Alternative for creating an input_boolean helper in each room

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I have motion sensors in each room of my house (except bedrooms).

I’d like these motion sensors to be disabled if I press a button to manage the lights and enable them again if I turn off the lights.

I have Automations to do this and am currently working on a Blueprint to unify my approach to all Automations.

To disable motion sensors, I’m creating an input_boolean helper for each room’s Automations. Is there a way around creating an input_boolean and using variables in the Blueprint instead?

I think it’s neat I can manually disable a room’s motion sensors, but it seems like a pain in the butt to create a Toggle Helper for almost every single room just to get this working.

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You could enable/disable the automation.

automation.turn_off / on

and also key off the on/off state of the automation as needed

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The automation has both button and motion triggers. I just need to disable the motion part and bring it back when the button is pressed.

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Ideally, I’d have some way to scaffold this. Like “create new automation with these settings and also create the toggle at the same time”.