Automation for Increasing Brightness Depending on Motion

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Hi. Using Lewis's video on @cedar galleon YouTube about HASS automations for better smart lights (https://youtu.be/Uom2hZmc-qA?si=o-fvJudxSsm16CLN), I managed to create automation that switches lights on when motion is detected and off when no motion detected. However, I want to go further step by making the brightness of the lights 20% when motion is first triggered, then the brightness increases as long as motion duration increases. Any ideas how to do that?

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Can I have some help here?

[cedar galleon]

You would probably need to use something like a timer for that coupled with a template for that sets the brightness for different intervals

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i consulted GPT to write me the code and I got this:

automation:

• alias: "Motion-Activated Brightness Control"
  trigger:
  • platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_sensor # Replace with your motion sensor's entity_id
    to: "on"
  • platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_sensor
    to: "off"
    for:
    minutes: 5 # Adjust the time interval as needed
    action:
  • service: script.turn_on
    entity_id: script.motion_brightness_control

script:
motion_brightness_control:
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
entity_id: light.your_light # Replace with your light's entity_id
data:
brightness: 20
- delay: "00:05:00" # Adjust this delay to set the increment interval
- service: light.turn_on
entity_id: light.your_light
data_template:
brightness: "{{ state_attr('light.your_light', 'brightness') | int + 10 }}"

but when i try it i get error message like this:

Message malformed: extra keys not allowed @ data['automation']

i could not find what's the issue about it, though

[faint star]

Probably cause you copy pasted the full thing into an automation yaml as-is?