Automation based on text in an entity

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Hi,

I’m trying to have an automation that is been triggered by a text in the state of an entity.

Ex: if it contain the words “Risk of a thunderstorm” I will receive a notification.

Did someone have managed to do it?

Here an example of what the entity is:

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Here’s a quick and simple automation to do it. Uses templates though, which typically scares people.

trigger:
- platform: template
  value_template: "{{ 'Risk of a thunderstorm' in states('sensor.laval_forecast') }}"
action:
- service: notify.xyz
  data:
    message: Thunderstorm!
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Wow!! thanks for the fast reply! It’s really usefull! and working!

I think i’ll try to learn about templates!