Pass Variables to is_state

@toot4fun wrote:

Good morning-

New HA user here and I’ve been banging my head against the wall for a few days trying to build some home alarm automation. Basically, if someone triggers the alarm I want to give them a period of time (30 seconds) to turn off the automation and stop the siren from going off. The summary of my question is: Can I pass variables to is_state() in a script? Here’s my code:

automations.yaml

- id: automation.alarm_entry_doors_always
  alias: Alarm - Entry Doors - Always
  description: 'Triggers when alarm is armed and an entry door is opened any time.'
  trigger:
  - entity_id: group.all_doors
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: script.turn_on
    entity_id: script.1576457883509
    data:
      variables:
        title: 'Home Alarm'
        automation_name: 'automation.alarm_entry_doors_always'
        automation_friendly_name: 'Alarm - Entry Doors - Always'

scripts.yaml

'1576457883509':
  alias: Alarm - Triggered
  sequence:
  - service: notify.notify
    data_template:
      title: "{{ title }}"
      message: "{{ automation_friendly_name }} triggered. Current state of {{ automation_name }} is: {{ is_state('{{ automation_name }}','on') }}. Delaying 30 seconds."
  - delay: 00:00:30
  - service: notify.notify
    data_template:
      title: "{{ title }}"
      message: "{{ automation_friendly_name }} triggered. Current state of {{ automation_name }} is: {{ is_state('{{ automation_name }}','on') }}."
  - condition: template
    value_template: "{{ is_state('{{ automation_name }}','on') }}"
#  - service: light.turn_on
#    data:
#      entity_id: group.all_lights
  - service: notify.notify
    data_template:
      title: "{{ title }}"
      message: "{{ automation_friendly_name }} activated."

Any other suggestions for this n00b would also be appreciated.

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