Templates and outputs

The workspace has three authoring objects and one publication object:

• A template is an editable, reusable definition. Its type is slideshow, video, or text.
• A generation belongs to exactly one template and records any outputs used as inputs.
• An output is an immutable slideshow, video, or text result. New outputs are drafts and remain composable.
• A post only exists after outputs cross a publish gate.

Templates do not run on a cadence and do not own social accounts. An output can be fed into another template, combined with other outputs, or sent to a publish gate. The gate adds post-level metadata and destinations, then creates draft, scheduled, or immediately published posts.

Legacy definition and generation rows are read through compatibility adapters during migration; new UI and API consumers use template and output vocabulary exclusively.

Routes

• GET /api/templates lists all three template types.
• POST /api/templates creates a slideshow, video, or text template.
• POST /api/templates/:id/generate generates an output and can accept inputOutputIds.
• GET /api/outputs returns a unified composable output feed.
• POST /api/publish-gates turns selected outputs into destination-specific posts.
• POST /api/outputs is rejected because outputs are generation results, not manually created posts.