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<time datetime="2016-05-07T18:06:00+00:00" pubdate data-updated="true"><i class="icon-calendar"></i> May 7, 2016</time>
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<span class="byline author vcard"><i class='icon-user'></i> Paulus Schoutsen</span>
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<p>This release is big. Until now, our automations and scripts have been very static. Starting today it should all be a bit more dynamic.</p>
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<p><strong>Scripts</strong> are now available in automations and when responding to Alexa/Amazon Echo. Both of these components will now expose data to be used in script templates (including <code class="highlighter-rouge">from_state</code> !). Passing data to script entities is available by passing the data to the script services.</p>
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<div class="language-yaml highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="s">automation</span><span class="pi">:</span>
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<span class="s">trigger</span><span class="pi">:</span>
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<span class="s">platform</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">mqtt</span>
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<span class="s">topic</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">some/notify/topic</span>
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<span class="s">message</span><span class="pi">:</span>
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<span class="s">trigger</span><span class="pi">:</span>
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<span class="s">platform</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">state</span>
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<p><strong>Entity Namespaces</strong> allow you to influence the entity ids for a specific platform. For example you can turn <code class="highlighter-rouge">light.living_room</code> into <code class="highlighter-rouge">light.holiday_home_living_room</code> with the following config:</p>
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<li>Automation: allow <a href="/getting-started/scripts/">script syntax</a> for action (<a href="https://github.com/balloob/">@balloob</a>)</li>
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<li>Automation: expose <a href="/getting-started/automation-templating/#available-trigger-data"><code class="highlighter-rouge">trigger</code> variable</a> to script templates (<a href="https://github.com/balloob/">@balloob</a>)</li>
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<li>Script: allow passing variables for script templates in the <a href="/components/script/#passing-parameters-in-service-calls">script service calls</a> (<a href="https://github.com/balloob/">@balloob</a>)</li>
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<li>Alexa/Amazon Echo: allow <a href="/getting-started/scripts/">script syntax</a> for action (<a href="https://github.com/balloob/">@balloob</a>)</li>
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<li>Alexa/Amazon Echo: <a href="/components/alexa/#configuring-home-assistant">expose intent variables</a> to script templates (<a href="https://github.com/balloob/">@balloob</a>)</li>
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<li>Script syntax: <a href="/getting-started/scripts-conditions/">conditions now supported</a> to interrupt execution (<a href="https://github.com/balloob/">@balloob</a>)</li>
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<li>Automation: use <a href="/getting-started/scripts-conditions/">new condition syntax</a> (<a href="https://github.com/balloob/">@balloob</a>)</li>
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<li>Script syntax: two new conditions <a href="/getting-started/scripts-conditions/#and-condition"><code class="highlighter-rouge">and</code></a> and <a href="/getting-started/scripts-conditions/#or-condition"><code class="highlighter-rouge">or</code></a> to combine conditions (<a href="https://github.com/balloob/">@balloob</a>)</li>
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<li>Any platform: Allow setting <a href="/topics/platform_options/#entity-namespace">entity namespace</a> to prefix entity_ids. (<a href="https://github.com/balloob/">@balloob</a>)</li>
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<li>Switch: <a href="/components/switch.rpi_rf/">Raspberry Pi generic 433 Mhz GPIO adapters</a> now supported (<a href="https://github.com/milaq/">@milaq</a>)</li>
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<li>Binary Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.command_line/">Command line sensor</a> now supports classes (<a href="https://github.com/fabaff/">@fabaff</a>)</li>
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<li>Configuration.yaml can now refer to environment variables using <code class="highlighter-rouge">!env_var</code> (<a href="https://github.com/bah2830/">@bah2830</a>)</li>
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<li>Lock: <a href="/components/lock.zwave/">Z-Wave</a> now supported (<a href="https://github.com/devdelay/">@devdelay</a>)</li>
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<li>New <a href="/components/dweet/">Dweet component</a> to export data (<a href="https://github.com/fabaff/">@fabaff</a>)</li>
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<li>Media Player now supports stop command + initial kodi support (<a href="https://github.com/hmronline/">@hmronline</a>)</li>
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<li>Wink devices with battery level will now show these (<a href="https://github.com/w1ll1am23/">@w1ll1am23</a>)</li>
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<li>Templates: new <a href="/topics/templating/#home-assistant-template-extensions"><code class="highlighter-rouge">as_timestamp</code></a> method now available (<a href="https://github.com/srcLurker/">@srcLurker</a>)</li>
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<li>API: Add [<code class="highlighter-rouge">/api/discovery_info</code>] with basic instance info (<a href="https://github.com/robbiet480/">@robbiet480</a>)</li>
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<li>Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.google_travel_time/">Google Maps travel time</a> added (<a href="https://github.com/Danielhiversen/">@Danielhiversen</a>)</li>
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<li>Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.fitbit/">Fitbit</a> support added (<a href="https://github.com/robbiet480/">@robbiet480</a>)</li>
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<li>Bug fixes and tweaks by <a href="https://github.com/turbokongen/">@turbokongen</a>, <a href="https://github.com/danieljkemp/">@danieljkemp</a>, <a href="https://github.com/Danielhiversen/">@Danielhiversen</a>, <a href="https://github.com/TheRealLink/">@TheRealLink</a>, <a href="https://github.com/persandstrom/">@persandstrom</a>, <a href="https://github.com/sander76/">@sander76</a>, <a href="https://github.com/fabaff/">@fabaff</a>, <a href="https://github.com/ishults/">@ishults</a>, <a href="https://github.com/Bart274/">@Bart274</a>, <a href="https://github.com/robbiet480/">@robbiet480</a>, <a href="https://github.com/Cinntax/">@Cinntax</a>, <a href="https://github.com/blackdog70/">@blackdog70</a>, <a href="https://github.com/gwendalg/">@gwendalg</a>, <a href="https://github.com/JshWright/">@JshWright</a>, <a href="https://github.com/kylehendricks/">@kylehendricks</a>, <a href="https://github.com/bradsk88/">@bradsk88</a>, <a href="https://github.com/shaftoe/">@shaftoe</a>, <a href="https://github.com/molobrakos/">@molobrakos</a>, <a href="https://github.com/bah2830/">@bah2830</a>, <a href="https://github.com/nkgilley/">@nkgilley</a></li>
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<li>Conditions in automations should now specify which condition to use with <code class="highlighter-rouge">condition:</code> instead of <code class="highlighter-rouge">platform:</code>. For example <code class="highlighter-rouge">condition: state</code>.</li>
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<span class="s">1b2200000890efab1213f60</span><span class="pi">:</span>
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