Android intent setup

[oceantrail23]

I've been having trouble setting up the Last Update Trigger to trigger Home Assistant automations from Android intents. After restarting the companion app, as specified in the instructions, my test automation (YAML below) initially worked but doesn't any longer, and I don't understand why. If I use the event listener in development tools, the intent is successfully received, but the automation does not trigger. I see a note about setting up categories in the documentation. Is it necessary in this case? If so, how do I know what category to use? I don't quite understand the instructions at the link above.

Once the Last Update Trigger is working, I have one more question: The YAML condition is currently disabled, but if I enable it, is it configured properly? I'd like to add a condition based on the event "Extra" in the intent (i.e. the "%par1" variable passed to my Tasker task below).

Automation YAML

alias: Tasker test
description: ""
triggers:
  - alias: "Android intent received: io.homeassistant.companion.android.TASKER"
    event_type: android.intent_received
    event_data:
      action: io.homeassistant.companion.android.TASKER
    trigger: event
conditions:
  - condition: template
    value_template: "\"{{ trigger.event.data.extra_event == 'test' }}\""
    enabled: false
actions:
  - action: notify.mobile_app_<my_device>
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: TEST
mode: single

Companion app "Last update trigger" screen

Tasker tasks

    Task: Send Home Assistant Intent
    
    A1: Send Intent [
Action: io.homeassistant.companion.android.TASKER
Cat: None
Extra: event: %par1
Package: io.homeassistant.companion.android
Target: Broadcast Receiver ]

    Task: HA Test
    
    A1: Perform Task [
         Name: Send Home Assistant Intent
         Priority: %priority
         Parameter 1 (%par1): test
         Structure Output (JSON, etc): On ]

Intent received by event listener

event_type: android.intent_received
data:
  event: test
  intent: io.homeassistant.companion.android.TASKER
  device_id: b36a41393aed1e9f
origin: REMOTE
time_fired: "2026-03-31T01:16:11.347898+00:00"
context:
  id: 01KN0QCS6KJM4C39TYJK0646ZV
  parent_id: null
  user_id: f2486624fe56450c9cfc8b40623882b7

[igorsindriksons1982]

alias: Tasker test
description: ""
triggers:

• alias: "Android intent received: io.homeassistant.companion.android.TASKER"
  event_type: android.intent_received
  event_data:
  action: io.homeassistant.companion.android.TASKER
  trigger: event
  conditions:
• condition: template
  value_template: ""{{ trigger.event.data.extra_event == 'test' }}""
  enabled: false
  actions:
• action: notify.mobile_app_<my_device>
  metadata: {}
  data:
  message: TEST
  mode: single

[igorsindriksons1982]

alias: Tasker test
description: ""
triggers:

• alias: "Android intent received: io.homeassistant.companion.android.TASKER"
  event_type: android.intent_received
  event_data:
  action: io.homeassistant.companion.android.TASKER
  trigger: event
  conditions:
• condition: template
  value_template: ""{{ trigger.event.data.extra_event == 'test' }}""
  enabled: false
  actions:
• action: notify.mobile_app_<my_device>
  metadata: {}
  data:
  message: TEST
  mode: single

[igorsindriksons1982]

alias: Tasker test
description: ""
triggers:

• alias: "Android intent received: io.homeassistant.companion.android.TASKER"
  event_type: android.intent_received
  event_data:
  action: io.homeassistant.companion.android.TASKER
  trigger: event
  conditions:
• condition: template
  value_template: ""{{ trigger.event.data.extra_event == 'test' }}""
  enabled: false
  actions:
• action: notify.mobile_app_<my_device>
  metadata: {}
  data:
  message: TEST
  mode: single

[viys]

The event data in the trace shows why this does not trigger: the companion app sends intent and event, not action and extra_event.

The automation can be written as:

alias: Tasker test
triggers:
  - trigger: event
    event_type: android.intent_received
    event_data:
      intent: io.homeassistant.companion.android.TASKER
conditions:
  - condition: template
    value_template: "{{ trigger.event.data.event == 'test' }}"
actions:
  - action: notify.mobile_app_<my_device>
    data:
      message: TEST
mode: single

You can also match the value directly in the trigger:

triggers:
  - trigger: event
    event_type: android.intent_received
    event_data:
      intent: io.homeassistant.companion.android.TASKER
      event: test

The Last Update Trigger sensor/category is unrelated to this event trigger. In Tasker, make sure the extra is named event and its value is %par1, as in your example.