Ah. Thanks, that makes sense now. But is it not possible to increment it within a template ‘outside’ of the testing tools in real automation usage? Or do I still need to make a Service Call?
Is there something in the documentation that gave you the impression that it was possible to do the following?
counter.front_porch_status.increment
Or is it based on your experience with some other software, or programming language, that you have used and you are making an assumption it must exist in Home Assistant as well?