Choose what a kind of email renders from now

PUT /email-templates/kinds/{kind}/active

Choose what a kind of email renders from now: one of the organization's templates for that kind (templateId), or — without one — Manifold's default.

Every message of the kind sent from then names the template version it went out with. Appends notifications.template-activated. 404 EmailTemplateNotFound; 409 EmailTemplateConflict for a template of another kind or an archived one. Idempotent by content: choosing what the kind already renders appends nothing.

Access

Requires settings:write.

How scopes come from roles: Scopes and roles. Getting a token: Authentication and app tokens.

Retries

Idempotent by content: choosing what the kind already renders appends nothing.

Why every write carries a key: Idempotency and retries.

Facts appended

notifications.template-activated

What a fact is: Facts and the journal.

AI agent tool

No agent tool. Which design every customer or supplier receives is the merchant's choice: an agent drafts, previews and tests a template, and the merchant makes it live in Settings › Notifications › Email templates.

Connecting an agent: AI agents.

Example

curl

curl -X PUT 'https://notifications.getmanifold.io/email-templates/kinds/invoice/active' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MANIFOLD_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "templateId": "etp_01a15a02-7c41-7a6e-9d10-3f6c2b8e4a11"
}'

JavaScript (fetch)

const response = await fetch("https://notifications.getmanifold.io/email-templates/kinds/invoice/active", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MANIFOLD_TOKEN}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "templateId": "etp_01a15a02-7c41-7a6e-9d10-3f6c2b8e4a11"
  }),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const answer = await response.json();

Request body · application/json

{
  "templateId": "etp_01a15a02-7c41-7a6e-9d10-3f6c2b8e4a11"
}

Response · 200 · application/json

{
  "kind": "invoice",
  "description": "Sent to the customer when a tax invoice is issued for their order.",
  "dataSchema": "InvoiceTemplateData",
  "sample": {
    "kind": "invoice",
    "version": 2,
    "shop": {
      "name": "Ridgeline Outdoor",
      "email": "accounts@ridgeline-outdoor.example"
    },
    "invoice": {
      "number": "INV-1042"
    }
  },
  "activeTemplateId": "etp_01a15a02-7c41-7a6e-9d10-3f6c2b8e4a11",
  "starterId": "invoice-bold"
}

The panel writes this call in other languages. It does not send it: Manifold's APIs do not take calls from a web page on another site, so run the call from your own code or terminal. The whole API as OpenAPI: notifications-manager.openapi.json. Base URL https://notifications.getmanifold.io.

Errors

Every refusal is a status and a JSON body whose _tag names it. A refused call changes nothing.

`401`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`Unauthorized` reason	The token is missing, expired or not one Manifold issued.	Get a fresh token and send the call again.
`TokenAlreadyUsed` tokenId	A single-use app token was already spent.	Mint a new token for this call.

`402`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`SubscriptionRequired` status	The organization's subscription has lapsed, so writes are refused.	An owner settles billing. Reads still work meanwhile.

`403`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`TenantRequired` userId	The token names no organization.	Choose the organization, then get a new token.
`ScopeRequired` required	The token's roles do not grant the scope this call needs.	Ask an owner or admin for a role that grants it.

`404`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`EmailTemplateNotFound` templateId	No such record in this organization.	Check the id in the path or the body.

`409`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`EmailTemplateConflict` templateId, reason	The request was refused. `reason` says why.	Nothing changed. Read the record, then decide.
`MirroredFromSource` source	This area is fed by your source system until the organization goes live.	Make the change in the source system, or go live first.

`503`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`RequestLogUnavailable` tokenId, reason	The service could not record the request, so it did nothing.	Send the same request again shortly.

How refusals work everywhere: Errors.

Used in

Design your own emails, step 7: Make it what invoices send