---
title: "Create a questionnaire template as the Retraced admin"
method: POST
path: "/api/admin/questionnaires/templates/"
tags: ["Administration/Questionnaire Templates"]
---

# Create a questionnaire template as the Retraced admin

`POST /api/admin/questionnaires/templates/`

Creates an empty draft template. The admin twin of `POST /api/questionnaires/templates` — same write, same service, but gated on `admin:questionnaire:create`, which only `RETRACED_ADMIN` holds. Every template created here is therefore Retraced-owned and starts inactive, so it stays out of the shared pool until it is switched on. Nothing is cloned and the name is not checked for uniqueness: one company may hold several templates under one name.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required
  - `description` string

## Response `201`

Default Response

- object
  - `metadata` object, required
    - `success` boolean, required — True when the request succeeded.
  - `data` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `companyId` string
    - `name` string
    - `description` string
    - `status` string
    - `isRetraced` string
    - `isTemplate` number
    - `isArchived` number
    - `isActive` number
    - `templateId` string
    - `statistics` object

## Other responses

- `400` — Default Response
- `401` — Default Response
- `403` — Default Response
- `404` — Default Response

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/retraced/apis/api-reference.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/retraced/apis/api-reference/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/retraced/api-reference/revisions/60d6c901bc4e/schema)