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The Automation editor in HASSIO is pretty good. It'll allow you to do the majority of basic automations using trigger + conditions + output. And it works pretty well too. The only thing is if you want to get slightly more complex you had to learn a bit of YAML. Not that YAML is bad or particularly hard to get to grips with on a basic level, but as someone that tries to stay away from code as much as they can (mostly because I'm not good at it) I prefer to use Node Red for my automation as it allows me to create more complex tasks quicker and easier than I would be able to do so using YAML. I'm going to assume you have Node Red already installed, that you already have some of your devices setup and visible in HA, and that you have the interface for Node Red fired up and you are wondering just how to start and take some basic inputs and do stuff. I'll also assume that you are reasonably OK with navigating the interface and where to find the menu and Nodes. The bes