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The Doorway Reads You Your Rights
Catch the working-memory gap right at the threshold.
The problem
You get all the way to the car and realise you've left the phone, the wallet, the meds, or the kids' lunches. Again.
What it does
When you open the front door to leave in the morning, a speaker reads the leaving checklist and your phone shows it — exactly at the moment it matters.
You'll need
- Front door contact sensor (or an NFC tag)
- A smart speaker in the hallway
- input_boolean.school_run helper
The payoff
No more second trips back inside. No more forgotten lunches.
The YAML
alias: "Angry Dad — Doorway Checklist"
description: Reads the leaving checklist out loud when you head out the door in the morning.
mode: single
triggers:
- trigger: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.front_door
to: "on"
conditions:
- condition: time
after: "06:30:00"
before: "09:30:00"
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.school_run
state: "on"
actions:
- action: tts.google_translate_say
target:
entity_id: media_player.hallway_speaker
data:
message: >
Before you go: phone, wallet, keys, meds, and the kids' lunches.
Yes, all five. Don't make that face.
- action: notify.mobile_app_dads_phone
data:
title: "Leaving checklist"
message: "Phone · Wallet · Keys · Meds · Lunches"Drop this into an automation (or a package under config/packages/) and swap the entity IDs for your own.
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