Using an "alert" with repeat notifications to repeatedly trigger an automation

I have an existing alert that sends me an actionable notification every X (defined) minutes when my garage door is open. I would like to enhance this by also “triggering” my VPE to start a conversation asking me if I want to close the garage door on the same schedule.

I cannot see any way to trigger an automation from an alert.

Here are my existing alert, notify and automation configs:

alert:
  inner_garage_door:
    name: Inner garage door open
    message: "Door has been open for {{ relative_time(states.cover.garage_door_inner.last_changed) }}"
    entity_id: cover.garage_door_inner
    state: 'open'
    repeat: 
      - 5
      - 10
      - 15
      - 30
      - 60
    can_acknowledge: true
    notifiers:
      - inner_garage_door_open

notify:
  - name: inner_garage_door_open
    platform: group
    services:
      - service: mobile_app_shamuss_iphone
        data:
          title: 'Inner garage door open'
          data:
            tag: "inner_garage_door_open" # used for grouping
            actions:
              - title: "Close garage door"
                action: "CLOSE_INNER_GARAGE_DOOR"
                destructive: true
              - title: "Cancel further alerts"
                action: "CANCEL_INNER_GARAGE_DOOR_ALERT"

automation:
  - alias: iOS app notification inner garage door
    initial_state: True
    trigger:
      platform: event
      event_type: ios.notification_action_fired
      event_data:
        actionName: CLOSE_INNER_GARAGE_DOOR 
    action:
      service: cover.close_cover
      data: {}
      target:
        entity_id: cover.garage_door_inner

  - alias: iOS app cancel inner garage door alert
    trigger:
      platform: event
      event_type: ios.notification_action_fired
      event_data:
        actionName: CANCEL_INNER_GARAGE_DOOR_ALERT 
    action:
      service: alert.turn_off
      target:
        entity_id: alert.inner_garage_door

  - alias: iOS app clear notification inner garage door
    trigger:
      - entity_id: cover.garage_door_inner
        platform: state
        to: 'closed'
    action:
      - service: notify.mobile_app_shamuss_iphone
        data:
          message: "clear_notification"
          data:
            tag: "inner_garage_door_open"  

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