Creating a customized switch

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i want to have a switch which when switched on (from the lovelace UI) will set a boolean to true and run a script, and when switched off - to set the boolean to false. i tried to create the following - i’m not sure if that’s the right way to achieve this:

  switch:
    - platform: template
      switches:
        ac1_auto_mode:
          friendly_name: 'AC1 Auto Mode Set'
          value_template: "{{ is_state('switch.source', 'on') }}"
          turn_on:
          - service: input_boolean.turn_on
            data:
              entity_id: input_boolean.ac1_auto_mode
          - service: script.auto_ac1_init
            data:
              ac: 1
              init: 1
          turn_off:
          - service: input_boolean.turn_off
            data:
              entity_id: input_boolean.ac1_auto_mode

i’m not sure how to set the “value_template” here. currently - when the switch is switched on, it returns to be off after a second.

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Input booleans look like switches in the front end. Why are duplicating it with a switch?

Create your input boolean.

Trigger automations on change the state of the input boolean to do your actions.

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great idea - changing - thx