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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Avalara Automated Tariff Code Classification API

5 actions 5 updates phrasing extends openapi/avalara-classification-api-openapi.yml
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$.info
$.paths['/classify'].post
$.paths['/classify/batch'].post
$.paths['/hscodes/{hsCode}'].get
$.paths['/hscodes/{hsCode}/hierarchy'].get

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# Generated by API Evangelist (build-phrasing.py). Our phrasing, not observed demand.
overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Avalara Automated Tariff Code Classification API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/avalara-classification-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
      generator: build-phrasing.py
      label: Generated by API Evangelist
      operations: 4
- target: $.paths['/classify'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Classify a product into HS and tax codes
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What HS code and tax code should I use for a product shipping to Canada?
      - Can I get a classification with a confidence score from a product description?
      instructions:
      - text: Classify {description} for destination {destinationCountry}.
        slots:
          description: requestBody.description
          destinationCountry: requestBody.destinationCountry
      - text: Suggest an HS code for item {itemCode}, {description}, shipping from {originCountry} to {destinationCountry}.
        slots:
          itemCode: requestBody.itemCode
          description: requestBody.description
          originCountry: requestBody.originCountry
          destinationCountry: requestBody.destinationCountry
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/classify/batch'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Classify many products in one request
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Can I classify a whole product list at once instead of one by one?
      - Is there a bulk option to get HS codes for multiple items in a single call?
      instructions:
      - text: Classify these products {items} for {destinationCountry} in one batch.
        slots:
          items: requestBody.items
          destinationCountry: requestBody.destinationCountry
      - text: Run a batch classification on {items}.
        slots:
          items: requestBody.items
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/hscodes/{hsCode}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Look up an HS code
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What does HS code 6109.10 cover?
      - Can I look up an HS code's description for a specific country's tariff schedule?
      instructions:
      - text: Look up HS code {hsCode}.
        slots:
          hsCode: path.hsCode
      - text: Describe HS code {hsCode} for country {country}.
        slots:
          hsCode: path.hsCode
          country: query.country
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/hscodes/{hsCode}/hierarchy'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get the chapter-to-tariff hierarchy of an HS code
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Which chapter and heading does an HS code sit under?
      - Can I see the full path from chapter down to national tariff line for a code?
      instructions:
      - text: Show the hierarchy for HS code {hsCode}.
        slots:
          hsCode: path.hsCode
      - text: Get the chapter, heading and subheading tree of {hsCode} in {country}.
        slots:
          hsCode: path.hsCode
          country: query.country
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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