add icon or icon template to the sensors.

Do you ever plan to add icons to sensors, better icon templates? Because now, after creating sensors, you have to create sensor templates and only add icons there.

multiscrape:
  - resource: https://www.home-assistant.io
    scan_interval: 3600
    sensor:
      - name: Latest version
        select: ".current-version > h1:nth-child(1)"
        value_template: '{{ (value.split(":")[1]) }}'
      - name: Release date
        select: ".release-date"
    binary_sensor:
      - name: Latest version == 2021.7.0
        select: ".current-version > h1:nth-child(1)"
        value_template: '{{ (value.split(":")[1]) | trim == "2021.7.0" }}'

sensor:
  - platform: template
    sensors:
      latest_version_good:
         friendky_name: Latest version
         value_template: '{{ states('sensor.latest_version') }}'
         icon_template: >-
             {% if is_state('sensor.latest_version', states('sensor.version')) %}
                 mid:movie-star-outline
             {% else %}
                 mid:history
             {% end if %}

binary_sensor:
  - platform: template
    sensors:
       latest_version_good:
          friendly_name: Latest version
          value_template: '{{ is_state('binary_sensor.latest_version', 'on') }}'
          icon_template: >-
             {% if is_state('binary_sensor.latest_version', 'on') %}
                mid:check-circle-outline
             {% else %}
                mid:checkbox-blank-circle-outline
             {% end if %}

After that, duplicate sensors appear with and without icons.

[danieldotnl]

I think it’s easier for binary sensors to provide a boolean as input for the icon template instead of a string. I’ll try to clarify the description. Thanks!

[danieldotnl]

Could you elaborate on your issue? Works for me: {% if value == True %}