I want to automatically have this entity

[rocky pendant]

- service: number.set_value
  data:
    target: number.wled_kitchen3_intensity
    value: >-
      {{ states('sensor.dishwasher_program_progress')|int / 100 * 255 }}

And, if you want the trigger

trigger:
- platform: state
  entity_id: sensor.dishwasher_program_progress
action:
- service: number.set_value
  data:
    target: number.wled_kitchen3_intensity
    value: >-
      {{ states('sensor.dishwasher_program_progress')|int / 100 * 255 }}

[keen hound]

thanks so much @rocky pendant - I will see if i can test it using the developer tools now

[rocky pendant]

You may need to turn the template into:

      {{ (states('sensor.dishwasher_program_progress')|int / 100 * 255)|round(0) }}

[keen hound]

This is what it took:

service: number.set_value
data:
  entity_id: number.wled_kitchen3_intensity
  value: "{{ states('sensor.dishwasher_program_progress') | int }}"

[compact shale]

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[keen hound]

got it - thanks 😄

still need to test with the dishwasher actually running but using developer tools to edit states it seems to be working

[rocky pendant]

The only thing I'd note is that the number runs from 1 to 255, and your template there runs from 1 to 100

[keen hound]

in WLED 1 to 100 is positive - then from 100 to 200 it goes in reverse

on the effect