Guide
Templates & variables
A template is the email: a subject, preview text, and a page of blocks. Here's how to make it personal and keep it consistent.
Variables
Write {{name}} anywhere — the subject, the preview text, text, buttons, or a link — and Notify fills it in from the variables you send. Names use letters, numbers and underscores. In the body, values are HTML-escaped, so a variable can never inject markup.
In the editor's Preview, every variable the template uses gets a sample-value field, so you can see the email as a real recipient would.
Inline formatting
Select words in a paragraph to make them bold, italic or a link, or use the shortcuts. The text stores a small markup, so it renders identically in the preview and in the sent email.
| You write | Recipients see |
|---|---|
**bold** | bold text |
*italic* | italic text |
[label](https://example.com) | a link — the URL may be a {{variable}} |
| Shift + Enter | a line break inside a paragraph |
Blocks
A block is a reusable piece — a header, a footer, a signature — that any template can insert with /. Publishing a block creates a new version; templates keep the version they already use until someone chooses Use latest in the editor, so a footer change never surprises a live email.
Categories and the marketplace
Give each template a category — Authentication, Onboarding, Transactional, Billing, Notification, Marketing or Other — to keep the list tidy. Templates listed on the marketplace can be copied into any workspace; a copy is independent and isn't sent until its new owner publishes it.
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