---
title: "Get system prebuilt templates"
method: GET
path: "/api/{org_id}/alerts/templates/system/prebuilt"
tags: ["Templates"]
---

# Get system prebuilt templates

`GET /api/{org_id}/alerts/templates/system/prebuilt`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.openobserve.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.openobserve.ai/api/{org_id}/alerts/templates/system/prebuilt`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/openobserve/apis/openobserve-api-http/docs/api/:org_id/alerts/templates/system/prebuilt/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Retrieves all system-defined prebuilt templates. These templates are provided by OpenObserve for common notification destinations like Slack, Microsoft Teams, Email, PagerDuty, etc. System templates are read-only and serve as the foundation for prebuilt alert destinations. This endpoint returns the complete template configurations including body, type, and metadata. Requires LIST permission on templates.

## Path parameters

- `org_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Success

- object[]
  - `applies_to` string[], nullable: Kinds the template is meant for; [] is every kind. Absent on update keeps the stored list.
  - `body` string
  - `isDefault` boolean, nullable
  - `isPrebuilt` boolean: True for system-managed prebuilt templates (those whose name starts with `prebuilt_`). The public API refuses updates and deletes for these, so the UI should render them as read-only.
  - `kind` string, nullable: Template kind: "custom" (default) or "content". Absent on write means "unspecified" — create defaults to custom, update preserves the stored kind (sticky-kind rule, design §6.2).
  - `name` string
  - `title` string
  - `type` 'http' | 'email' | 'sns' | 'slack_app'

## Other responses

- `403`: Forbidden
- `500`: Error

---

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