> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.getrivet.ca/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# What's in the template library
> Standardized measures, therapeutic worksheets, and progress notes — what each is for and what saves to the client's record.
The Rivet template library has three kinds of structured forms, and the
difference between them shapes how each one is used in the room.
## The three kinds of templates
**Standardized measures.** PHQ-9, GAD-7, K10, DASS-21, PCL-5, AUDIT, and the
rest of the screening scales. Verbatim canonical wording from the published
source. Numerical scoring with severity bands. The client fills these — either
during the call or as an async link before the call.
**Therapeutic worksheets.** Thought records, behavioural experiments, exposure
logs, EMDR safe-place setup, target identification, SUDS check-ins. Used
collaboratively during a session — the client writes, you watch, you prompt.
No "score" — these are clinical artifacts, not measurements.
**Practitioner-private notes.** SOAP, DAP, treatment plan. You fill these on
your side; the client never sees them and nothing about them is sent to
their device. The template renders on your screen only.
## What you see in the picker
Templates are grouped by category in the picker, regardless of where you open it from:
* **Screening scales** — PHQ-9, GAD-7, QIDS-SR-16, CES-D-R, SPIN, K10,
DASS-21, PCL-5, AUDIT-C, and the other validated measures
* **Substance use** — AUDIT, AUDIT-C, DAST-10, CRAFFT, CAGE-AID
* **CBT** — Thought records, distortion checks, behavioural experiments,
exposure logs, problem-solving worksheets
* **EMDR** — Phase tools: safe place, container, body scan, future template,
resource development
* **Crisis** — Stanley-Brown safety plan, RFL-12, ASQ
* **Outcome tracking** — Session check-ins, ORS/SRS-style measures
* **Children + adolescents** — Age-appropriate versions of common measures
* **Clinician-administered** — Forms you fill about the client (HAM-D,
MADRS), not self-report
* **Your notes (private)** — SOAP, DAP, treatment plan — never shared
## How scoring works
When a template carries a scoring config (most screening measures do), Rivet
computes the score live as the client answers. You see:
* The running total for each subscale
* The severity band label as soon as the score crosses a threshold
* A risk flag if a critical item triggers a cutoff (PHQ-9 Item 9, CES-D-R
Items 14 and 15, suicidality items on QIDS and elsewhere)
The scoring is deterministic and transparent — sum the item scores per
subscale, look up the band by total. No machine learning, no probability
estimates. Every band cutoff in this knowledge base is the one Rivet uses
internally.
Severity bands come from the published source for each measure. You can
cross-check any of them against the citation in the per-measure article.
## What stays where
During the session, the in-flight template state is held briefly so a
dropped connection can resume the same form on reconnect. When the session
ends, completed assessments and your progress notes remain on the client's
record.
What saves to the client's record:
* **Completed assessment answers.** When your client submits, the
item-by-item responses, the computed score, and the severity band
are saved. They feed the score-over-time charts on the client's
outcomes view and are available when you review the record between
sessions.
* **Progress notes.** SOAP and DAP notes save automatically as unsigned
drafts while you write. When you sign, the body is locked. Corrections
after signing go in as dated addenda — the note itself is not edited.
* **Your export.** Tap "Copy for session notes" or "Download as PDF" to
get the note or assessment into your EHR. That step is how it reaches
Jane, Owl, or your paper chart.
What does **not** save to the client's record:
* **Per-field ✎ annotations.** The private scratch layer you add beside
individual fields stays local to your session. It is not stored on the
record. It travels only in your clipboard copy and PDF when you export.
* **Anything the client said aloud.** Rivet doesn't record sessions.
Practitioner-private notes (SOAP, DAP, treatment plan) render only on your
screen — nothing is sent to the client's device.
## Rivet and outcome tracking
Live scoring during a session is the data-capture step. The client's
record — the outcomes view — is where you see the trend. Each completed
assessment feeds the score charts on the client's record, so when you
administer the PHQ-9 at Week 4, the earlier scores are already there.
The in-session template library handles real-time administration: the form,
the live score, the conversation. The client record holds the longitudinal
picture. See
[Measurement-based care](/measurement-based-care/index) for what Rivet
does on the outcomes-tracking side.
## Related articles
The live collaborative fill — how the practitioner and client both see
the form.
The picker, category groups, and how to send async vs fill in-session.
When to screen, severity bands, and picking between overlapping measures.