Templates make it easy to create recurring content that follows the same format every time. If your organization regularly creates content such as devotionals, children's ministry curriculum, group leader guides, or weekly newsletters, you can create a template once and reuse it week after week.
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Templates let you define the layout and type of content you want to generate, so you don't have to rebuild the same structure each time you upload a new project.
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From your Home dashboard, select Templates from the left-hand menu (you'll see our pre-made templates).

Once open, you will see all templates associated with your account. The sort tool at the top allows you to see only your custom templates, native templates provided by Content Studio, or All.

You can get to a template editing menu by selecting the 3 dots visible on each template card. From this page you can also hover your mouse over a template and a star will appear; highlight the star to select this template as a favorite.
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From the edit menu (accessed by clicking the 3 vertical dots), there are several options such as Make Private, Duplicate, or Delete. You can use this menu to make quick edits to your custom template.
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To create a new template:

Sections (sometimes referred to as Code Blocks) are the individual pieces of dynamic content that make up your template - they're sort of like the building blocks of your page layout, and they dynamically change each time new content is available. When you apply a template to a project, each Section uses its embedded prompt to generate content based on your uploaded sermon or other source material.

For example, a weekly teen devotional might include:

Add the Sections to your template from the right hand menu in the Sections tab by clicking and dragging them into your page where you want them. Be sure to move them into the order you want them to appear. That order will be preserved every time the template is used.

By clicking on an existing Section, you can also move it up or down by clicking the arrows, drag and drop it to a new position, or remove it entirely by clicking the red x.

Templates automatically save as you make changes.
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In addition to Sections, you can also add Variables to your template, such as:

These can be placed wherever you want them to appear in the template. For example, you might place your organization name and website at the top of a page before your Sections. You can select these Variables by selecting the Variables tab and dragging the items into your page where you want them to generate.

Variables that insert Organizational Information draw from the information that you've input into your Organization's settings page. You can edit that information and add your logo, website, etc. by going to Settings -> General and then updating the corresponding information.
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Finally, you can use your own saved Custom Sections within a template. This is useful if you've already created custom prompts in the AI Chat or migrated prompts from your Prompt Library that you'd like to incorporate into a recurring workflow.

Your Custom Section can be one small section of a larger template, or it can contain the instructions for an entire page of content. For example, you could create a Custom Section for a Teen Devotional and use it as a single Section for your entire template. Or a Discussion Prompts for Teens can be a smaller Custom Section that you use within a larger template with additional content.

To add Custom Sections, click the Custom Sections tab in your template under the Dynamic Content section.

Existing Custom Sections you have already set up can simply be dragged into the template just like any other piece of Dynamic Content.

In order to create a new Custom Prompt:

Any Content that you have added to your template (whether static or dynamic) can be formatted using the formatting menu at the top of your screen. You can change the text size and color, add headings, bullet points, etc.

For static content, simply highlight the content and use the tools at the top to change the formatting.

For dynamic content, simply click on the Section, Variable, or Custom Section you'd like to adjust the formatting for in order to select it, and then use the top menu to apply your formatting changes.

If there's a template you plan to use regularly, you can add it to your favorites by highlighting the star icon from the main templates dashboard. Simply hover your mouse over the template card and a star will appear. Click the star to highlight it as a favorite. You can unhighlight it if you want to deselect it as a favorite.

Favorited templates are easier to access and will automatically generate each time you upload a new project. You'll also be able to access them as a quick one-click option from the written content Actions area of your project.

This is especially useful for content you generate on a recurring basis.

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Once you've created and saved your template, you can reuse it whenever you upload a new project.

When the template is applied, its Code Blocks will generate content from your new upload while maintaining the same structure and layout you've defined.

This means you can create a template once and use it repeatedly without having to recreate the format every week.