Converting a separate switch entity into a mode for a thermostat

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Hi Home Assistant community!

We have Heatmiser Neo thermostats, which are connected using their HomeKit integration.
The default config works fine, but the ‘climate’ entity only has the mode heat_cool (which is wrong - the heating system only supports heat, and the thermostats know that), and the ‘standby’ switch is a separate entity.

My question is this: Is there any way to make the separate ‘standby’ switch appear as a thermostat mode, so they can be managed using one card and device, not two?

Thanks,
Conor

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This should work: Template Switch - Home Assistant

Create a template switch and set the actions for on/off accordingly

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The documentation for template switches seems to indicate it only supports creating switch entities.
In my case, I have a climate entity and a switch, and I want to combine them into a single climate entity.

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There is also custom component which can create templated climate entities. GitHub - jcwillox/hass-template-climate: ❄️Templatable Climate Device for Home Assistant, Supports Running Actions On Service Calls.