Modes 1.0.0+

Modes let you define named states that describe how your home should behave.
A mode is a label such as Home, Away, Night, or Party, and flows can set or react to the current mode.

Modes are ideal for representing broad household situations that influence multiple automations at once.

How it works

Only one mode can be active at a time.
Switching to a new mode immediately replaces the previous one.

Modes are useful for:

• Adjusting lighting, heating, or notifications based on context
• Creating consistent behavior across different rooms
• Simplifying complex logic by grouping conditions under a single name
• Making your automations easier to understand and maintain

Modes are not tied to any specific device. They represent the state of your home as a whole.

Flow cards

These flow cards let you manage modes directly from your flows, enabling you to activate, deactivate, toggle, or check any mode.

Actions

FlowBits

Activate Morning

Activate a mode, but only if it's not already active.

FlowBits

Activate Dinner for 1 hour

Activate a mode for a specified duration, then automatically deactivate it. Deactivates all other modes.

FlowBits

Deactivate Night

Deactivate a mode, but only if it's active.

FlowBits

Reactivate Dinner

Reactivate a mode, even if it's already active. This will trigger any flows that have the mode activated trigger.

FlowBits

Reactivate current mode

Reactivate the currently active mode. This will trigger any flows that have the mode activated trigger for the current mode.

FlowBits

Toggle Evening

Toggle a mode, regardless of its current state.

Conditions

FlowBits

Night is active

Checks if a mode is active.

FlowBits

Away is active for at least 4 hours

Checks if a mode has been active for at least the specified duration.

FlowBits

Morning is inactive for at least 1 hour

Checks if a mode has been inactive for at least the specified duration.

FlowBits

Any mode is active

Checks if any mode is currently active.

Triggers

FlowBits

Evening is activated

Triggers when a mode is activated.

FlowBits

Night changed

Triggers when a mode is activated or deactivated.

FlowBits

Morning is deactivated

Triggers when a mode is deactivated.

Examples

Home / Away

Switch to Away when everyone leaves the house.
Flows can react by lowering heating, turning off lights, and arming alarms.

Night

Switch to Night to dim lights, lock doors automatically, or silence notifications.

Party

Activate Party mode for special lighting scenes or extended music playback.

Notes

• Modes are mutually exclusive: only one can be active at any time.
• Flows can both change modes and react to them.
• Use clear names to keep your automation logic readable.
• The duration-based conditions can be inverted (using the condition's invert option) to check for "less than" instead of "at least".