> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Category templates

> Give each feedback category a starting body that prefills the post composer, so users submit structured, complete feedback. Set a template per category, or a Default template that applies everywhere else.

A **category template** is a starting body of text that prefills the composer whenever someone begins a new post in that category. Instead of a blank box, the person sees a prompt you wrote, for example a set of headings asking a bug reporter for steps to reproduce. Templates are the simplest way to get more complete, consistent feedback.

You set them up in [**Settings → Category templates**](https://app.sleekplan.com/settings/templates).

## How templates work

Each of your [categories](/help/feedback/categories) can have its own template, and there is one extra **Default** template:

* When someone starts a post in a category that **has** a template, that template prefills the description.
* When the category has **no** template of its own, the **Default** template is used instead.
* If neither exists, the composer opens empty, exactly as before.

The prefilled text is only a starting point. Whoever is writing the post can edit or replace it before submitting.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/sleekplangmbh/W24aUoWNhYtr3lZ3/images/feedback-templates-overview.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=W24aUoWNhYtr3lZ3&q=85&s=399d4d13e1f10fbb6eb10fd3e7a7bfff" alt="The Category templates page listing Feature, Bug with a Template set badge, Improvement, and Default, with the Bug row's edit icon highlighted" width="1920" height="1756" data-path="images/feedback-templates-overview.png" />

A **Template set** badge marks each category that already has a template, so you can see your coverage at a glance.

## Set or edit a template

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open a category's template">
    Go to [**Settings → Category templates**](https://app.sleekplan.com/settings/templates) and click the category you want, or the pencil icon on its row.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Write the template">
    Compose the starting body in the editor. Markdown is supported, so you can use headings, lists, and links to lay out exactly what you want people to fill in.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/sleekplangmbh/W24aUoWNhYtr3lZ3/images/feedback-templates-dialog.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=W24aUoWNhYtr3lZ3&q=85&s=3de1796b5ed7e313615209670e8db859" alt="The Bug template editor showing two headings, What happened and Steps to reproduce, each with a short prompt, and Cancel and Save buttons" width="1120" height="864" data-path="images/feedback-templates-dialog.png" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save it">
    Click **Save**. From now on, new posts in that category open with this text already in place.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  Templates work best as a light scaffold: a few headings or questions that guide the writer, not a wall of text. For a bug category, prompts like "What happened?", "Steps to reproduce", and "Browser and device" gather everything you need to act on the report.
</Tip>

## The Default template

The **Default** row at the bottom of the list is not a category. It is the fallback that prefills any post whose category has no template of its own. Set a Default template when you want every new post to start from the same base, and add category-specific templates only where a category needs something different.

## Delete a template

Hover a category that has a template and click the trash icon, then confirm. New posts in that category will no longer be prefilled (the Default template applies again if you have one). Deleting a template does not change any existing posts, and categories without a template simply show no trash icon.

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Add, remove, and reorder categories" icon="tags" href="/help/feedback/categories">
    Manage the categories that each template belongs to.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Create a post" icon="plus" href="/help/feedback/create-post">
    See where the template appears when you add a post from the dashboard.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
