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

# Message template

A message template is a whole reusable message — a subject and an HTML body —
saved by a member of your team from the Templates page (Templates > Emails) or
from any editor's "Save as template". The library is shared by the team, and a
template can be inserted as a step on any channel, as an inbox reply or as an
extension message: it carries no channel of its own.

Bodies are stored as HTML with `{{variables}}` left raw, so a template reads
the same way it will be personalized at send time. `subject`, `cc` and `tags`
are always present in the API, empty when the template never set them.

Use [List message templates](/api-reference/endpoints/message-templates/list-message-templates)
to browse the library with the Templates page filters (name search, tags,
creators), [List message template tags](/api-reference/endpoints/message-templates/list-message-template-tags)
to discover the tags in use, and [Get message template](/api-reference/endpoints/message-templates/get-message-template)
to read one with its body.

<Note>
  Campaign step bodies are stored alongside the library but are not templates:
  they are never listed here. Read a campaign's steps with
  [Get campaign sequences](/api-reference/endpoints/sequences/get-campaign-sequences).
</Note>