# Workspace Templates

Workspace templates choose which dynamic plugin workspace tabs are visible when a
new top-level workspace is created. They do not enable or disable plugins for the
whole vault and do not affect global sidebar tools.

## Built-in templates

| Template | Workspace tabs |
| --- | --- |
| General | Notes, Files, Journal, Activity, Browser Inbox |
| Project | Notes, Files, Todos, Journal, Activity, Browser Inbox |
| Writing | Notes, Files, Journal |
| Admin | Notes, Files, Secrets, Todos, Journal |
| Minimal | Notes, Files |

The create-workspace modal displays the selected template description and its
included plugin tabs before the folder is created.

## Metadata and compatibility

Creation stores a template snapshot in `.verstak/workspaces/` metadata. The
snapshot contains the template id, name, version, applied time, and an ordered
`workspaceTools` list of plugin IDs. Existing workspace metadata without
`workspaceTools` remains compatible: its workspace continues to show all globally
enabled workspace plugins rather than unexpectedly hiding tabs.

Templates are applied once. Editing the built-in catalog or creating another
workspace with a different template never changes an existing workspace snapshot.
There is no template editor or post-creation template switcher yet.

## Global tools and unavailable plugins

Template visibility applies only to `workspaceItems` in the selected workspace.
Global views and sidebar items, such as global Todos, Browser Inbox, and Trash,
remain available according to the normal plugin enablement state.

The workspace host intersects the snapshot with dynamically discovered, globally
enabled plugin contributions. If a template references a plugin that is missing or
disabled, that tab is simply absent; the other template tabs remain usable.