Templates

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The editor's Templates menu inserts one of 17 built-in Markdown starters, grouped into three folders.

Folder

Templates

General purpose

Checklist, Blog Post, FAQ, Tutorial

Technical documentation

API Documentation, Architecture Design, Cheatsheet, Database design, Readme, Technical Specification, Code of Conduct

Project Planning

Process flow, Product Requirements Document, Project Proposal, User Journey, Release Notes, Meeting notes

#Worth knowing

Picking a template sets the title, replaces the whole body and switches the editor to live mode. It overwrites anything already typed. Confluence's space-level and global template galleries are not available in Jira.

#Where to find it

Editor modal > Templates

The templates dropdown open in the Markdown editor, listing Checklist, Blog Post, FAQ, Tutorial, API Documentation, Architecture Design and Cheatsheet, each with a one line description.
Each starter carries a short description, so you can tell at a glance what it sets up.

#A few things that catch people out

  • Pick the template first, then write: choosing one later replaces your title and text.

  • You cannot add your own templates in Jira.

How it actually behaves.