State Based Template Framework - Sensor and Binary Sensor

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template: # Not needed if you are saving this in a template.yaml. But required in configuration.yaml or a package
  - sensor:
      - name: sensor_1 # not required, but should be - used as entity_id and friendly_name
        unique_id: sensor_1 # not required, but is if you want to be able to manage this via the UI
        icon: mdi:cat # not required
        device_class: none # Can be helpful when displaying state, if not included default is none
        # All Device Classes -> https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/sensor/#device-class
        state: > # required
          {{ states('sensor.cat_count') | int }} 
  
  - binary_sensor
      - name: sensor_2 # not required, but should be - used as entity_id and friendly_name
        unique_id: sensor_2 # not required, but is if you want to be able to manage this via the UI
        icon: mdi:cat # not required
        device_class: presence # Can be helpful when displaying state, if not included default is none
        # All Binary Sensor Device Classes -> https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/binary_sensor/#device-class
        state: > # required, and for binary sensor neeeds to be either (off, on), (enable, disabled), (true, false)
          {{ is_state('sensor.cat_home','home') }}