From a99784324ca7082ced61ec8921a140a061a00387 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paulus Schoutsen <balloob@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 23:35:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add event to binary sensor example (#18567)

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   http://homeassistant.local:8123/api/webhook/my-super-secret-webhook-id
 ```
 
+### Turning an event into a binary sensor
+
+You can use a trigger-based template entity to convert any event or other automation trigger into a binary sensor. The below configuration will turn on a binary sensor for 5 seconds when the automation trigger triggers.
+
+```yaml
+template:
+  trigger:
+    platform: event
+    event_type: my_event
+  binary_sensor:
+    - name: Event recently fired
+      auto_off: 5
+      state: "true"
+```
+
 ### Sun Angle
 
 This example shows the sun angle in the frontend.