jakesOneFourSeven · April 12, 2026 08:27 · jakesOneFourSeven · Mar 30, 2024 · guikof97 · Aug 10, 2024
diff --git a/frigate_telegram_notification.yaml b/frigate_telegram_notification.yaml
 blueprint:
  name: Frigate - Telegram Notification with Generative AI comments
  description: Create automations to receive Snapshots and Clips from Frigate
  domain: automation
  input:
    camera:
      name: Frigate Camera
      description: "Select the camera entity that will trigger notifications. \nIf you do not see cameras listed in the drop down, check you have the frigate integration installed.\nNote: The automation relies on this matching your frigate config (by default it does).\n"
      selector:
        entity:
          integration: frigate
          domain:
          - camera
          device_class:
          - camera
          multiple: false
    target_chat:
      name: Target
      description: 'The chat_id to be used by the Telegram bot. !secret chat_id is not allowed on Blueprint, you will need the chat_id code. '
    notification:
      name: Notification
      description: 'Select "true" to disable notification, leave "false" to receive notification. '
      selector:
        select:
          options:
          - 'true'
          - 'false'
          multiple: false
          sort: false
          custom_value: false
          default: 'false'
    prompt:
      name: Gemini Prompt
      description: Customise your AI prompt for the image analysis.
      default: Very briefly describe what you see in this image from my cctv camera. Your message needs to be short to fit in a phone notification. Don't describe stationary objects or buildings. Only describe animals, vehicles or persons.
    ai_entity:
      name: AI Task Entity (Optional)
      description: Select the Google/Gemini or OpenAI entity to use for the image analysis. Defaults to the system default if left blank.
      default:
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: ai_task
          multiple: false
    base_url:
      name: (Optional) Base URL
      description: The external url for your Home Assistant instance. This will default to a relative URL and will open the clips in the app instead of the browser, which may cause issues on some devices.
      default: ''
    zone_filter:
      name: (Optional) Zone Filter
      description: Only notify if object has entered a defined zone.
      default: false
      selector:
        boolean: {}
    zones:
      name: (Optional) Trigger Zones
      description: A list (-) of zones you wish to recieve notifications for.
      default: []
      selector:
        object: {}
    labels:
      name: (Optional) Trigger Objects
      description: A list (-) of objects you wish to recieve notifications for.
      default: []
      selector:
        object: {}
    presence_filter:
      name: (Optional) Presence Filter
      description: Only notify if selected presence entity is not "home".
      default: ''
      selector:
        entity:
          multiple: false
  source_url: https://gist.github.com/jakesOneFourSeven/cc8fab1e8712a34dbd596ebd355d76ea
 mode: single
 max_exceeded: silent
 trigger_variables:
  input_camera: !input camera
  camera: '{{ input_camera | replace(''camera.'', '''') }}'
 trigger:
 - platform: mqtt
  topic: frigate/events
  payload: '{{ camera }}/new'
  value_template: '{{ value_json[''after''][''camera''] | lower | replace(''-'',''_'') }}/{{ value_json[''type'']}}'
  id: frigate-event
 variables:
  id: '{{ trigger.payload_json[''after''][''id''] }}'
  input_camera: !input camera
  camera: '{{ input_camera | replace(''camera.'', '''') }}'
  camera_name: '{{ camera | replace(''_'', '' '') | title }}'
  target_chat: !input target_chat
  object: '{{ trigger.payload_json[''after''][''label''] }}'
  label: '{{ object | title }}'
  entered_zones: '{{ trigger.payload_json[''after''][''entered_zones''] }}'
  type: '{{ trigger.payload_json[''type''] }}'
  base_url: !input base_url
  zone_only: !input zone_filter
  input_zones: !input zones
  zones: '{{ input_zones | list }}'
  input_labels: !input labels
  labels: '{{ input_labels | list }}'
  presence_entity: !input presence_filter
  notification: !input notification
  clip_local_file: '/config/www/clip_{{ id }}.mp4'
  snapshot_file: '/config/www/snapshot_{{ id }}.jpg'
 condition:
 - '{{ input_camera is not none and input_camera | string | length > 0 }}' 
 - '{{ type != ''end'' }}'
 - '{{ not zone_only or entered_zones|length > 0 }}'
 - '{{ not zones|length or zones|select(''in'', entered_zones)|list|length > 0 }}'
 - '{{ not labels|length or object in labels }}'
 - '{{ not presence_entity or not is_state(presence_entity, ''home'') }}'
 action:
 - action: camera.snapshot
  data:
    entity_id: !input camera
    filename: '{{ snapshot_file }}'
 - delay: 0.5
 - action: ai_task.generate_data
  target:
    entity_id: !input ai_entity
  data:
    task_name: Frigate Snapshot Analysis
    instructions: !input prompt
    attachments:
      - selector:
          file:
            path: '{{ snapshot_file }}'
  response_variable: generated_content
 - action: telegram_bot.send_photo
  data:
    target: '{{ target_chat }}'
    disable_notification: '{{ notification }}'
    caption: '{{ generated_content.data }}' 
    file: '{{ snapshot_file }}'
 - repeat:
    sequence:
    - wait_for_trigger:
      - platform: mqtt
        topic: frigate/events
        payload: '{{ id }}'
        value_template: '{{ value_json[''after''][''id''] }}'
      timeout:
        minutes: 2
      continue_on_timeout: false
    - condition: template
      value_template: '{{ wait.trigger.payload_json[''type''] == ''end'' }}'
    - action: downloader.download_file
      data:
        overwrite: true
        url: '{{base_url}}/api/frigate/notifications/{{id}}/{{camera}}/clip.mp4'
        filename: 'www/clip_{{ id }}.mp4'
    - action: telegram_bot.send_video
      data:
        target: '{{ target_chat }}'
        disable_notification: '{{ notification }}'
        caption: '{{ generated_content.data }}' 
        file: '{{ clip_local_file }}'
    until: '{{ wait.trigger.payload_json[''type''] == ''end'' }}'
	blueprint:
	name: Frigate - Telegram Notification with Generative AI comments
	description: Create automations to receive Snapshots and Clips from Frigate
	domain: automation
	input:
	camera:
	name: Frigate Camera
	description: "Select the camera entity that will trigger notifications. \nIf you do not see cameras listed in the drop down, check you have the frigate integration installed.\nNote: The automation relies on this matching your frigate config (by default it does).\n"
	selector:
	entity:
	integration: frigate
	domain:
	- camera
	device_class:
	- camera
	multiple: false
	target_chat:
	name: Target
	description: 'The chat_id to be used by the Telegram bot. !secret chat_id is not allowed on Blueprint, you will need the chat_id code. '
	notification:
	name: Notification
	description: 'Select "true" to disable notification, leave "false" to receive notification. '
	selector:
	select:
	options:
	- 'true'
	- 'false'
	multiple: false
	sort: false
	custom_value: false
	default: 'false'
	prompt:
	name: Gemini Prompt
	description: Customise your AI prompt for the image analysis.
	default: Very briefly describe what you see in this image from my cctv camera. Your message needs to be short to fit in a phone notification. Don't describe stationary objects or buildings. Only describe animals, vehicles or persons.
	ai_entity:
	name: AI Task Entity (Optional)
	description: Select the Google/Gemini or OpenAI entity to use for the image analysis. Defaults to the system default if left blank.
	default:
	selector:
	entity:
	domain: ai_task
	multiple: false
	base_url:
	name: (Optional) Base URL
	description: The external url for your Home Assistant instance. This will default to a relative URL and will open the clips in the app instead of the browser, which may cause issues on some devices.
	default: ''
	zone_filter:
	name: (Optional) Zone Filter
	description: Only notify if object has entered a defined zone.
	default: false
	selector:
	boolean: {}
	zones:
	name: (Optional) Trigger Zones
	description: A list (-) of zones you wish to recieve notifications for.
	default: []
	selector:
	object: {}
	labels:
	name: (Optional) Trigger Objects
	description: A list (-) of objects you wish to recieve notifications for.
	default: []
	selector:
	object: {}
	presence_filter:
	name: (Optional) Presence Filter
	description: Only notify if selected presence entity is not "home".
	default: ''
	selector:
	entity:
	multiple: false
	source_url: https://gist.github.com/jakesOneFourSeven/cc8fab1e8712a34dbd596ebd355d76ea
	mode: single
	max_exceeded: silent
	trigger_variables:
	input_camera: !input camera
	camera: '{{ input_camera \| replace(''camera.'', '''') }}'
	trigger:
	- platform: mqtt
	topic: frigate/events
	payload: '{{ camera }}/new'
	value_template: '{{ value_json[''after''][''camera''] \| lower \| replace(''-'',''_'') }}/{{ value_json[''type'']}}'
	id: frigate-event
	variables:
	id: '{{ trigger.payload_json[''after''][''id''] }}'
	input_camera: !input camera
	camera: '{{ input_camera \| replace(''camera.'', '''') }}'
	camera_name: '{{ camera \| replace(''_'', '' '') \| title }}'
	target_chat: !input target_chat
	object: '{{ trigger.payload_json[''after''][''label''] }}'
	label: '{{ object \| title }}'
	entered_zones: '{{ trigger.payload_json[''after''][''entered_zones''] }}'
	type: '{{ trigger.payload_json[''type''] }}'
	base_url: !input base_url
	zone_only: !input zone_filter
	input_zones: !input zones
	zones: '{{ input_zones \| list }}'
	input_labels: !input labels
	labels: '{{ input_labels \| list }}'
	presence_entity: !input presence_filter
	notification: !input notification
	clip_local_file: '/config/www/clip_{{ id }}.mp4'
	snapshot_file: '/config/www/snapshot_{{ id }}.jpg'
	condition:
	- '{{ input_camera is not none and input_camera \| string \| length > 0 }}'
	- '{{ type != ''end'' }}'
	- '{{ not zone_only or entered_zones\|length > 0 }}'
	- '{{ not zones\|length or zones\|select(''in'', entered_zones)\|list\|length > 0 }}'
	- '{{ not labels\|length or object in labels }}'
	- '{{ not presence_entity or not is_state(presence_entity, ''home'') }}'
	action:
	- action: camera.snapshot
	data:
	entity_id: !input camera
	filename: '{{ snapshot_file }}'
	- delay: 0.5
	- action: ai_task.generate_data
	target:
	entity_id: !input ai_entity
	data:
	task_name: Frigate Snapshot Analysis
	instructions: !input prompt
	attachments:
	- selector:
	file:
	path: '{{ snapshot_file }}'
	response_variable: generated_content
	- action: telegram_bot.send_photo
	data:
	target: '{{ target_chat }}'
	disable_notification: '{{ notification }}'
	caption: '{{ generated_content.data }}'
	file: '{{ snapshot_file }}'
	- repeat:
	sequence:
	- wait_for_trigger:
	- platform: mqtt
	topic: frigate/events
	payload: '{{ id }}'
	value_template: '{{ value_json[''after''][''id''] }}'
	timeout:
	minutes: 2
	continue_on_timeout: false
	- condition: template
	value_template: '{{ wait.trigger.payload_json[''type''] == ''end'' }}'
	- action: downloader.download_file
	data:
	overwrite: true
	url: '{{base_url}}/api/frigate/notifications/{{id}}/{{camera}}/clip.mp4'
	filename: 'www/clip_{{ id }}.mp4'
	- action: telegram_bot.send_video
	data:
	target: '{{ target_chat }}'
	disable_notification: '{{ notification }}'
	caption: '{{ generated_content.data }}'
	file: '{{ clip_local_file }}'
	until: '{{ wait.trigger.payload_json[''type''] == ''end'' }}'
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