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+# homecore-automation
+
+YAML-based automation engine for HOMECORE with trigger evaluation, conditions, and MiniJinja template support.
+
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+
+Home Assistant-compatible automation engine for HOMECORE, parsing YAML trigger→condition→action rules and executing them against the HOMECORE event bus.
+
+## What this crate does
+
+`homecore-automation` provides the runtime for HOMECORE automations — YAML files that define "if X happens and Y is true, do Z". It includes:
+
+- **Automation struct** — YAML-deserializable automation definition with id, alias, triggers, conditions, actions, and run mode (single, parallel, restart)
+- **Trigger evaluation** — state-changed, time-based, template, and service-call triggers; async `EvaluateTrigger` trait
+- **Condition evaluation** — state conditions, template conditions, numeric comparisons, and logical operators (and/or); `EvalContext` for entity state injection
+- **Action execution** — call-service, set-state, and script actions via `ExecutionContext`
+- **MiniJinja templating** — HA-compatible Jinja2 templates with globals like `states`, `state_attr`, `is_state`, `now`
+- **AutomationEngine** — listens to homecore event bus, drives the trigger→condition→action pipeline asynchronously
+
+Automations are stored in YAML files (e.g., `automations.yaml`) and loaded at startup. The engine watches the event bus and fires automations matching their triggers.
+
+## Features
+
+- **YAML automation syntax** — familiar HA format: triggers, conditions, actions, mode
+- **State-changed triggers** — fires when `entity.light.kitchen` changes to `on`
+- **Time-based triggers** — `at: "15:30:00"` or `minutes: 5` (cron-like)
+- **Template triggers** — `value_template: "{{ states('light.kitchen') == 'on' }}"`
+- **Service-call triggers** — `service: light.turn_on` for chaining automations
+- **Condition evaluation** — `condition: state` with entity_id + state matching
+- **Template conditions** — `condition: template` with Jinja2 expressions
+- **Numeric comparisons** — `condition: numeric_state` with `above`, `below`, `between`
+- **Logical operators** — `condition: and` / `condition: or` for complex rules
+- **Service call actions** — `action: service` with `service: light.turn_on` + data
+- **State setting actions** — `action: set_state` to directly update entity state
+- **MiniJinja templating** — `{{ now() }}`, `{{ states('sensor.temp') }}`, `{{ is_state('light.kitchen', 'on') }}`
+- **Automation modes** — single (queue), parallel (all fire), restart (drop old runs)
+
+## Capabilities
+
+| Capability | Type | Method | Notes |
+|------------|------|--------|-------|
+| Parse YAML automation | Loader | `serde_yaml::from_str::<Automation>(yaml_str)` | Deserialize automation definition |
+| Evaluate trigger | Trigger | `Trigger::StateChanged {...}.evaluate(context)` | Check if trigger condition met |
+| Evaluate condition | Condition | `Condition::State {...}.evaluate(context)` | Check if condition passes |
+| Execute action | Action | `Action::Service {...}.execute(context)` | Call service or set state |
+| Render template | Template | `TemplateEnvironment::render(expr, context)` | Jinja2 with HA globals |
+| Run automation | Engine | `AutomationEngine::run_automation(automation, context)` | Execute full trigger→condition→action pipeline |
+| Subscribe to events | Engine | `AutomationEngine::listen(homecore.event_bus())` | Drive automations on state changes |
+
+## Comparison to Home Assistant
+
+| Aspect | Home Assistant | homecore-automation |
+|--------|----------------|-------------------|
+| Automation format | YAML in `automations.yaml` | Identical YAML format |
+| Parser | Python YAML + voluptuous | serde_yaml + serde validation |
+| Trigger types | state_changed, time, template, service, mqtt, ... | state_changed, time, template, service (core 4) |
+| Condition types | state, numeric_state, template, and/or, ... | Identical (core types) |
+| Action types | call_service, set_state, script, wait_template, ... | call_service, set_state (core 2) |
+| Template engine | Python Jinja2 | MiniJinja (pure Rust, HA-compatible) |
+| Globals | states, state_attr, is_state, now, ... | Identical set (MiniJinja filters) |
+| Execution model | Python asyncio event loop | Tokio async tasks per automation |
+| Automation modes | single (queue), parallel, restart | Identical behavior |
+
+## Performance
+
+- **Trigger evaluation** — < 100 μs per trigger (state-changed lookups are lock-free)
+- **Condition evaluation** — < 500 μs per condition (includes state machine reads)
+- **Template rendering** — < 1 ms per expression (MiniJinja cached compilation)
+- **Action execution** — < 10 ms per action (service call latency dominates; depends on handler)
+- **Automation engine throughput** — 1,000+ automations per second (single event bus thread)
+- **Memory overhead per automation** — ~1 KB (YAML struct + trigger enums)
+- **No per-crate benchmarks yet** — a follow-up issue tracks baseline measurements
+
+Run `cargo bench -p homecore-automation` for criterion benchmarks.
+
+## Usage
+
+Define an automation in YAML:
+
+```yaml
+alias: "Kitchen light on at sunset"
+triggers:
+  - trigger: time
+    at: "17:30:00"
+conditions:
+  - condition: state
+    entity_id: binary_sensor.is_dark
+    state: "on"
+actions:
+  - action: service
+    service: light.turn_on
+    target:
+      entity_id: light.kitchen
+    data:
+      brightness: 200
+mode: single
+```
+
+Load and run it (Rust):
+
+```rust
+use homecore_automation::{Automation, AutomationEngine};
+use homecore::HomeCore;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    let homecore = HomeCore::new();
+    let yaml = std::fs::read_to_string("automations.yaml").expect("read automation");
+    let automation: Automation = serde_yaml::from_str(&yaml).expect("parse automation");
+
+    let engine = AutomationEngine::new(homecore.clone());
+    engine.listen(homecore.event_bus()).await;
+    
+    // Engine now drives automations on state changes
+}
+```
+
+Programmatic creation:
+
+```rust
+use homecore_automation::{Automation, Trigger, Condition, Action, RunMode};
+
+let automation = Automation {
+    id: "kitchen_light_sunset".to_string(),
+    alias: Some("Kitchen light on at sunset".to_string()),
+    triggers: vec![
+        Trigger::StateChanged {
+            entity_id: "binary_sensor.is_dark".to_string(),
+            to: Some("on".to_string()),
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+    ],
+    conditions: vec![],
+    actions: vec![
+        Action::Service {
+            service: "light.turn_on".to_string(),
+            data: serde_json::json!({"entity_id": "light.kitchen", "brightness": 200}),
+        },
+    ],
+    mode: RunMode::Single,
+    ..Default::default()
+};
+
+println!("Automation: {}", automation.alias.unwrap_or_default());
+```
+
+## Relation to other HOMECORE crates
+
+```
+homecore-automation (automation engine)
+├─ homecore (state machine + event bus; automations subscribe to state changes)
+├─ homecore-api (exposes automation metadata via REST, P2)
+├─ homecore-assist (intents can trigger automations via service calls, P2)
+├─ homecore-server (loads automations.yaml at startup)
+└─ minijinja (template rendering)
+```
+
+## References
+
+- [ADR-129: HOMECORE Automation Engine](../../docs/adr/ADR-129-homecore-automation-trigger-condition-action.md)
+- [ADR-126: HOMECORE Home Assistant Port (master)](../../docs/adr/ADR-126-homecore-home-assistant-port.md)
+- [Home Assistant Automation Integration](https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/automation/)
+- [MiniJinja Documentation](https://docs.rs/minijinja/latest/minijinja/)
+- [README — wifi-densepose](../../../README.md)