Template ledger

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schema: foundry-topic-v1
schema: foundry-doc-v1
title: "Template Ledger (service-email-template)"
slug: template-ledger
category: services
status: published
type: topic
quality: complete
short_description: "The Template Ledger is the distribution mechanism within service-email-template that synchronises a single authoritative copy of every approved template to the operator's mail environment — eliminating version drift between template design and operator execution and removing every drafting step from routine corporate correspondence."
status: active
bcsc_class: public-disclosure-safe
last_edited: 2026-04-30
last_edited: 2026-05-08
editor: pointsav-engineering
paired_with: template-ledger.es.md
cites: []
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The Template Ledger is the distribution mechanism within `service-email-template` that ensures all outbound corporate communications use the current, approved version of each template. It eliminates version drift between template design and operator execution by maintaining a single authoritative copy per template identifier and synchronizing it to the operator's mail environment automatically.
The Template Ledger is the distribution mechanism within `service-email-template` that synchronises a single authoritative copy of every approved template to the operator's mail environment automatically. It eliminates version drift between template design and operator execution by maintaining one canonical copy per template identifier; the operator retrieves the current version by key and sends it directly. The distinction between drafting and deploying becomes structural rather than procedural — the operator is not authoring routine corporate correspondence, only selecting which approved template to dispatch.

## Design intent