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# Update Scaffolder template

> Update a Scaffolder template by tag or Cortex ID.

API key must have the `Configure Scaffolder` permission.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/cortex_swagger.json put /api/v1/scaffolders/{tagOrId}
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  description: >-
    The Cortex REST API provides programmatic access to the data in the catalog,
    Scorecards, and more.
  title: Cortex API
  version: v1
servers:
  - url: https://api.getcortexapp.com
    description: Cortex Cloud API host
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: API Keys
  - name: Audit Logs
  - name: Catalog Entities
  - name: Catalogs
  - name: Custom Data
  - name: Custom Data [Advanced]
  - name: Custom Events
  - name: Custom Metrics
  - name: Dependencies
  - name: Deploys
  - name: Discovery Audit
  - name: Docs
  - name: 'Eng Intel: 1-Registry'
  - name: 'Eng Intel: 2-Metrics'
  - name: 'Eng Intel: 3-Trace'
  - name: 'Eng Intel: User Labels'
  - name: Entity Relationship Types
  - name: Entity Relationships
  - name: Entity Types
  - name: GitOps Logs
  - name: Groups
  - name: IP Allowlist
  - name: Initiatives
  - name: My Workspace
  - name: Notification Logs
  - name: On-call
  - name: Packages
  - name: Plugins
  - name: Queries
  - name: SCIM
  - name: Scaffolder
  - name: Scorecards
  - name: Secrets
  - name: Team Roles
  - name: Teams
  - name: Teams Hierarchies
  - name: Teams [Advanced]
  - name: Teams [Departments] (legacy)
  - name: Users
  - name: Verifications
  - name: Workflows
  - name: '[Integrations] AWS'
  - name: '[Integrations] Anthropic'
  - name: '[Integrations] Apiiro'
  - name: '[Integrations] ArgoCD'
  - name: '[Integrations] Azure Active Directory'
  - name: '[Integrations] Azure Devops'
  - name: '[Integrations] Azure Resources'
  - name: '[Integrations] BambooHR'
  - name: '[Integrations] Bitbucket'
  - name: '[Integrations] Bugsnag'
  - name: '[Integrations] Buildkite'
  - name: '[Integrations] Checkmarx SAST'
  - name: '[Integrations] CircleCI'
  - name: '[Integrations] ClickUp'
  - name: '[Integrations] Codecov'
  - name: '[Integrations] Coralogix'
  - name: '[Integrations] Datadog'
  - name: '[Integrations] Dynatrace'
  - name: '[Integrations] Firehydrant'
  - name: '[Integrations] GitHub'
  - name: '[Integrations] GitLab'
  - name: '[Integrations] Harness'
  - name: '[Integrations] Incident.io'
  - name: '[Integrations] Instana'
  - name: '[Integrations] Jenkins'
  - name: '[Integrations] Jira'
  - name: '[Integrations] Kubernetes'
  - name: '[Integrations] LaunchDarkly'
  - name: '[Integrations] Lightstep'
  - name: '[Integrations] Mend SAST'
  - name: '[Integrations] Mend SCA'
  - name: '[Integrations] New Relic'
  - name: '[Integrations] Okta'
  - name: '[Integrations] Opsgenie'
  - name: '[Integrations] PagerDuty'
  - name: '[Integrations] Prometheus'
  - name: '[Integrations] Rollbar'
  - name: '[Integrations] Rootly'
  - name: '[Integrations] Semgrep'
  - name: '[Integrations] Sentry'
  - name: '[Integrations] ServiceNow'
  - name: '[Integrations] SignalFx'
  - name: '[Integrations] Snyk'
  - name: '[Integrations] SonarQube'
  - name: '[Integrations] SumoLogic'
  - name: '[Integrations] Veracode'
  - name: '[Integrations] VictorOps'
  - name: '[Integrations] Wiz'
  - name: '[Integrations] Workday'
  - name: '[Integrations] xMatters'
  - name: dev-login-controller
  - name: public-scim-schema-controller
paths:
  /api/v1/scaffolders/{tagOrId}:
    put:
      tags:
        - Scaffolder
      summary: Update Scaffolder template
      description: |-
        Update a Scaffolder template by tag or Cortex ID.

        API key must have the `Configure Scaffolder` permission.
      operationId: updateScaffolder
      parameters:
        - description: >-
            The tag or unique, auto-generated Cortex ID of the Scaffolder
            template.
          in: path
          name: tagOrId
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            description: Entity identifier - can be a tag or CID
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScaffolderRequest'
          application/yaml:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScaffolderRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScaffolderResponse'
            application/yaml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScaffolderResponse'
          description: Scaffolder template updated successfully
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Bad request
        '403':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Access denied
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: Scaffolder template not found
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
components:
  schemas:
    ScaffolderRequest:
      required:
        - createYamlFile
        - labels
        - name
        - repoLocator
        - requireNewService
        - requirePullRequest
        - showReadme
        - strictAliasUsage
        - type
      type: object
      properties:
        createYamlFile:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Whether a cortex.yaml is generated for the created entity. Defaults
            to `true`
        description:
          type: string
          description: Description of the Scaffolder template
        labels:
          type: array
          description: Descriptive labels used to group templates in the UI
          items:
            type: string
            description: Descriptive labels used to group templates in the UI
        name:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the Scaffolder template
        publisherOptions:
          oneOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AzureDevops'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bitbucket'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Github'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Gitlab'
        repoLocator:
          oneOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AzureDevops'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bitbucket'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Github'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Gitlab'
        requireNewService:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Whether running the template must create a new entity. Defaults to
            `true`
        requirePullRequest:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Whether the template publishes via a pull request to an existing
            repository. Defaults to `false`
        showReadme:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Whether the template repository's README is shown before a run.
            Defaults to `false`
        strictAliasUsage:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Whether runs are restricted to the git configuration alias the
            template names. Defaults to `true`
        tag:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Stable, human-readable identifier, unique within the workspace.
            Lowercase letters, numbers, and dashes; may not start or end with a
            dash. Derived from the name when omitted on creation; an existing
            template keeps its tag unless a new one is provided.
        type:
          type: string
          description: The templating engine of the template
          enum:
            - COOKIECUTTER
    ScaffolderResponse:
      required:
        - createYamlFile
        - createdAt
        - id
        - labels
        - name
        - repoLocator
        - requireNewService
        - requirePullRequest
        - showReadme
        - strictAliasUsage
        - tag
        - type
        - updatedAt
      type: object
      properties:
        createYamlFile:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether a cortex.yaml is generated for the created entity
        createdAt:
          type: string
          description: ISO-8601 timestamp at which the template was registered
        description:
          type: string
          description: Description of the Scaffolder template
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique, auto-generated Cortex ID of the Scaffolder template
        labels:
          type: array
          description: Descriptive labels used to group templates in the UI
          items:
            type: string
            description: Descriptive labels used to group templates in the UI
        name:
          type: string
          description: Display name of the Scaffolder template
        publisherOptions:
          oneOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AzureDevops'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bitbucket'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Github'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Gitlab'
        repoLocator:
          oneOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AzureDevops'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Bitbucket'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Github'
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Gitlab'
        requireNewService:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether running the template must create a new entity
        requirePullRequest:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Whether the template publishes via a pull request to an existing
            repository
        showReadme:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the template repository's README is shown before a run
        strictAliasUsage:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Whether runs are restricted to the git configuration alias the
            template names
        tag:
          type: string
          description: Stable, human-readable identifier, unique within the workspace
        type:
          type: string
          description: The templating engine of the template
          enum:
            - COOKIECUTTER
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          description: ISO-8601 timestamp at which the template was last updated
    ErrorResponse:
      required:
        - message
        - type
      type: object
      properties:
        details:
          type: string
        errorCode:
          type: string
        gatewayHttpStatus:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        httpStatus:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        message:
          type: string
        requestId:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - INTEGRATION_MISSING
            - INTEGRATION_UNREGISTERED
            - INTEGRATION_UNSUPPORTED
            - INTEGRATION_GRAPHQL_ERROR
            - INTEGRATION_BAD_REQUEST
            - INTEGRATION_UNAUTHORIZED
            - INTEGRATION_FORBIDDEN
            - INTEGRATION_NOT_FOUND
            - INTEGRATION_UNPROCESSABLE_CONTENT
            - INTEGRATION_RATE_LIMITED
            - INTEGRATION_INTERNAL_ERROR
            - INTEGRATION_NOT_IMPLEMENTED
            - INTEGRATION_BAD_GATEWAY
            - INTEGRATION_UNAVAILABLE
            - INTEGRATION_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT
            - INTEGRATION_TIMED_OUT
            - INTEGRATION_CACHE_ERROR
            - INTEGRATION_UNHANDLED_HTTP_ERROR
            - INTEGRATION_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION
            - INTEGRATION_UNEXPECTED_ERROR
            - ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR
            - BAD_REQUEST
            - FORBIDDEN
            - NOT_FOUND
            - REQUEST_TIMEOUT
            - CONFLICT
            - UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION
            - UNCATEGORIZED
            - SERVICE_CREATOR
            - UNKNOWN_HOST
            - TOO_MANY_REQUESTS
    AzureDevops:
      type: object
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScaffolderPublisherOptions'
    Bitbucket:
      type: object
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScaffolderPublisherOptions'
        - type: object
          properties:
            visibility:
              type: string
              description: Visibility of the created repository
              enum:
                - PUBLIC
                - PRIVATE
    Github:
      type: object
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScaffolderPublisherOptions'
        - required:
            - sparseCheckout
          type: object
          properties:
            sparseCheckout:
              type: boolean
              description: Whether the destination is cloned with sparse checkout
            visibility:
              type: string
              description: Visibility of the created repository
              enum:
                - PUBLIC
                - PRIVATE
    Gitlab:
      type: object
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScaffolderPublisherOptions'
        - type: object
          properties:
            visibility:
              type: string
              description: Visibility of the created repository
              enum:
                - PUBLIC
                - PRIVATE
    TooManyRequestsProblemDetail:
      required:
        - type
        - title
        - status
      type: object
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
        instance:
          type: string
          format: uri-reference
        retryAfter:
          minimum: 0
          type: integer
          description: The number of seconds until the rate limiting resets.
          format: int32
        status:
          maximum: 599
          minimum: 100
          type: integer
          format: int32
          enum:
            - 429
        title:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          format: uri-reference
    ScaffolderPublisherOptions:
      required:
        - provider
      type: object
      properties:
        provider:
          type: string
          description: The git provider hosting the template repository
          enum:
            - GITHUB
            - GITLAB
            - BITBUCKET
            - AZUREDEVOPS
      description: Options applied to the repository the Scaffolder publishes to
      discriminator:
        propertyName: provider
  responses:
    TooManyRequests:
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TooManyRequestsProblemDetail'
      description: >-
        The client has exceeded the rate limit by performing too many requests
        in a short period. Retry the request after a delay.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          description: The number of seconds until the rate limiting resets.
          schema:
            minimum: 0
            type: integer
            format: int32
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        All requests to the Cortex API need to provide an `Authorization: Bearer
        <token>` header, where `<token>` is an API key created in the Settings
        page of your workspace.
      scheme: bearer
      type: http

````

## Related topics

- [Scaffolder](/api/rest/scaffolders.md)
- [Create or update Scaffolder template](/api/rest/scaffolder/create-or-update-scaffolder-template.md)
- [Registering a Scaffolder template](/streamline/workflows/scaffolder.md)
