How to change my automation

[potent ice]

Hi there!
I'm trying to create an automation to delay a relay by 1 second and trigger boolean, which I didn't specify in the configuration file). But HA is giving me an error.

automation:
  - alias: Impulse Garage Gate Relay
    description: Turns on the Garage Gate Relay for 1 second, then turns it off.
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: input_boolean.garage_gate_control
        to: on
    action:
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_gate_relay
      - delay: 00:00:01
      - service: switch.turn_off
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_gate_relay
      - service: input_boolean.turn_off
        target:
          entity_id: input_boolean.garage_gate_control```

The error: 
extra keys not allowed @ data['automation']. Got [{'alias': 'Test Automation', 'trigger': [{'platform': 'state', 'entity_id': 'input_boolean.garage_gate_control', 'to': 'on'}], 'action': [{'service': 'system_log.write', 'data': {'message': 'Automation triggered', 'level': 'info'}}]}] required key not provided @ data['actions']. Got None required key not provided @ data['triggers']. Got None.

What wrong?
Thanks in advance.

[lapis finch]

The main keys trigger and action both need to be plural. There also need to be quotes around "on" under the trigger.

I suggest using the UI to create automations until you get familiar with the syntax. You can switch back and forth between the UI and the code inside the editor.

[potent ice]

Thank you. I figured it out. Instead of automation (in the automations.yaml ) need to write ID!

[molten pumice]

you really shouldnt be writing automations directly to automation.yaml, you can write an entire automation in yaml from the ui and it's much easier to control, debug, etc 😅