How can I trigger an Accordion to open/close with external buttons?

I want to be able to toggle an accordion by clicking on an external button.

I’ve already tried directly adding brx-open, however that only works until the true accordion toggle is interacted with, at which point the button stops functioning.

Another downside of this approach is the animation controlled by Bricks of the accordion opening will not play.

The JS Click function also doesn’t seem to work.

Is there a proper approach to this? Thanks in advance.