Summary
You can speed up announcement creation and ensure consistency across your product updates by using templates in LaunchNotes. Templates let you pre-define standard elements like headline structure, hero images, body content, categories, and work items. You can either create your own templates from scratch or start with LaunchNotes' pre-built templates and customize them to fit your team's needs.
When to use templates
Templates work best when you:
Publish regular update types like new features, bug fixes, or maintenance notifications
Want to maintain consistent messaging and structure across announcements
Need to help multiple team members draft announcements in a unified voice
Want to save time by not recreating the same announcement structure repeatedly
Steps
Creating your own template from scratch:
Navigate to the Announcements tab in your LaunchNotes workspace.
Click the Templates section.
Select + New template.
Go to Blank template and click +Add to project
Add the elements you want to standardize:
Add a name for your template that only users of LaunchNotes can see. By default this is "Untitled announcement template" at the top.
Add a description of your template that only users of LaunchNotes can see.
Hero image
Announcement headline
Announcement body
Excerpt
Categories
Roadmap items (connected Jira issues or standard workflow items)
Your template auto-saves as you edit.
Using a LaunchNotes pre-built template:
Go to the Templates section under the Announcements tab.
Click + New template.
Browse the available pre-built templates.
Click Add to project on the template you want to use.
Customize the template to match your team's voice and requirements.
The modified template saves automatically to your project.
Creating an announcement from your template:
Click the dropdown arrow next to + New Draft on your Announcements page.
Select your template from the list.
Alternative method: Navigate to Templates, click the three-dot icon on your chosen template, and select Create announcement.
Notes & important info
Templates auto-save: Any changes you make to a template are saved automatically, so you don't need to worry about losing your work.
Templates are project-specific: Templates you create or add are stored within your current project and won't appear in other projects.
Pre-built templates are starting points: LaunchNotes' pre-built templates are designed to give you industry-proven structures that you can modify to fit your specific needs.