Using placeholders (inspired by SublimeText snippets) curl https://api.github.com/users/${0:git user name}/gists --insecure curl https://api.github.com/users/${0:git user name}/gists --insecure Using handlebars curl https://api.github.com/users/{{gitHubUserName}}/gists --insecure curl https://api.github.com/users/{{gitHubUserName}}/gists --insecure Using handlebars with model <h1>Comments</h1> <div id="comments"> {{#each comments}} <h2><a href="/posts/{{../permalink}}#{{id}}">{{title}}</a></h2> <div>{{body}}</div> {{/each}} </div>