---
title: "bird amb templates list"
description: "List Apple Messages templates"
canonical: "https://bird.com/docs/cli/reference/amb-templates-list"
---

# `bird amb templates list`

## Usage

```bash
bird amb templates list [flags]
```

## Description

List workspace and built-in Apple Messages templates as a cursor page. Filter by scope, category, status, content kind, language, or a search across slug, name, and description. Read a version to retrieve content and variables.

Returns a paginated JSON envelope; narrow with the filters below and page with --limit and --starting-after.

## Procedure

Step 1 of 3 of "Reply to an Apple Messages conversation from a template". Next: bird amb templates get.

## Examples

```bash
bird amb templates list
bird amb templates list | jq -r '.data[].id'
bird amb templates list --limit 50 --starting-after <cursor>
```

## Options

#### Filters

| Name                | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--category`        | Return templates in this category. Possible values: transactional, marketing.                                                                                                                                   |
| `--content-kind`    | Return templates whose live or draft content is this kind. Possible values: text, attachment, rich\_link, quick\_reply, list\_picker, time\_picker, form, apple\_pay, authenticate, imessage\_app, interactive. |
| `--language`        | Return templates whose published content contains this language, after the tag is canonicalized. Draft-only languages do not match.                                                                             |
| `--q`               | A case-insensitive substring search across slug, name, and description.                                                                                                                                         |
| `--response-schema` | Print the fields this command returns, then exit                                                                                                                                                                |
| `--scope`           | Filter by who owns the template. Use system for built-in templates and workspace for templates your workspace created. Possible values: system, workspace.                                                      |
| `--status`          | Return templates with this lifecycle status. Possible values: draft, pending, active, rejected, inactive.                                                                                                       |

#### Pagination

| Name               | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--ending-before`  | Cursor from the prev\_cursor or refresh\_cursor field of a previous list response. Returns items immediately before the cursor position in the current sort order. prev\_cursor returns the preceding page. refresh\_cursor anchors at the first row of that response, which on a newest-first sort is how to fetch the items that have appeared since. |
| `--limit <n>`      | Maximum number of items to return per page. Allowed range: 1 to 100.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| `--order`          | Sort direction. Defaults to desc, which sorts from newest to oldest or largest to smallest, depending on the selected sort field. Possible values: asc, desc.                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `--sort`           | Field to sort by. Possible values: created\_at.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `--starting-after` | Cursor from the next\_cursor field of a previous list response. Returns items immediately after the cursor position in the current sort order.                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

## Related

| Name                                                              | Description                    |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| [`bird amb templates get`](/docs/cli/reference/amb-templates-get) | Get an Apple Messages template |

## Related resources

- [Should I use a Bird SDK or call the API directly?](/explained/platform/should-i-use-an-sdk-or-call-the-api-directly) (answer)
- [Build your first integration](/learn/paths/integration) (course)
- [Send your first email](/docs/get-started/send-your-first-email) (docs)

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