I do!
I'm a huge user of the CodeKnobs Pro2 VST.
It integrates everything other than sequencer data.
No VST currently pulls sequencer data so I've made peace with rarely using the sequencer.
I'll use it the odd time when I'm just making a patch from scratch with only the Pro2 on and no session open.
But in terms of template, you dont need one per se.
For a while I had the above VST already loaded on a track... but sometimes ran into issues where I was working on a patch that I havent saved yet and then the VST pings the Pro2 automatically with whatever saved setting is on.
I dont have the VST in the template and manually add it when I'm 100% sure I've saved whatever patch I'm working on locally on the Pro2