Skip next dim

I have an automation (Wake up and go to sleep light automation) that turns off all my lights at 22.00.

Occasionally (let’s be honest, quite often), I stay up playing, writing or programming beyond that and don’t want the lights to turn off.

I created a Helper for “skipping next dim” as I call it: it’s a boolean toggle

entity_id: input_boolean.skip_next_dim
state: 'on'
last_changed: '2026-09-20T18:52:20.412Z'
last_updated: '2026-09-20T18:52:20.412Z'
attributes:
  editable: true
  icon: mdi:skip-forward
  friendly_name: Skip next dim

I then wrapped my automation into an if/else block (in the automation UI it’s called Conditionally execute an action and default to another action):

alias: Go to sleep
description: ''
triggers:
  - trigger: time
    at: '22:00:00'
conditions: []
actions:
  - if:
      - condition: switch.is_off
        target:
          entity_id: input_boolean.skip_next_dim
        options:
          behavior: any
          for: '00:00:00'
    then:
      - action: light.turn_on
        metadata: {}
        target:
          entity_id:
            - light.bedroom
            - light.hallway
        data:
          brightness_pct: 20
      - action: light.turn_off
        metadata: {}
        data: {}
        target:
          area_id:
            - bedroom
            - kitchen
            - hallway
            - living
            - trio
    else:
      - action: input_boolean.turn_off
        metadata: {}
        target:
          entity_id: input_boolean.skip_next_dim
        data: {}
mode: single
 

Now, if it’s on, it will go to else path and turn itself off. If it’s off, it will proceed to turn off all my lights.

(as a sidenote, I have a light.turn_on before turning off because I need to set my hallway and bedroom light to dim because I have a Night lights with motion sensor automation and currently the lights always first start in the last brightness)