From d262aa1771174dfbbe1192385001bd5bd2ae4a02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Ogle <john@ogle.fyi>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 21:39:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add multi_press_action

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 multi_press_action.yaml | 121 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 121 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 multi_press_action.yaml

diff --git a/multi_press_action.yaml b/multi_press_action.yaml
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+blueprint:
+  name: Multi-Press Action
+  description: Trigger different actions based on how many times an entity changes state rapidly
+  domain: automation
+  input:
+    trigger_entity:
+      name: Trigger Entity
+      description: The entity to monitor for state changes
+      selector:
+        entity: {}
+
+    time_window:
+      name: Time Window
+      description: Maximum time between presses (in seconds)
+      default: 1.5
+      selector:
+        number:
+          min: 0.5
+          max: 5
+          step: 0.1
+          unit_of_measurement: seconds
+
+    immediate_single_press:
+      name: Execute Single Press Immediately
+      description: If enabled, single press action runs immediately without waiting. If disabled, waits to see if it's a multi-press before acting.
+      default: true
+      selector:
+        boolean: {}
+
+    single_press_action:
+      name: Single Press Action
+      description: Action to run on single press
+      default: []
+      selector:
+        action: {}
+
+    double_press_action:
+      name: Double Press Action
+      description: Action to run on double press
+      default: []
+      selector:
+        action: {}
+
+    triple_press_action:
+      name: Triple Press Action
+      description: Action to run on triple press
+      default: []
+      selector:
+        action: {}
+
+    quad_press_action:
+      name: Quad Press Action
+      description: Action to run on quad press (4 times)
+      default: []
+      selector:
+        action: {}
+
+mode: restart
+max_exceeded: silent
+
+trigger:
+  - platform: state
+    entity_id: !input trigger_entity
+
+action:
+  - variables:
+      press_count: 1
+      time_window: !input time_window
+      immediate: !input immediate_single_press
+
+  # Execute single press immediately if enabled
+  - if:
+      - condition: template
+        value_template: "{{ immediate }}"
+    then:
+      - choose:
+          - conditions: []
+            sequence: !input single_press_action
+
+  # Wait for additional presses
+  - repeat:
+      while:
+        - condition: template
+          value_template: "{{ press_count < 4 }}"
+      sequence:
+        - wait_for_trigger:
+            - platform: state
+              entity_id: !input trigger_entity
+          timeout:
+            seconds: "{{ time_window }}"
+          continue_on_timeout: false
+
+        - if:
+            - condition: template
+              value_template: "{{ wait.trigger is not none }}"
+          then:
+            - variables:
+                press_count: "{{ press_count + 1 }}"
+
+  # Execute action based on final press count
+  - choose:
+      # Only run single press if NOT immediate (delayed mode)
+      - conditions:
+          - condition: template
+            value_template: "{{ press_count == 1 and not immediate }}"
+        sequence: !input single_press_action
+
+      - conditions:
+          - condition: template
+            value_template: "{{ press_count == 2 }}"
+        sequence: !input double_press_action
+
+      - conditions:
+          - condition: template
+            value_template: "{{ press_count == 3 }}"
+        sequence: !input triple_press_action
+
+      - conditions:
+          - condition: template
+            value_template: "{{ press_count == 4 }}"
+        sequence: !input quad_press_action