I find it interesting, that when I build a #homeassistant dashboard, then I'm basically working with a state machine. Show the state of these entities. Conditionally on these states, show these cards.

While when I'm doing automations for my lights and other non-dashboard entities, then I'm not able to work in the same way - in that case I have to wait for a trigger, and then I fire off some actions and hope they take.

Is it currently possible to set a desired state during automations? Like, if the alarm is on, this light should be blue. If the Wiim is playing, then the amplifier should be on. If it's between 6:30 and 7:30 then the bedroom lights should be on. Switches would then just set variables that define the desired state of a light.