---
title: "Read a template document"
method: GET
path: "/v1/templates/{id}"
tags: ["templates"]
---

# Read a template document

`GET /v1/templates/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.cueframe.ai`
- URL: `https://api.cueframe.ai/v1/templates/{id}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://api.cueframe.ai/api/auth/mcp/authorize`, token URL `https://api.cueframe.ai/api/auth/mcp/token`, scopes: `projects:read`)
  - API key in header `PAYMENT-SIGNATURE`

By org template id or public slug. A public slug this org never used is read from the catalog and stored nowhere.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

The template with its document.

- TemplateResponse
  - `id` string, required
  - `slug` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `version` integer, required
  - `documentSha256` string, required
  - `fromCatalog` boolean, required
  - `document` TemplateDocument, required: A CueFrame template document (kernel TemplateDocument): v: 1, slug, name, composition with {{name}} references, parameters, components by value, an optional brandKit, presets, rubric, gallery and provenance.
  - `createdAt` string, required
  - `updatedAt` string, required

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or invalid Authorization header.
- `402`: Payment required. Returned when the caller presents no API key on a priced operation: the body AND the `Payment-Required` header carry the x402 v2 challenge (accepted scheme, network, USDC asset, amount, payTo). Sign the EIP-3009 authorization and retry with a `PAYMENT-SIGNATURE` header. A KEYED caller sees this status instead when their plan lacks or has exhausted the feature (`billing_required`).
- `403`: Forbidden — permission insufficient.
- `404`: Resource not found.
- `429`: Rate limited. Retry-After header present.
- `500`: Internal error.
- `503`: Service unavailable — billing_unavailable / honest-503 for runtime deps.

---

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