Railway Templates

Search and deploy services from Railway's template marketplace.

When to Use

User asks to "add Postgres", "add Redis", "add a database"
User asks to "add Ghost", "add Strapi", "add n8n", or any other service
User wants to find templates for a use case (e.g., "CMS", "storage", "monitoring")
User asks "what templates are available?"
User wants to deploy a pre-configured service

Common Template Codes

Category	Template	Code
Databases	PostgreSQL	`postgres`
	Redis	`redis`
	MySQL	`mysql`
	MongoDB	`mongodb`
CMS	Ghost	`ghost`
	Strapi	`strapi`
Storage	Minio	`minio`
Automation	n8n	`n8n`
Monitoring	Uptime Kuma	`uptime-kuma`

For other templates, use the search query below.

Prerequisites

Get project context:

railway status --json

Extract:

id - project ID
environments.edges[0].node.id - environment ID

Get workspace ID:

bash <<'SCRIPT'
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/lib/railway-api.sh \
  'query getWorkspace($projectId: String!) {
    project(id: $projectId) { workspaceId }
  }' \
  '{"projectId": "PROJECT_ID"}'
SCRIPT

Search Templates

List available templates with optional filters:

bash <<'SCRIPT'
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/lib/railway-api.sh \
  'query templates($first: Int, $verified: Boolean) {
    templates(first: $first, verified: $verified) {
      edges {
        node {
          name
          code
          description
          category
        }
      }
    }
  }' \
  '{"first": 20, "verified": true}'
SCRIPT

Arguments

Argument	Type	Description
`first`	Int	Number of results (max ~100)
`verified`	Boolean	Only verified templates
`recommended`	Boolean	Only recommended templates

Rate Limit

10 requests per minute. Don't spam searches.

Get Template Details

Fetch a specific template by code:

bash <<'SCRIPT'
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/lib/railway-api.sh \
  'query template($code: String!) {
    template(code: $code) {
      id
      name
      description
      serializedConfig
    }
  }' \
  '{"code": "postgres"}'
SCRIPT

Returns:

id - template ID (needed for deployment)
serializedConfig - service configuration (needed for deployment)

Deploy Template

Step 1: Fetch Template

bash <<'SCRIPT'
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/lib/railway-api.sh \
  'query template($code: String!) {
    template(code: $code) {
      id
      serializedConfig
    }
  }' \
  '{"code": "postgres"}'
SCRIPT

Step 2: Deploy to Project

bash <<'SCRIPT'
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/lib/railway-api.sh \
  'mutation deployTemplate($input: TemplateDeployV2Input!) {
    templateDeployV2(input: $input) {
      projectId
      workflowId
    }
  }' \
  '{
    "input": {
      "templateId": "TEMPLATE_ID_FROM_STEP_1",
      "serializedConfig": SERIALIZED_CONFIG_FROM_STEP_1,
      "projectId": "PROJECT_ID",
      "environmentId": "ENVIRONMENT_ID",
      "workspaceId": "WORKSPACE_ID"
    }
  }'
SCRIPT

Important: serializedConfig is the exact JSON object from the template query, not a string.

Composability

Connect services: Use railway-environment skill to add variable references
View deployed service: Use railway-service skill
Check logs: Use railway-deployment skill
Add domains: Use railway-domain skill

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