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If I have a template sensor that returns count of some things and I want to trigger when values are increasing, what's the best way to do it?

Create derivative sensor and trigger when value goes positive? Such sensor would not fire again if template goes from 0 to 1 and in one minute from 1 to 2, because delta is always the same, or would it?
Trigger on any state change and use condition with from_state and to_state to compare both are valid and delta to_state - from_state > 0?

Or is there any other more universal way?

Edit: Option #2.

My template sensor that holds number of update. entities with state set to on:

- sensor:
    - unique_id: 285e2fde-4277-4c26-8746-07ebd059b7c2
      name: "Number of updates available"
      state: >
        {{ 
          states.update
            | selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') 
            | map(attribute='entity_id')
            | list
            | count
          }}
      state_class: total

And then automation that fires on every state change but only advances if the new state is greater than previous one. Invalid states are set to 0 and thus it still works properly.

triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id: sensor.number_of_updates_available
conditions:
  - condition: template
    value_template: |
      {{ trigger.to_state.state | int(0) > trigger.from_state.state | int(0) }}

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