Does Fill Template Vars upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Fill Template Vars runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Template + key=value lines.

Should I use Greeting from Name instead of Fill Template Vars?

Use Fill Template Vars when you need Replace mustache-style vars from key=value lines. Use Greeting from Name when you need Build Hi/Hello/Dear greeting. They share a category (Documents) but not the same job.

Fill Template Vars

Replace mustache-style vars from key=value lines.

Substitutes mustache-style name tokens using key=value lines. Unlike Find Replace this is multi-var. Missing map fails.

What Fill Template Vars does

Substitutes mustache-style name tokens using key=value lines. Unlike Find Replace this is multi-var. Missing map fails.

The interactive controls for Fill Template Vars load after this article so crawlers still read the instructions. Path /documents/fill-template-vars is the canonical address. Work happens on this device; Tool-You does not take a copy of the file or pasted text for Fill Template Vars.

How to use Fill Template Vars

Open Fill Template Vars (/documents/fill-template-vars) when you need a document-style result, not Greeting from Name (Build Hi/Hello/Dear greeting.).
Add the file type Fill Template Vars accepts. Hint from the path: documents · fill template vars. Replace mustache-style vars from key=value lines.
Set only the options that match Fill Template Vars. Neighbor Cover Letter Generator does something else (Draft a short cover letter locally.). Tool note: Substitutes mustache-style name tokens using key=value lines. Unlike Find Replace this is multi-var. Missing map fails.
Run Fill Template Vars in this tab. Browser memory still applies: Template + key=value lines.
Download or copy the result from Fill Template Vars. If it is the wrong job, open Greeting from Name instead.

When not to use Fill Template Vars

Skip Fill Template Vars when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Greeting from Name or Cover Letter Generator — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Substitutes mustache-style name tokens using key=value lines. Unlike Find Replace this is multi-var. Missing map fails.

Questions about Fill Template Vars

What does Fill Template Vars do that other Documents pages on this site do not?: Substitutes mustache-style name tokens using key=value lines. Unlike Find Replace this is multi-var. Missing map fails. Short version: Replace mustache-style vars from key=value lines.
Does Fill Template Vars upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Fill Template Vars runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Template + key=value lines.
Should I use Greeting from Name instead of Fill Template Vars?: Use Fill Template Vars when you need Replace mustache-style vars from key=value lines. Use Greeting from Name when you need Build Hi/Hello/Dear greeting. They share a category (Documents) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Fill Template Vars?: Template + key=value lines. Also: Substitutes mustache-style name tokens using key=value lines. Unlike Find Replace this is multi-var. Missing map fails.