Harvard University Actions API
The Actions API from Harvard University — 4 operation(s) for actions.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Legal Ed Skills Hub Actions API
description: Progressively discover and load pedagogical AI skills for legal education. Start with the personas list, drill into a persona for its skill inventory, then fetch individual skill instructions and reference materials as needed.
version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://harvard-lil.github.io/lawskills-hub
tags:
- name: Actions
paths:
/actions/personas.json:
get:
operationId: listPersonas
summary: List all available personas
description: Returns a lightweight index of all personas in the Legal Ed Skills Hub. Each entry includes the persona id, display label, headline, and number of skills. Use a persona id to fetch its full detail.
responses:
'200':
description: Persona index
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonaIndex'
tags:
- Actions
/actions/personas/{persona_id}.json:
get:
operationId: getPersona
summary: Get full detail for one persona
description: Returns a persona's design principles, pedagogical objective, tone, and a list of available skills with descriptions. Use a skill name to fetch its full instructions.
parameters:
- name: persona_id
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- professor
- student
- pro-se
- cle
- skill-developer
description: Persona identifier
responses:
'200':
description: Persona detail with skill listing
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonaDetail'
tags:
- Actions
/actions/skills/{persona_id}/{skill_name}.json:
get:
operationId: getSkill
summary: Get full skill instructions
description: Returns the complete skill instructions (the SKILL.md body) for one skill, plus metadata and a list of available reference documents. Follow the skill_body instructions to assist the user.
parameters:
- name: persona_id
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- professor
- student
- pro-se
- cle
- skill-developer
description: Persona identifier
- name: skill_name
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- client-email-coach
- development-plan
- exam-answer-eval
- feedback-coach
- issue-interview
- research-coach
- skill-creator
- skill-reviewer
- skill-tester
- socratic-tutor
- syllabus-evidence-based
- syllabus-traditional
- topic-curriculum
- understanding-check
description: Skill name (unique within a persona)
responses:
'200':
description: Full skill content
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SkillDetail'
tags:
- Actions
/actions/skills/{persona_id}/{skill_name}/references/{ref_name}.json:
get:
operationId: getReference
summary: Get a skill's reference document
description: Returns the content of a reference markdown document that accompanies a skill. Only fetch when the skill instructions direct you to.
parameters:
- name: persona_id
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- professor
- student
- pro-se
- cle
- skill-developer
description: Persona identifier
- name: skill_name
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- client-email-coach
- development-plan
- exam-answer-eval
- feedback-coach
- issue-interview
- research-coach
- skill-creator
- skill-reviewer
- skill-tester
- socratic-tutor
- syllabus-evidence-based
- syllabus-traditional
- topic-curriculum
- understanding-check
description: Skill name (unique within a persona)
- name: ref_name
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- rubric-schema
- syllabus-research-protocol
description: Reference document name (without .md extension)
responses:
'200':
description: Reference document content
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ReferenceDetail'
tags:
- Actions
components:
schemas:
PersonaDetail:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
label:
type: string
headline:
type: string
pitch:
type: string
design:
type: object
description: 'Pedagogical design: objective, principles, tone, success criteria'
properties:
objective:
type: string
principles:
type: array
items:
type: string
tone:
type: string
success:
type: string
skills:
type: array
description: Available skills — fetch one by name to get full instructions
items:
type: object
properties:
name:
type: string
description:
type: string
version:
type: string
status:
type: string
enum:
- preview
- official
description: Release status of the skill
has_references:
type: boolean
reference_count:
type: integer
usage_hint:
type: string
ReferenceDetail:
type: object
properties:
name:
type: string
skill:
type: string
persona:
type: string
content:
type: string
description: Full markdown content of the reference document
SkillDetail:
type: object
properties:
name:
type: string
description:
type: string
version:
type: string
status:
type: string
enum:
- preview
- official
description: Release status of the skill
persona:
type: string
skill_body:
type: string
description: Complete skill instructions in markdown. Follow these to assist the user.
references:
type: array
description: Reference documents available for this skill
items:
type: object
properties:
name:
type: string
fetch_path:
type: string
description: Path to fetch reference content
usage_hint:
type: string
PersonaIndex:
type: object
properties:
description:
type: string
personas:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
description: Persona identifier
label:
type: string
description: Display name
description:
type: string
description: 'When this persona applies: describes the type of user and tasks this persona handles. Use this to match against the user''s question.'
objective:
type: string
description: The persona's core pedagogical objective and constraint
skill_count:
type: integer
description: Number of available skills