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A canned reply is a saved piece of text with a shortcut. Type / in the Inbox composer and the list appears; pick one and it fills the box, ready to edit before you send. Canned replies are shared by the whole workspace. There are no private libraries — the point is that everybody answers the same question the same way.

Using one

1

Type a slash

In the composer, type /. The list opens above the box. Keep typing to narrow it — /ref finds refund-policy.
2

Pick one

Arrow up and down to move, Enter to insert, Esc to clear. A mouse click works too, and does not take focus out of the composer.
3

Edit and send

The reply replaces what was in the box, with the cursor at the end. Change anything you want before sending.
The menu shows up to six matches at a time, ranked by shortcut first, then title, then the body text. Replies you use most float to the top. The / menu only opens while the box contains nothing but the shortcut. Deleting the slash closes it, and an ordinary message that happens to start with / still sends normally. If the workspace has no canned replies yet, the menu says so and points at where to add them.

Managing them

Go to Settings → Canned replies. Any member who can send messages can add, edit and delete them.
1

New reply

Click New reply.
2

Name it

The Name is what the team sees in the list — “Refund policy”. Up to 80 characters.
3

Check the shortcut

The Shortcut fills itself in from the name (“Refund policy” becomes refund-policy) until you type your own. Lower-case letters, numbers, - and _, up to 32 characters. It has to be unique in the workspace; a clash is refused by name.
4

Write the message

The Message is the text that lands in the composer. Up to 4096 characters, and the counter under the box tracks it.
The list shows each reply’s name, its /shortcut, how many times it has been used, and the first couple of lines of the body, with edit and delete buttons on each row.
Deleting a reply only stops it being offered. Messages already sent with it are unaffected.

What they are not

A canned reply is plain text — it has no variables, no media and no buttons, and it is not a WhatsApp template. It is inserted into the composer, so like any typed message it only sends inside the reply window. For approved copy that can reach a customer outside the 24-hour window, or that carries an image header or buttons, use a message template. For a reply that goes out without anybody typing, use an automation.