automation.timer automations are executed by timers at a future time, or at various intervals. They support continuations to pause and resume between executions.

On the first invocation of the timer, an automation is selected using events KATA. This may optionally provide inputs.

Inputs
Outputs
- await:
- return:

Inputs

The automation dictionary starts with the following values:

Key	Type	Notes
`timer_*`	dictionary	The parent timer dictionary
`inputs`	dictionary	Custom input values from the caller

Outputs

await:

When the automation pauses in the await state, the timer is rescheduled to continue at a future date.

Key	Type	Notes
`until`	timestamp	The future UNIX timestamp to resume the automation at the current point



start:
  # Run some commands
  await:
    until@date: +5 mins

return:

When the automation concludes:

If the timer has a recurring schedule, it is rescheduled for the next occurrence.
Otherwise, a one-shot timer is disabled (or optionally deleted) at conclusion.

Key Type Notes

delete bool true to delete the timer when complete