server room overheated, Bathroom humidity, Pool pump power low, A chain of thresholds
Template Alarm not armed while away, Window open while the heating is on, Filter change due, Zigbee bridge down, Integration in trouble
On/off Dishwasher needs emptying, Car charging interrupted
Alert state Leak not acknowledged, Smoke detected (the companion), A leak that dried
Trigger Motion while away, Backup failed, Doorbell while you're out, Recycling tomorrow (a calendar trigger)
Bus event Errors in the log
Manual Clean laundry ready, Garbage day, Package delivered
Generators Monitored appliances tripped, Low batteries everywhere, Every leak sensor, Door open and left open, for every door

Settings and techniques

Feature Recipes
Delay before firing Garage door left open, Alarm not armed while away, Freezer too warm, Craft room hotplate left on, Zigbee bridge down
Delay before ending Window open while the heating is on, Door open, then left open
Extra condition Public locks unlocked at night, Pool pump power low, Medication not taken
Condition on a trigger Motion while away, Errors in the log, Backup failed
Hysteresis Freezer too warm, Bathroom humidity, Low batteries everywhere
No-data grace period, missing data Freezer too warm, Zigbee bridge down, Car charging interrupted
unavailable as the state Device offline
Unacknowledgeable Smoke detected, Medication not taken, Vacation mode on
Keep until acknowledged (latching) Freezer warm overnight, Smoke detected, Power cut, A leak that dried
Supersession Door open, then left open, Smoke detected, A chain of thresholds, Door open and left open, for every door
Propagation, pre-acknowledgement Door open, then left open, Escalation and Supersession
Escalation Leak not acknowledged, A leak that dried, Escalation and Supersession
Subject entity Alarm not armed while away, Integration in trouble, Clean laundry ready
Fire data Package delivered
Ending by itself (manual) Package delivered
Dismissable from the card Clean laundry ready, Garbage day, Package delivered
Generator targets: labels / domains and device classes / exclusions Monitored appliances tripped / Low batteries everywhere / Low batteries everywhere
Area and labels (placement) Monitored appliances tripped, Door open and left open, for every door, A card for each room

Notifications

Feature Recipes
Notifier groups Getting Started, Designing Your Notifications
Choosing groups per alert Water leak, Motion while away, Medication not taken
Card only (no groups) Bathroom humidity, Vacation mode on
Reminder schedules Water leak, Window open while the heating is on, Filter change due, Designing Your Notifications
Message templates Alarm not armed while away, Window open while the heating is on, Designing Your Notifications
Card message Server room overheated, Integration in trouble
latched in messages Power cut, Smoke detected
Buttons Garage door left open, Water leak, Craft room hotplate left on, Filter change due, Medication not taken
Only from an unlocked phone Front door unlocked, Public locks unlocked at night
Quiet hours Getting Started, Designing Your Notifications
Throttling Errors in the log, Designing Your Notifications
iPhone interruption levels Leak not acknowledged, Smoke detected, Designing Your Notifications
Images in notifications Doorbell while you're out

Operating and building on

Feature Where
Snooze, suspend, disable Taking Alerts Out of Service
Actions on labels and areas Taking Alerts Out of Service
Firing and dismissing from automations Clean laundry ready, Package delivered
Assist voice commands Voice Control
Alexa and Google proxies Voice Control
The card and its options Building on Alert Redux
Summary sensors Building on Alert Redux
Events and automations Building on Alert Redux, Reacting to Alerts
The React to Alert Redux alerts blueprint Reacting to Alerts
Export and import Getting Started, Keeping Alerts in Version Control
Converters Migrating from alert and Alert2

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