People¶
Checks who is, or is not, at home or in a named zone.
When you add a People condition to a scene, the first field allows you to choose Who to match on:
| Option | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Everybody | Every tracked person must be at the chosen location. |
| Anybody | At least one tracked person must be at the chosen location. |
| Nobody | No tracked person must be at the chosen location. |
| Any of: | At least one person you tick must be at the chosen location. |
| All of: | Every person you tick must be at the chosen location. |
| None of: | None of the people you tick must be at the chosen location. |
The first three options apply to your whole household — anyone Home Assistant
tracks as a person entity. The last three reveal a checklist of your tracked
people so you can limit the test to specific individuals. When you switch to one
of those modes, all people start ticked; untick anyone you want to exclude.
Beneath the Who field, you will find:
- Is at / Is not at — a dropdown that lets you invert the test. This toggle is hidden when the scope is Nobody or None of:, because combining a negative scope with "Is not at" would produce a confusing double negative; for those modes the direction is always "is at".
- Location — a dropdown populated from your HA zones. Home is always the first entry. Any other zone you have configured (Work, School, and so on) follows it.
- for — an optional duration (see the for duration). When set, the condition only matches if the location test has been continuously true for at least that long. Because it tracks the test rather than the exact zone, a "nobody home" duration keeps counting when a person moves between two away zones (work to the shops) because "not home" never stopped being true. It only resets when someone actually comes home. This prevents a scene from firing the moment someone briefly crosses a zone boundary.
Examples¶
Combining quantifier and direction gives you expressions such as:
- Everybody / Is at / Home — the whole household is home.
- Anybody / Is not at / Home — at least one person is away.
- Nobody / (is at) / Home — the house is empty.
- Any of: Alice, Bob / Is at / Work — Alice or Bob (or both) are at work.
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