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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Canvas LMS REST Brand Configs API

4 actions 4 updates phrasing extends openapi/canvas-brand-configs-api-openapi.yml
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$.info
$.paths['/v1/brand_variables'].get
$.paths['/v1/accounts/{account_id}/brand_variables'].get
$.paths['/v1/courses/{course_id}/brand_variables'].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 Canvas LMS REST Brand Configs API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/canvas-brand-configs-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: 3
- target: $.paths['/v1/brand_variables'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get the theme variables for this domain
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What brand colors and logos does this Canvas domain use?
      - How can a mobile app read the institution's theme variables?
      instructions:
      - text: Get the brand variables for this Canvas domain.
      - text: Fetch the institution's theme colors and logos.
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/v1/accounts/{account_id}/brand_variables'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get the theme variables for a sub-account
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Which brand colors does a particular sub-account use?
      - Can a sub-account have different theme variables from the root account?
      instructions:
      - text: Get the brand variables for sub-account {account_id}.
        slots:
          account_id: path.account_id
      - text: Show the theme colors used by account {account_id}.
        slots:
          account_id: path.account_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/v1/courses/{course_id}/brand_variables'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get the theme variables applied to a course
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What branding is applied to a specific course?
      - Which theme colors and logo does a course inherit?
      instructions:
      - text: Get the brand variables for course {course_id}.
        slots:
          course_id: path.course_id
      - text: Show the theme colors applied in course {course_id}.
        slots:
          course_id: path.course_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'

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