Turning dumb light switches into smart ones - relays?

I've got smart downlights but dumb switches so the usual issue of if they are turned off so too are the bulbs, been mulling over the issue. I don't want to replace the existing switches with smart ones as they are ugly (IMO) compared to my current dumb switches. So I was thinking of using a relay to always on the lights and a seperate relay line monitors for if the dumb switch has been actuated E.g turned on or off.

1. I'm sure someone must have done this, if so product recommendations welcome.
2. I'm trying to stick to zigbee over WiFi

If peeps have alternate options that don't look ugly and would let me do things like send dimming commands I'm all ears BTW I'm in New Zealand and the PDL zigbee switches are insanely expensive, even at trade. Which IMO look the nicest

I have a home assistant yellow so have zigbee and matter support etc.

TIA

Submitted by mikey0000

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