From 5a4ba2fefa5f58c95201063cd9f88a21da859f4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cpayne <cpayne@silicon-valley.ca>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2025 21:56:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update PlantMonitor_bp.yaml

---
 PlantMonitor_bp.yaml | 34 ++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/PlantMonitor_bp.yaml b/PlantMonitor_bp.yaml
index 87a2801..abedcb4 100644
--- a/PlantMonitor_bp.yaml
+++ b/PlantMonitor_bp.yaml
@@ -1,37 +1,31 @@
 blueprint:
-  name: 💧 DWC Plant Tracker (with Reset Button)
+  name: 💧 DWC Plant Tracker (Planted + HA Notification)
   description: >
-    Tracks plant age and watering schedule. 
-    Notifies if watering is overdue (7+ days) 
-    and supports a manual reset button to log watering.
+    Track a plant's age and days since last watering.
+    Creates a Home Assistant persistent notification when it's been 7+ days
+    since the last watering.
   domain: automation
   input:
     plant_name:
       name: Plant Name
-      description: The friendly name of your plant (e.g. "Hungarian Hot Wax 1").
+      description: e.g., "Hungarian Hot Wax 1".
       default: "My Plant"
 
     planted_date_helper:
       name: Planted Date Helper
-      description: Select the Date helper for when this plant was planted.
+      description: Select the DATE helper (no time) for when this plant was planted.
       selector:
         entity:
           domain: input_datetime
 
     last_watered_helper:
       name: Last Watered Helper
-      description: Select the Date/Time helper for the plant’s last watering.
+      description: Select the DATE/TIME helper for the last watering.
       selector:
         entity:
           domain: input_datetime
 
-    notification_target:
-      name: Notification Target
-      description: Choose how to receive water-change reminders.
-      selector:
-        target:
-
-# Trigger daily at midnight
+# Check daily at midnight
 trigger:
   - platform: time
     at: "00:00:00"
@@ -41,11 +35,12 @@ variables:
   planted_date_entity: !input planted_date_helper
   last_watered_entity: !input last_watered_helper
 
+# Only notify when 7+ days since last watering
 condition:
   - condition: template
     value_template: >
       {% set watered = states(last_watered_entity) %}
-      {% if watered not in ['unknown', 'unavailable', None] %}
+      {% if watered not in ['unknown','unavailable', None] %}
         {{ ((as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(watered)) / 86400) | int >= 7 }}
       {% else %} false {% endif %}
 
@@ -62,13 +57,12 @@ action:
           {{ ((as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(planted)) / 86400) | int }}
         {% else %} 0 {% endif %}
 
-  - service: notify
-    target: !input notification_target
+  - service: persistent_notification.create
     data:
       title: "💧 DWC Water Change Reminder"
       message: >
-        {{ plant_name }} was planted {{ age_days }} days ago
-        and it’s been {{ days_since_water }} days since last watering.
-        Time to refresh its water!
+        {{ plant_name }} was planted {{ age_days }} days ago and
+        it's been {{ days_since_water }} days since it was last watered.
+        Time to refresh its water.
 
 mode: single