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 - [Building plugins](developing-plugins)
   - [How to build your own plugin](developing-plugins/building-plugins.md)
   - [How to build provider integration with your plugin](developing-plugins/building-provider-integrations.md)
+- [Service templates](service-templates)
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 ## Creating our service
 
-You can create a service based on a specific template that specifies which provider and runtime to use. To create a
-service with a `nodejs` runtime running on `aws` just pass the `aws-nodejs` template to the create command:
+You can create a service based on a specific template that specifies which provider and runtime to use (take a look
+[here](../service-templates) to learn more about templates).
+
+To create a service with a `nodejs` runtime running on `aws` just pass the `aws-nodejs` template to the create command:
 
 ```
 serverless create --template aws-nodejs
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+# Service templates
+
+The `serverless create` command takes a `--template` variable where you can specify a provider and runtime specific
+template you'd like to use to kick-start your service development.
+
+Serverless will then copy those files from the template folder into your current working directory.
+
+## Available templates
+
+Take a look [here](/lib/plugins/create/templates) to see all the available templates and explore their content.