Templates
One body, sent many times.
Write a body once, publish it, then send it from the composer, your own code or an agent.
In short
What is an email template?
An email template is a body kept apart from the messages made from it, with named placeholders for the details. Each send supplies the values.
23
starting points in the gallery
200
templates per workspace
500
blocks per body, at most
9
endpoints under /templates
How it works
Two ways to write a body
Thirteen kinds of block on a canvas, checked as you write them, or react-email components you render and post as HTML.
Slots you set, props you send
A slot carries a default, so a send that names nothing still renders. A missing required prop refuses the send.
Publishing freezes what sends
Editing a published template mints a new draft, so sends keep resolving the same version until you publish.
What you get
In the product today
Owned by the workspace
An API key can send a teammate's template, and it outlives their account.
Preview before publishing
Renders what a send would, and names what is still empty.
Its own send record
Sends, opens and clicks per template, split by where each came from.
Four ways in
The composer, the templates screen, the API and MCP, over one service.
Good practice
Getting the most out of it
- 01
Require the order number
Otherwise a send without it goes out with a blank nothing reports and nobody can recall.
- 02
Leave the live one alone
Save drafts freely: what is live stays live until you publish.
- 03
Pin a version
Pass the version number on a send that must match what was approved.
Where it stands
Good to know
- The gallery over the API
- The twenty-three starting points exist only in the app. Code and agents post a body.
- Editing over MCP
- Its five tools list, read, preview, create and send. None edits, deletes or publishes an existing template.
- Opens on composer sends
- Only sends from your code or the queue are matched to a delivery. The rest show as unmatched, not unopened.
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