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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 Late Policy API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/canvas-late-policy-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/courses/{id}/late_policy'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get a course's late policy
effect: read
questions:
- What late penalty does my course apply?
- Does a course deduct points for missing submissions?
instructions:
- text: Get the late policy for course {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Show course {id}'s late and missing submission deductions.
slots:
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/v1/courses/{id}/late_policy'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Create a course late policy
effect: write
questions:
- How do I set up an automatic late penalty for a course that has none?
- Can a course have more than one late policy?
instructions:
- text: Create a late policy for course {id} deducting {late_submission_deduction} percent per {late_submission_interval}.
slots:
id: path.id
late_submission_deduction: requestBody.late_policy[late_submission_deduction]
late_submission_interval: requestBody.late_policy[late_submission_interval]
- text: Create a late policy for course {id} with a missing submission deduction of {missing_submission_deduction}.
slots:
id: path.id
missing_submission_deduction: requestBody.late_policy[missing_submission_deduction]
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/v1/courses/{id}/late_policy'].patch
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Change an existing late policy
effect: write
questions:
- Can I change the late deduction on a course that already has a policy?
- How do I set a minimum grade floor for late work?
instructions:
- text: Change course {id}'s existing late deduction to {late_submission_deduction}.
slots:
id: path.id
late_submission_deduction: requestBody.late_policy[late_submission_deduction]
- text: Set the late work minimum percent for course {id} to {late_submission_minimum_percent}.
slots:
id: path.id
late_submission_minimum_percent: requestBody.late_policy[late_submission_minimum_percent]
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
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