Version history and templates

Two features that make pages feel safer to write. Version history is your undo at scale — every page keeps a record of past states you can read and restore. Templates let you start from a sensible structure instead of an empty page.

Version history

Open the page → the ⋯ actions menu → Version history. The editor is replaced by a version-history panel listing every saved version of the page, newest first.

Each version shows:

Who edited the page at that version — name and avatar.
When — timestamp.
A diff preview when you select a version, showing what changed compared with the current page.

Reading a past version

Click a version in the list. The panel shows the page as it was at that point, with the diff highlighting additions and deletions. You can scroll through the historical content as if you'd opened the page on the date the snapshot was taken.

The diff is non-destructive — looking at an old version doesn't change anything about the current page. Close the panel to return to live editing.

Restoring a version

Click Restore on a selected past version. The current page is replaced with the content of that version.

Restoring is itself a new edit — the version you restored from (i.e., what you had just before restoring) becomes a new entry in the version list. So nothing is lost: you can always restore back to where you were five minutes ago if the rollback wasn't what you wanted.

When versions get created

Claos snapshots the page automatically as you edit. You don't need to remember to save or check in a version — the history accumulates as work happens, and you can step back to recent states without doing anything special.

Templates

A template is a starter structure for a new page. Instead of staring at a blank document, you pick a template and start from a known-good shape.

To use one, open a new (or empty) page and click Templates in the page toolbar. A gallery opens with the built-in options:

Meeting Notes — agenda, attendees, decisions, action items.
Project Brief — goal, context, scope, success criteria.
Weekly Standup — last week, this week, blockers.
Sprint Planning — sprint goal, capacity, backlog, commitments.
Product Spec — problem, users, requirements, open questions.

Click a template card to apply it. The page's content (and title, if the template has one) is replaced with the template's structure, ready for you to fill in.

Applying a template to an existing page

If a page already has content and you apply a template, the template replaces the page's content — so use templates on new or empty pages. If you want the structure of a template alongside existing work, create a fresh page and apply the template there, then copy the bits you need from your old page.

The version history covers you here too — if you apply a template by accident, restore the previous version and you're back where you started.

Tips and gotchas

The diff view is your sanity check. Before restoring, click through to confirm what's different. Restore is fast to do and fast to undo, but reading the diff first prevents the round trip.
Heavy edits stack the history quickly. If you do a long writing session, expect several versions to accumulate — that's the design, not a bug.
Templates are content-only. Applying a template doesn't change the page's location in the sidebar, its sharing settings, its comments, or its version history.
Restoring doesn't notify anyone. If you roll back changes someone else made, leave a note in a comment so they know what happened.