diff --git a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/video/crumb/app/data/HaModels.kt b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/video/crumb/app/data/HaModels.kt
index 1d1ead87..a0f6714d 100644
--- a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/video/crumb/app/data/HaModels.kt
+++ b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/video/crumb/app/data/HaModels.kt
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ fun haPrimaryAction(domain: String): String? = when (domain) {
     "light", "switch", "fan", "siren" -> "toggle"
     "button", "input_button" -> "press"
     "scene", "script" -> "turn_on"
+    "automation" -> "trigger"
     else -> null
 }
 
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ fun haFullActions(domain: String): List<HaAction> = when (domain) {
     "button", "input_button" -> listOf(HaAction("press", "Press"))
     "scene" -> listOf(HaAction("turn_on", "Activate"))
     "script" -> listOf(HaAction("turn_on", "Run"))
+    "automation" -> listOf(HaAction("trigger", "Trigger"))
     else -> emptyList()
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/desktop-flutter/lib/ui/ha_overlay/ha_actions.dart b/apps/desktop-flutter/lib/ui/ha_overlay/ha_actions.dart
index 3914707c..b3086776 100644
--- a/apps/desktop-flutter/lib/ui/ha_overlay/ha_actions.dart
+++ b/apps/desktop-flutter/lib/ui/ha_overlay/ha_actions.dart
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 //   lock                       -> lock / unlock
 //   button, input_button       -> press
 //   scene, script              -> turn_on
+//   automation                 -> trigger
 //
 // Anything else (binary_sensor, sensor, an unknown domain from a newer HA)
 // yields NO actions, so the card stays read-only exactly as it is today.
@@ -128,6 +129,13 @@ const List<HaControlAction> _kScriptActions = [
   HaControlAction(action: 'turn_on', label: 'Run', icon: Icons.play_arrow),
 ];
 
+/// automation — HA's service is `automation.trigger`, which fires the
+/// automation's actions immediately (skipping its trigger conditions). "Trigger"
+/// is what it reads as on the badge.
+const List<HaControlAction> _kAutomationActions = [
+  HaControlAction(action: 'trigger', label: 'Trigger', icon: Icons.bolt),
+];
+
 /// The actions the server will accept for an entity in [domain]; empty for
 /// every domain that has no control path (the card then renders read-only).
 List<HaControlAction> haActionsForDomain(String domain) {
@@ -148,6 +156,8 @@ List<HaControlAction> haActionsForDomain(String domain) {
       return _kSceneActions;
     case 'script':
       return _kScriptActions;
+    case 'automation':
+      return _kAutomationActions;
     default:
       return const [];
   }
@@ -184,6 +194,7 @@ List<HaControlAction> haAllActionsForDomain(String domain) {
 ///   light / switch / fan / siren -> toggle
 ///   button / input_button        -> press
 ///   scene / script               -> turn_on (activate / run)
+///   automation                   -> trigger
 ///
 /// Unknown/read-only domains (binary_sensor, sensor, a newer HA domain) return
 /// null: no guessed actuation, the badge stays read-only.
@@ -201,6 +212,8 @@ HaControlAction? haPrimaryAction(String domain) {
       return _kSceneActions.first;
     case 'script':
       return _kScriptActions.first;
+    case 'automation':
+      return _kAutomationActions.first;
     default:
       return null;
   }
diff --git a/apps/ios/Crumb/Features/HomeAssistant/HomeAssistant.swift b/apps/ios/Crumb/Features/HomeAssistant/HomeAssistant.swift
index 10de1f4a..f03af373 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Crumb/Features/HomeAssistant/HomeAssistant.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Crumb/Features/HomeAssistant/HomeAssistant.swift
@@ -394,6 +394,8 @@ extension HA {
             return [HAAction("turn_on", "Activate", "film")]
         case "script":
             return [HAAction("turn_on", "Run", "play.fill")]
+        case "automation":
+            return [HAAction("trigger", "Trigger", "bolt.fill")]
         default:
             return []
         }
@@ -448,6 +450,7 @@ extension HA {
         case "light", "switch", "fan", "siren": return "toggle"
         case "button", "input_button": return "press"
         case "scene", "script": return "turn_on"
+        case "automation": return "trigger"
         default: return nil
         }
     }
diff --git a/docs-site/docs/integrations/home-assistant.md b/docs-site/docs/integrations/home-assistant.md
index dc08d2d8..3ac28d0f 100644
--- a/docs-site/docs/integrations/home-assistant.md
+++ b/docs-site/docs/integrations/home-assistant.md
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ What works today:
 - **Live entity badges pinned on the video**, with an icon, shape, color, size,
   and opacity you choose per entity.
 - **Control from the badge.** Entities linked with the **Control** role, lights,
-  switches, fans, sirens, covers, locks, buttons, scenes, and scripts, can be
-  operated right from the badge: tap a simple device to fire its action, or open
+  switches, fans, sirens, covers, locks, buttons, scenes, scripts, and
+  automations, can be operated right from the badge: tap a simple device to fire
+  its action (an automation triggers, a scene activates, a script runs), or open
   a small action card for a device like a cover or lock that has more than one
   meaningful action.
 - **A Home Assistant hub** in the console: connection settings, every linked
@@ -93,8 +94,8 @@ picker scoped to the domains that role accepts:
   detail card can show, for example, `72°F` instead of a bare number.
 - The **Control** picker searches every domain Crumb can actuate: `light`,
   `switch`, `fan`, `siren`, `cover`, `lock`, `button`, `input_button`, `scene`,
-  and `script`, grouped by domain. If you are looking for a switch or a light,
-  this is the button; they are not in the sensor pickers.
+  `script`, and `automation`, grouped by domain. If you are looking for a switch
+  or a light, this is the button; they are not in the sensor pickers.
 
 Every picker has a search box, and an entity already linked under that role
 shows as "(linked)" instead of being hidden. Nothing is saved until you hit
diff --git a/services/api/src/ha.rs b/services/api/src/ha.rs
index 11b3b50a..e89f16cd 100644
--- a/services/api/src/ha.rs
+++ b/services/api/src/ha.rs
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ const HA_ACTION_ALLOWLIST: &[(&str, &[HaActionSpec])] = &[
     ("input_button", &[spec("press")]),
     ("scene", &[spec("turn_on")]),
     ("script", &[spec("turn_on")]),
+    ("automation", &[spec("trigger")]),
 ];
 
 /// The kind of numeric value an action carries. Kept as an enum (not a bare
@@ -410,7 +411,8 @@ struct EntitiesQuery {
     /// A single HA domain (e.g. `binary_sensor`, `sensor`, `light`, `cover`), or
     /// one of the role aliases: `controls` (every actuatable domain from
     /// `HA_ACTION_ALLOWLIST`: light, switch, fan, siren, cover, lock, button,
-    /// `input_button`, scene, script) or `sensors` (numeric `sensor`). Omitted ⇒
+    /// `input_button`, scene, script, automation) or `sensors` (numeric
+    /// `sensor`). Omitted ⇒
     /// the union of all of the above (motion binary sensors + numeric sensors +
     /// every controllable domain).
     domain: Option<String>,
@@ -1013,8 +1015,8 @@ async fn get_entities(
     let s = effective_settings(&state).await?;
     let domains: Vec<&str> = match q.domain.as_deref() {
         // Actuator role: every domain the action endpoint can drive (light,
-        // switch, fan, siren, cover, lock, button, input_button, scene, script),
-        // derived from the allowlist so the two can never diverge.
+        // switch, fan, siren, cover, lock, button, input_button, scene, script,
+        // automation), derived from the allowlist so the two can never diverge.
         Some("controls") => control_domains(),
         // Numeric-sensor role (temperature/humidity/... display links).
         Some("sensors") => vec!["sensor"],
@@ -1934,6 +1936,7 @@ mod tests {
             ("input_button", &["press"]),
             ("scene", &["turn_on"]),
             ("script", &["turn_on"]),
+            ("automation", &["trigger"]),
         ];
         for (domain, actions) in allowed {
             for action in *actions {