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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Atlassian The Jira Cloud platform REST Issue Worklogs API
9 actions
9 updates
phrasing
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openapi/atlassian-issue-worklogs-api-openapi.yml
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What the actions change
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Targets 9
$.info
$.paths['/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/worklog'].get
$.paths['/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/worklog'].post
$.paths['/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/worklog/{id}'].get
$.paths['/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/worklog/{id}'].put
$.paths['/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/worklog/{id}'].delete
$.paths['/rest/api/3/worklog/deleted'].get
$.paths['/rest/api/3/worklog/list'].post
$.paths['/rest/api/3/worklog/updated'].get
OpenAPI Overlay
# Generated by API Evangelist (build-phrasing.py). Our phrasing, not observed demand.
overlay: 1.0.0
info:
title: API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Atlassian The Jira Cloud platform REST Issue Worklogs API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/atlassian-issue-worklogs-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
generator: build-phrasing.py
label: Generated by API Evangelist
operations: 8
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/worklog'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List worklogs on an issue
effect: read
questions:
- How do I see all the time logged against a Jira issue?
- Can I get only worklogs started within a date range?
instructions:
- text: List worklogs on issue {issueIdOrKey}.
slots:
issueIdOrKey: path.issueIdOrKey
- text: Show worklogs on {issueIdOrKey} started after {startedAfter} and before {startedBefore}.
slots:
issueIdOrKey: path.issueIdOrKey
startedAfter: query.startedAfter
startedBefore: query.startedBefore
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/worklog'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Log time on an issue
effect: write
questions:
- How do I log hours worked on a Jira issue?
- Can logging time also reduce the remaining estimate automatically?
instructions:
- text: Log {timeSpent} on issue {issueIdOrKey}.
slots:
timeSpent: requestBody.timeSpent
issueIdOrKey: path.issueIdOrKey
- text: Add a worklog of {timeSpent} to {issueIdOrKey} starting {started} with comment {comment}.
slots:
timeSpent: requestBody.timeSpent
issueIdOrKey: path.issueIdOrKey
started: requestBody.started
comment: requestBody.comment
- text: Log {timeSpent} on {issueIdOrKey} and set the remaining estimate to {newEstimate}.
slots:
timeSpent: requestBody.timeSpent
issueIdOrKey: path.issueIdOrKey
newEstimate: query.newEstimate
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/worklog/{id}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get one worklog on an issue
effect: read
questions:
- How do I look up a single worklog entry on an issue?
- Can I see who logged a particular time entry and when?
instructions:
- text: Get worklog {id} on issue {issueIdOrKey}.
slots:
id: path.id
issueIdOrKey: path.issueIdOrKey
- text: Show the details of time entry {id} on {issueIdOrKey}.
slots:
id: path.id
issueIdOrKey: path.issueIdOrKey
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/worklog/{id}'].put
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Edit a worklog
effect: write
questions:
- How do I correct the time on a worklog I already logged?
- Can I change a worklog without notifying watchers?
instructions:
- text: Change worklog {id} on {issueIdOrKey} to {timeSpent}.
slots:
id: path.id
issueIdOrKey: path.issueIdOrKey
timeSpent: requestBody.timeSpent
- text: Update the comment on worklog {id} of {issueIdOrKey} to {comment} without notifying users ({notifyUsers}).
slots:
id: path.id
issueIdOrKey: path.issueIdOrKey
comment: requestBody.comment
notifyUsers: query.notifyUsers
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/worklog/{id}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Delete a worklog
effect: destructive
questions:
- How do I remove a time entry from a Jira issue?
- Can deleting a worklog add the time back to the remaining estimate?
instructions:
- text: Delete worklog {id} from issue {issueIdOrKey}.
slots:
id: path.id
issueIdOrKey: path.issueIdOrKey
- text: Delete worklog {id} on {issueIdOrKey} and increase the estimate by {increaseBy}.
slots:
id: path.id
issueIdOrKey: path.issueIdOrKey
increaseBy: query.increaseBy
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/worklog/deleted'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List worklogs deleted since a time
effect: read
questions:
- Which worklogs were deleted after a certain date?
- How do I sync deletions of time entries since my last run?
instructions:
- text: List ids of worklogs deleted since {since}.
slots:
since: query.since
- text: Show recently deleted worklog ids.
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/worklog/list'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get worklog details for a list of ids
effect: read
questions:
- How do I fetch full worklog details for a batch of worklog ids?
- What's the maximum number of worklogs I can fetch by id at once?
instructions:
- text: Get worklog details for ids {ids}.
slots:
ids: requestBody.ids
- text: Fetch the full records for worklogs {ids}.
slots:
ids: requestBody.ids
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/worklog/updated'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List worklogs updated since a time
effect: read
questions:
- Which worklogs were created or changed after a given date?
- How do I pull incremental updates to time tracking since a timestamp?
instructions:
- text: List ids of worklogs updated since {since}.
slots:
since: query.since
- text: Show worklogs modified recently.
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
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