Templates: A Better Starting Point for Every Draft
Reuse an agreed starting point without copying an old document and its old decisions.
By David Hemphill ·
Livemark now has team templates for the kinds of documents you write repeatedly. Keep the starting structure for a specification, proposal, or planning document in one place, then choose it when creating a new draft.
A starting structure for the questions every specification needs to answer.
The benefit is a shared beginning, not identical writing. A template can make room for the questions your team expects a document to answer: context, scope, decisions, or open issues. The new document still needs its own evidence and conclusions. Starting from the template avoids carrying over the previous project's answers just because its document was convenient to duplicate.
Template bodies use the document's editing surface, so maintaining the structure does not require a separate Markdown-only workflow. The document title remains separate from the body; sections begin below it, and Markdown exports give the title its own place.
Use templates for the shape of an output, rather than instructions for how an assistant should do a task. Those are different responsibilities, even when both help your team work consistently.
Open Livemark, add a template from the sidebar, and choose it for your next document.