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Templates
Templates give you a head start on common page structures. AuroraDocs ships a gallery of built-in templates and lets you turn any page into a reusable template or snippet.
Template gallery
Navigate to /templates (or click Templates in the sidebar) to open the gallery. It shows four sections:
| Section | Source |
|---|---|
| My snippets | Pages you've saved as snippets (block-level reusable content) |
| My templates | Pages you've marked as templates |
| Built-in page templates | Starter templates for each built-in page type |
| Community templates | 10 curated templates grouped by category |
Built-in gallery templates
| Template | Default type | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Meeting notes | Page | Work |
| Weekly review | Page | Productivity |
| Project plan | Page | Work |
| Book notes | Page | Learning |
| Daily standup | Note | Work |
| Habit tracker | Note | Personal |
| Brainstorm | Page | Productivity |
| OKR — Objectives & key results | Page | Work |
| Language learning | Page | Learning |
| Travel planner | Page | Personal |
Use the category pills at the top to filter, and the type switcher to change which page type a template creates.
Built-in page type templates
Each built-in page type can have a starter template that pre-fills a useful structure:
- Person profile, Meeting note, Trip planner, Project brief, Image reference, Quote card, Saved link, Backlog item, Habit, Transaction
These appear automatically when the page type is visible in your workspace.
Using a template
Every template card has two actions:
- Create — creates a brand-new page with the template's content and navigates to it.
- Insert here — pastes the template content into the page you're currently editing. If the editor is empty it replaces the content; otherwise it appends.
Empty page suggestion
When you open an empty page, Aurora shows a dashed-border banner with a See templates button. It takes you to the gallery with the current page pre-selected — clicking Insert here on any template sends the content straight back into your page.
Sidebar quick-create
If you've created templates for a particular page type, clicking the + button on that sidebar section shows a picker with Blank and each of your templates. Without templates, + creates a blank page directly.
Templates also appear in the command palette (⌘K) — search for a template name and select it to create a new page from it.
Creating your own templates
Mark any page as a template
- Open the page.
- Click the
···overflow menu. - Choose Mark as template.
The page now appears in the sidebar's Templates section and in the gallery under My templates. Repeat the process and choose Remove as template to un-mark it.
Save blocks as a snippet
Snippets are smaller — a piece of content you want to reuse without creating a full page structure.
- Hover the floating block handle on the left of any block (or long-press on mobile).
- Click Save as snippet.
- Name the snippet in the dialog.
Aurora creates a new note-type page with the selected content, marks it as a template, and tags it as a snippet. It appears in the gallery under My snippets.
Tips
- Start with the built-in gallery templates — they cover the most common patterns.
- Turn meeting notes or project briefs into templates once you have a structure you like.
- Use snippets for smaller reusable blocks like standard disclaimers, table structures, or checklists.
- Templates are normal pages — you can edit them at any time and future uses will pick up the changes.
