diff --git a/httpie/cli/examples/batch_templates.json b/httpie/cli/examples/batch_templates.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4edaf66760
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+++ b/httpie/cli/examples/batch_templates.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "requests": [
+    {
+      "name": "get-ip",
+      "method": "GET",
+      "url": "https://httpbin.org/ip"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "post-json",
+      "method": "POST",
+      "url": "https://httpbin.org/post",
+      "headers": {
+        "Content-Type": "application/json"
+      },
+      "body": {
+        "hello": "world"
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/httpie/cli/examples/batch_templates.yaml b/httpie/cli/examples/batch_templates.yaml
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/httpie/cli/examples/batch_templates.yaml
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+requests:
+  - name: get-ip
+    method: GET
+    url: https://httpbin.org/ip
+
+  - name: post-json
+    method: POST
+    url: https://httpbin.org/post
+    headers:
+      Content-Type: application/json
+    body:
+      hello: world
diff --git a/httpie/cli/httpie/cli/batch.py b/httpie/cli/httpie/cli/batch.py
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+++ b/httpie/cli/httpie/cli/batch.py
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+class BatchExecutor:
+    def __init__(self, args):
+        self.args = args
+
+    def load_templates(self, file_path):
+        pass
+
+    def preview_requests(self, requests):
+        pass
+
+    def select_requests(self, requests):
+        pass
+
+    def execute(self, requests):
+        pass
+
+    def export_results(self, results):
+        pass