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