> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.instantcampaign.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Templates and the template library

> Browse the built-in template library, preview templates in your own brand, start from a collection, import a design, and manage your own templates.

The **Templates** page (sidebar → **Content** → **Templates**) is where you find, create and manage email templates. It has three tabs:

| Tab              | What's in it                                                          |
| ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **My Templates** | Templates your workspace has created, copied or imported              |
| **Library**      | Professionally designed templates you can copy and edit               |
| **Collections**  | Matching series of emails, such as a welcome series or a seasonal kit |

## Start a new template

* **Blank:** click **New Template**. A blank template opens in the [email builder](/guides/email-and-templates/email-builder).
* **From the library:** see [Use a library template](#use-a-library-template) below.
* **With AI:** click **Describe the email you need →** to open the [Design Assistant](/guides/email-and-templates/design-assistant).
* **From an existing design:** click **Import**. See [Import a design](#import-a-design).

<Note>
  Each plan allows a set number of new templates per month, whether you create, copy, import or add them from the Marketplace. If you reach the limit, you're asked to upgrade before you can create another one.
</Note>

## Browse the library

Open the **Library** tab.

* **Search** with **Search the library...**. The search covers template names and descriptions.
* **Filter** with the menus: **Goal**, **Industry**, **Season**, **Style**, **Features** and **Layout**. Selected filters appear as chips you can remove one at a time, or all at once with **Clear all**. A template must match every menu you use, but can match any of the values you tick within one menu.
* **Favorites**: click the heart on a card to save it, then use the **Favorites** filter to see only your saved templates.

When no filters are set, the tab also shows **Made for you** (templates for your brand's industry) and **In season now** (seasonal collections for the time of year).

### See templates in your brand

Switch the toggle at the top from **Original** to **Your brand** to preview every template with your logo and colors. If you haven't set up a brand yet, enter your website under **See every template in your brand** and click **Scan**. Your logo, colors and voice are pulled from the site and saved as your brand.

### Preview a template

Hover over a card (or focus it with the keyboard) and click **Preview**. The preview shows the subject line and lets you switch between **Light**, **Dark (Gmail)** and **Dark (Apple Mail)**. The dark modes are simulations of how those apps recolor emails.

From the preview you can click **Use template**, or **Create campaign** to start a campaign with this template straight away.

## Use a library template

<Steps>
  <Step title="Find the template">
    Browse or search the **Library** tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Use template">
    Hover the card and click **Use template**, or click it in the preview.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Edit your copy">
    A copy is added to **My Templates** and opens in the builder. If **Your brand** was on, the copy already uses your brand. Library templates themselves are never changed.
  </Step>
</Steps>

**Remix with AI** on a card opens the template in the Design Assistant, ready to rewrite the copy in your brand voice and adjust the colors to your palette.

## Collections

The **Collections** tab groups templates that belong together, such as a multi-step onboarding series or a Black Friday kit. Seasonal collections are marked **Seasonal**.

Open a collection and click **Use whole series** to copy every email in it to **My Templates** at once.

## Import a design

Click **Import** on the Templates page. There are three ways in:

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Screenshot">
    Upload a PNG, JPG or WebP image of an email (up to 5 MB). AI analyzes the design and rebuilds it as an editable template.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="HTML">
    Upload an `.html` or `.htm` file, or paste HTML (up to 500 KB).

    * Leave **Convert to editable blocks** off to import the HTML exactly as it is, inside a single HTML block.
    * Turn it on to have AI split the HTML into individual blocks (headings, images, text…) you can edit one by one. The result may not be pixel-perfect.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Figma">
    Paste the **Figma File URL** and a **Personal Access Token**, click **Load Frames**, pick a frame, then **Import from Figma**. Your token is encrypted and saved so you don't have to enter it again. Click **Disconnect Figma** to remove it.
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

You can give the imported template a name, or leave it blank to use a default one.

## Manage your templates

On **My Templates**, each card has a menu:

| Action                     | What it does                                                                                                                                  |
| -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Edit**                   | Opens the template in the builder                                                                                                             |
| **Duplicate**              | Makes a copy, including its translations                                                                                                      |
| **Export HTML**            | Downloads the email as an HTML file                                                                                                           |
| **Push to ESP**            | Sends the template to a connected Mailchimp, Klaviyo, SendGrid, HubSpot or Brevo account                                                      |
| **Share Link**             | Creates a read-only link anyone who has it can open without logging in. The template isn't listed on the Marketplace. You can revoke it later |
| **Publish to Marketplace** | Lists the template publicly. See [Marketplace](/guides/email-and-templates/marketplace)                                                       |
| **Delete**                 | Deletes the template permanently                                                                                                              |

In a team workspace, **Export HTML**, **Push to ESP**, **Share Link** and **Publish to Marketplace** need the template to be approved first. The template's author, and owners and admins, can export it with **Export HTML** before it's approved; everyone else sees an error until it is. **Push to ESP** and **Publish to Marketplace** require the Pro or Enterprise plan.

## Troubleshooting

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="No templates match my filters">
    Remove some filters. Within one menu, ticking more values widens the results; using more menus narrows them.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Your brand previews look the same as Original">
    Your brand has no logo or colors yet. Scan your website, or set them up on the **Brand** page.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="The imported HTML looks different from the original">
    Imports are cleaned for email: scripts, forms and similar elements are removed, and CSS is inlined. If you used **Convert to editable blocks**, try importing again with it off for an exact copy.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>