[Home Assistant] Persistent Input Boolean Example

# For this to work properly, your MQTT broker must be setup to handle persistence

binary_sensor:
  - platform: mqtt
    state_topic: home-assistant/sunrise-lighting
    name: Sunrise Lighting
    payload_on: 'on'
    payload_off: 'off'

input_boolean:
  sunrise_lighting:
    name: Sunrise Lighting
    initial: on

automation:
  - alias: Update Sunrise Lighting Binary Sensor
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: input_boolean.sunrise_lighting
    condition:
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{ not is_state('input_boolean.sunrise_lighting', states('binary_sensor.sunrise_lighting')) }}"
    action:
      service: mqtt.publish
      data_template:
        topic: home-assistant/sunrise-lighting
        payload: "{{ states('input_boolean.sunrise_lighting') }}"
        retain: true

  - alias: Update Sunrise Lighting Input Boolean
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.sunrise_lighting
      - platform: event
        event_type: homeassistant_start
    condition:
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{ not is_state('input_boolean.sunrise_lighting', states('binary_sensor.sunrise_lighting')) }}"
    action:
      service_template: "input_boolean.turn_{{ 'on' if is_state('binary_sensor.sunrise_lighting', 'on') else 'off' }}"
      entity_id: input_boolean.sunrise_lighting