Count for number of times Automations triggered

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For anyone that would like this functionality without the hassle of setting up counters for each automation and triggering an increment in each automation, I have created the following automation.

It will automatically create a MQTT sensor for each automation the first time an automation is run. It will then increment the count each subsequent time the automation is run but there is no need to create any inputs or edit any existing automations.

alias: Automation - Counter
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: automation_triggered
condition: []
action:
  - service: mqtt.publish
    data:
      topic: >-
        homeassistant/sensor/counter_{{ trigger.event.data.entity_id |
replace('.', '_') }}/config
      payload_template: >-
        {"name": "counter_{{ trigger.event.data.entity_id | replace('.','_')
        }}",
         "unique_id": "counter_{{ trigger.event.data.entity_id | replace('.','_') }}",
        "state_topic": "homeassistant/sensor/counter_{{
        trigger.event.data.entity_id | replace('.','_') }}/state"}
      retain: true
  - service: mqtt.publish
    data:
      topic: >-
        homeassistant/sensor/counter_{{ trigger.event.data.entity_id |
        replace('.', '_') }}/state
      payload_template: >-
        {% set trigger_address = "sensor.counter_" +
        trigger.event.data.entity_id | replace('.','_') %} {{
        states(trigger_address) | int + 1 }}
      retain: true
mode: single
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