Do this.

Whether it would fry the NFC tag or not, you want as little distance as possible between the wireless charger and phone. More distance is less efficient (more heat, more wasted power, slower charging).

I didnt know it got to that level of specificity! I've been using HA for going on a year now, but the app only recently. It has WAY more features than I thought.

Agree that this is probably best, maybe combined with a time condition (if you have a regular bed time!).

Something to note with iPhones- you can’t scan a tag for home assistant and have it auto-execute your automation. It prompts that a tag has been scanned and then asks if you want to open home assistant…at which point just make a Lovelace button to toggle your automation as you’ll have to interact with your phone! There are hacky work arounds (last time I checked) with the shortcuts app to bypass this, but at that point maybe just use the mobile app sensors!

I have done exactly this. "If past midnight and phone charge type is wireless, turn off all lights"

It was pretty much instant

excellent, do you know if tasker pics up specific wireless chargeres? I love what you're saying about HA, but one of the use cases I'm interested in is turning off my VPN when I set my phone in my cars wireless charger (one of the hardest spots for me to to de-google at the moment).

Yes, NFC is probably at the top of the phone, charging coil is below the camera island.