Start with a useful document structure

A template should help you start and make omissions visible. It should be easy to change once the work takes shape.

Choose by the reader’s task

Document	Keep these questions
Meeting	What changed? What was decided? Who owns the next action?
Plan	What outcome, milestones, constraints and checks matter?
Technical design	What behavior, alternatives and failure paths need review?
Research / Study	What question, evidence, uncertainty and conclusion matter?
Process / Runbook	What triggers the procedure, what are the steps and when should someone stop?

Use a guided start

Open the creation menu → New Note….
Choose the closest purpose and add a brief context.
Select useful sections and elements. Remove items you will not fill in.
Preview, revise and create in the intended location. Save a reusable layout to My Templates if it will help next time.

iPad: the guided Plan configuration. This is the app’s note-creation flow, separate from the downloadable template collection.

Start from a plain file

Use a Markdown template when you want to inspect the structure before opening the app or share it with another editor. The template library contains downloadable files; they do not require a special document format.

Download a technical design Download a decision note

Browse the Markdown template library.

Replace labels with useful headings

## Decision
Use a ten-minute interval for the first survey.

## Why this is sufficient
The pilot showed little variation within five minutes.

## Check after launch
Review the first day for short events we may have missed.

Delete empty sections before sharing. A shorter complete document is easier to review than a template full of placeholders.

Try it in Telescopo

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