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+blueprint:
+  name: Simulated Presence - Random Lights
+  description: >
+    Randomly toggles lights when a thermostat attribute equals a specified value
+    and it's nighttime (sun below horizon).
+  domain: automation
+  input:
+    lights:
+      name: Light Entities
+      description: Select the lights to simulate presence
+      selector:
+        entity:
+          domain: light
+          multiple: true
+
+    thermostat:
+      name: Thermostat Entity
+      description: The climate entity to check for the specified attribute
+      selector:
+        entity:
+          domain: climate
+
+    attribute_name:
+      name: Thermostat Attribute
+      description: Attribute of the thermostat to check (e.g., preset_mode)
+      default: preset_mode
+      selector:
+        text:
+
+    expected_value:
+      name: Expected Attribute Value
+      description: The value that triggers this automation (e.g., away_indefinitely)
+      default: away_indefinitely
+      selector:
+        text:
+
+    interval:
+      name: Randomization Interval (minutes)
+      description: How often to randomly toggle lights
+      default: 10
+      selector:
+        number:
+          min: 1
+          max: 60
+          unit_of_measurement: minutes
+
+mode: restart
+
+trigger:
+  - platform: state
+    entity_id: sun.sun
+    to: "below_horizon"
+
+condition:
+  - condition: template
+    value_template: >
+      {{ state_attr(thermostat, attribute_name) == expected_value }}
+
+action:
+  - repeat:
+      while:
+        - condition: state
+          entity_id: sun.sun
+          state: "below_horizon"
+        - condition: template
+          value_template: >
+            {{ state_attr(thermostat, attribute_name) == expected_value }}
+      sequence:
+        - variables:
+            selected_lights: "{{ lights | random }}"
+        - service: >
+            {{ ['light.turn_on', 'light.turn_off'] | random }}
+          target:
+            entity_id: "{{ selected_lights }}"
+        - delay:
+            minutes: !input interval
+