random_notifications.yaml

alias: Door - Main Bath Litter Box Obstruction
description: >
  Activates when the main bathroom door is closed for a defined duration,
  marking the litter box as obstructed, sending a notification, and announcing a
  random message every 'loop_delay' minutes (up to 'max_announcements' times)
  while the door remains closed. Clears obstruction when the door opens. Key
  parameters are defined as global variables for easier customization.
triggers:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.door_bath_main_contact
    to: "off"
    for:
      minutes: 30
    id: door_closed
    trigger: state
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.door_bath_main_contact
    to: "on"
    id: door_opened
    trigger: state
actions:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id: door_closed
        sequence:
          - variables:
              announcement_count: 0
          - target:
              entity_id: "{{ litter_box_obstructed_boolean_entity_id }}"
            action: input_boolean.turn_on
            data: {}
          - data:
              title: Litter Box Obstruction Alert
              message: >-
                The main bathroom door has been closed for 30 minutes, 
                obstructing the cat litter box.
              notification_id: litter_box_obstruction_alert
            action: persistent_notification.create
          - repeat:
              while:
                - condition: template
                  value_template: "{{ states(door_sensor_entity_id) == 'off' }}"
                - condition: template
                  value_template: "{{ announcement_count < max_announcements }}"
              sequence:
                - data:
                    message_text: "{{ cat_messages | random }}"
                    high_priority_alert: true
                  action: script.controlled_voice_announcement
                - delay:
                    minutes: "{{ loop_delay_minutes }}"
                - variables:
                    announcement_count: "{{ announcement_count + 1 }}"
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id: door_opened
        sequence:
          - target:
              entity_id: "{{ litter_box_obstructed_boolean_entity_id }}"
            action: input_boolean.turn_off
            data: {}
          - data:
              notification_id: litter_box_obstruction_alert
            action: persistent_notification.dismiss
    default: []
mode: single
variables:
  loop_delay_minutes: 5
  max_announcements: 10
  door_sensor_entity_id: binary_sensor.door_bath_main_contact
  litter_box_obstructed_boolean_entity_id: input_boolean.cat_litter_box_obstructed
  cat_messages:
    - >-
      Houston, we have a problem! The main bathroom door is closed and Ari and
      Noodles can’t reach their litter box!
    - >-
      Alert! The bathroom door has been shut so long, the cats are planning a
      litter box heist!
    - >-
      You can’t handle the truth! The bathroom door is blocking Noodles and
      Ari’s litter box!
    - >-
      Code Meow! The litter box is crying for freedom behind the closed bathroom
      door!
    - >-
      Help us, dear. You are our only hope! Ari and Noodles can't reach the
      litter box with the door closed!
    - >-
      Yikes! The bathroom door’s locked tight, and the cats are plotting to
      storm the litter box!
    - >-
      The cats are saying, ‘There’s no place like the litter box,’ but the
      bathroom door is still closed!
    - >-
      Paws for concern! The main bathroom door is shut, and the cats are sending
      SOS signals!
    - >-
      The litter box awaits Ari and Noodles. Open that door... Make it so,
      Number One!
    - >-
      Catastrophe alert! The bathroom door’s blocking the litter box, and
      Noodles and Ari are sharpening their claws!
    - >-
      The bathroom door has been shut, and the litter box is screaming, ‘Show me
      the kitties!
    - >-
      Holy whiskers! The main bathroom door is closed, securing the litter box
      like Fort Knox!
    - >-
      Open the bathroom door for Ari and Noodles, you must. Wait longer, they
      cannot. Yes, hmmm. To the litter box, they must go!
    - >-
      To the litter box... and beyond! Ari and Noodles need your help to
      complete  their mission!, Space Rangers.
    - >-
      Go ahead, open the door. Make Ari and Noodles' day... Save the carpet.  
      The litter box awaits!
    - >-
      Hold it! Ari and Noodles are trying to hold it, but the closed bathroom
      door is a Class 5 feline emergency! Litter box access required, stat!
    - >-
      The cats are in a galaxy far, far away from their litter box, Open the
      closed bathroom door!
    - >-
      Claws out! The main bathroom door is blocking the litter box, and Ari and
      Noodles are ready to pounce!
    - >-
      This isn't the closed door you are looking for. Move along... move along
      and open it for Ari and Noodles' litter box access. (These *are* the cats
      that need to go!)
    - >-
      Loja Control, this is Ari and Noodles. The bathroom door is an
      impenetrable barrier to the litter box. Our patience is approaching zero.
      We request immediate door-opening action. Over.
    - >-
      Great Scott! The bathroom door is *still* closed! Ari and Noodles need to
      get back... back to the litter box!
    - >-
      A cat's got to know its limitations. And Ari and Noodles are reachin' 
      theirs. Time to open up the path to their litter box.
    - >-
      I'm a cat, not a cammel! Ari and Noodles can't just beam through to the
      litter box. We need you to open it!
    - >-
      Well, human? Are you gonna open that bathroom door, or just stand there
      whistlin' Dixie? Ari and Noodles are waiting for the litter box?
    - >-
      If my calculations are correct, Ari and Noodles are approaching critical
      bladder capacity! The bathroom door must be opened immediately for the
      sake of the space-time-litter-box continuum!
    - >-
      If Ari and Noodles are to live long and prosper (and keep the carpets
      clean), access to the litter box is essential. It is the only logical  
      path to household peace, and cleanliness.