This custom platform currently allows any switch-like entity to be converted to a light.
With this configuration entry:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
light:
- platform: proxy
name: Kitchen Lights
entity_id: switch.kitchen_lights_as_switchyou can for example proxy the switch.kitchen_lights_as_switch to be light.kitchen_lights.
- name: (Optional) The name of the new light.
- entity_id: (Optional) The entity id of the switch that should be copied.
This is a custom component, to install it simply copy the proxy.py file to <config_dir>/custom_components/light/proxy.py.
(If several users want this and I have some time, I might do the same for other entity mappings.)