Hello!
I feel you. Already filed a feature request for monitored mode. Making templates is tedious and GUI config dosen't have the depth for everything. So I proposed that switches can be monitored in Central and then using Central's cli web console, they can be configured.
I hope they implement this. It would be a lifesaver workaround in lots of cases. (Like this August, the "import config" button disappearence and etc.)
Br.:
Daniel