Achieving Sequential Automation in Home Assistant

Hi everyone! I’m currently working on a garden lighting automation and I’m curious if anyone has tackled a similar setup. Here’s my goal: when the sun sets, I want the garden lights to turn on at 10%, send a notification, then gradually dim up to 100% over an hour. The key here is that each step should happen sequentially—meaning the next action only starts once the previous one is completed.

Currently, when I run the flow, all notifications are triggered at once, which isn’t what I want. I’ve heard about using delays or specific automation triggers, but I’m not entirely sure how to structure this properly.

Has anyone successfully implemented a multi-step automation where each step depends on the completion of the previous one? Any tips or examples would be greatly appreciated! I’m excited to see how the community approaches this kind of scenario.