The **gulp‑inline‑template** plugin lets developers embed external template files directly into their JavaScript during a Gulp build. Using the special functions `__inline(path)` and `__template(path)`, a plain text template is inserted as a quoted string, while an EJS‑style template is compiled into a reusable rendering function—both supporting only relative file paths. This tool is aimed at front‑end developers who want to bundle HTML/EJS snippets into their scripts without separate HTTP requests.