Create a template
Platform module
POST/templatestemplates.create
A project or record template, including the XOS 4.0 Production Template copy. Creates a template. Requires `Idempotency-Key`; a replay returns the original response. The organization is derived from the credential or the parent row, never from the body.
- Requires the capability projects.template.write.
- OAuth scopes: projects.
- Send an Idempotency-Key header. A replay with the same key returns the original response.
- Error statuses: 400, 401, 409, 422, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.
Request body: TemplateCreate
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | Yes | Template name.Constraints: length 1 to 300 |
| description | string | null | No | When to use the template.Constraints: length 1 to 20000 |
| template_kind | "Project" | No | What the template creates. |
{
"name": "Three-Day Festival",
"description": "Outdoor weekend shows.",
"template_kind": "Project"
}Response 201: Template
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the template. |
| org_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the owning organization, derived from the parent row and never accepted from the caller. |
| created_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was created. |
| created_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who created the row; null when a seed, platform or system process created it. |
| updated_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was last updated. |
| updated_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who last updated the row; null when a seed, platform or system process updated it. |
| name | string | Yes | Template name.Constraints: length 1 to 300 |
| current_version_id | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the current version. |
| description | string | null | Yes | When to use the template.Constraints: length 1 to 20000 |
| template_kind | "Project" | Yes | What the template creates. |
{
"id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"org_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"created_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"created_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"updated_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"updated_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"name": "Three-Day Festival",
"current_version_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"description": "Outdoor weekend shows.",
"template_kind": "Project"
}Code samples
curl -X POST "$XOS_BASE_URL/templates" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"Three-Day Festival","description":"Outdoor weekend shows.","template_kind":"Project"}'const { data } = await xos.templates.create({
"name": "Three-Day Festival",
"description": "Outdoor weekend shows.",
"template_kind": "Project"
});response = xos.templates.create({"name": "Three-Day Festival", "description": "Outdoor weekend shows.", "template_kind": "Project"})xos templates create --data '{"name":"Three-Day Festival","description":"Outdoor weekend shows.","template_kind":"Project"}'