umbraco-template

name	umbraco-template
description	Template operations
metadata	{"version":"0.4.8","requires":{"bins":["umbraco"],"skills":["umbraco-shared"]}}

template

PREREQUISITE: Read ../umbraco-shared/SKILL.md for auth, global flags, and security rules.

umbraco template <command> [flags]

Read Commands

Command	Description
template get <id>	Get template by ID
template root	Get root templates (paginated; --skip/--take/--all)
template search	Search templates

get

umbraco template get <id>

Flag	Type	Default	Description
--fields	string	—	Limit response fields (comma-separated top-level keys)

root

umbraco template root

Flag	Type	Default	Description
--all	bool	false	Walk every page until exhausted (auto-paginates with --take as the page size, default 500; combine with --skip to start partway through). Bounded by an internal 100k-item ceiling.
--fields	string	—	Limit response fields (comma-separated top-level keys)
--first-n	int	0	Return only the first N items from item collections
--ids-only	bool	false	Return only item IDs for item collections
--params	string	—	Query parameters as JSON
--skip	int	-1	Skip count (passes through as ?skip=N; lets you walk past the server page size on large children/root collections)
--summarize	bool	false	Return only id/name/alias fields for item collections
--take	int	-1	Take count (passes through as ?take=N; combine with --skip to page)

search

umbraco template search

Flag	Type	Default	Description
--params	string	—	Search parameters as JSON; convenience flags fill in missing keys, --params wins on collisions
--query	string	—	Search query
--skip	int	-1	Skip count (passes through as ?skip=N; lets you walk past the server page size on large children/root collections)
--take	int	-1	Take count (passes through as ?take=N; combine with --skip to page)

Mutation Commands

Safety: Always use --dry-run first. Remove the flag only after verifying the dry-run output.

Command	Description
template create	Create template
template update <id>	Update template

create

umbraco template create

Flag	Type	Default	Description
--dry-run	bool	false	Print the planned request without executing
--json	string	—	Create payload as JSON
--print-template	bool	false	Print an annotated JSON skeleton; substitute placeholders before passing to --json

Safe pattern:

# 1. Dry run first
umbraco template create --dry-run

# 2. Execute
umbraco template create

update

umbraco template update <id>

Flag	Type	Default	Description
--dry-run	bool	false	Print the planned request without executing
--json	string	—	Full replacement payload as JSON (fields not mentioned are reset by the server)
--merge-json	string	—	Partial JSON deep-merged into the current resource before update (fields not mentioned are preserved)

Safe pattern:

# 1. Dry run first
umbraco template update <id> --dry-run

# 2. Execute
umbraco template update <id>

Discovering Commands

# Browse subcommands
umbraco template --help

# Inspect a specific endpoint schema
umbraco schema template.<method>