Home Assistant Blueprint for Frigate Motion Notifications

frigate_motion_telegram_notification.yaml

blueprint:
  name: Frigate Motion Detection Notification
  description: Send Telegram notifications when motion is detected in a specific Frigate camera zone
  domain: automation
  source_url: https://gist.github.com/example/frigate-motion-blueprint
  input:
    camera:
      name: Camera
      description: The Frigate camera to monitor
      selector:
        text:
    zone:
      name: Zone
      description: The zone to monitor for motion
      selector:
        text:
    telegram_chat_id:
      name: Telegram Chat ID
      description: The Telegram chat ID to send notifications to
      selector:
        text:

trigger:
  platform: mqtt
  topic: frigate/events
  value_template: >
    {% set payload = value_json %}
    {% if payload.before.motion.enabled == false and 
         payload.after.motion.enabled == true %}
      true
    {% else %}
      false
    {% endif %}

condition:
  - condition: template
    value_template: >
      {% set event = trigger.payload_json %}
      {{ event.after.camera == camera and 
         event.after.zone == zone }}

action:
  - service: telegram_bot.send_photo
    data:
      target: "{{ telegram_chat_id }}"
      caption: >
        Motion detected in {{ trigger.payload_json.after.zone | replace("_", " ") | title }}
        camera: {{ trigger.payload_json.after.camera | replace("_", " ") | title }}
      url: "{{ trigger.payload_json.after.snapshot }}"