I’m running into the same issue. I kept looking up “Templates” thinking they were what “Blueprints” are. I’ve been struggling with this for 2 weeks now. Home Assistant has great docs provided you know which term to look up. If I could’ve clicked “Blueprints” in the UI using “+ Add Blueprint”, it would’ve been obvious how they work.
Blueprints need to be first-class citizens. Scripts are a clutch for me. I finally got to the point where I was trying to write advanced scripts with Trigger IDs and realized it was gonna be easier if I could simply write a template for the whole Automation.
Here’s how I view it: I don’t want to download someone else’s Blueprint, I want to create my own. Considering we have Fields in Scripts, it makes sense to have Inputs or Fields in Blueprints. At the same time, I can’t see how difficult it would be to edit Blueprints in the UI considering it could use the same “Fields” panel as Scripts and that could sit right above the Automation pieces.
Is it possible I could add this myself? I’m assuming it wouldn’t be too difficult considering Scripts have almost the exact same functionality.