diff --git a/algos/template/mds/algo_template_create_tcl.m b/algos/template/mds/algo_template_create_tcl.m
index 61764c84d9d492b704c51fe48bcf5c408bfdad2d..c508b3e00248a5075827226fa00cbc527e589100 100644
--- a/algos/template/mds/algo_template_create_tcl.m
+++ b/algos/template/mds/algo_template_create_tcl.m
@@ -39,3 +39,13 @@ outbussrcpad.template.outputs=outbussrc;
 [status_out,struct_out_ala_mds,fname_out]=...
     mds_create_nodes(outbussrcpad,'template_outbus.tcl','scdds','data','full_name','dim','signal')
 clear outbus outbussrc outbussrcpad
+
+%% metadata channels
+metach.template.system.ch01=single(0);
+metach.template.system.ch02=single(0);
+metach.template.system.ch03=single(0);
+metach.template.system.ch04=single(0);
+[status_out,struct_out_ala_mds,fname_out]=...
+    mds_create_nodes(metach,'template_system.tcl','scdds','data','full_name','dim','signal')
+clear metach
+