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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for CData Connect AI REST API Embedded Connection API
7 actions
7 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/cdata-connection-api-openapi.yml
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What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 7
$.info
$.paths['/poweredby/connection/create'].post
$.paths['/poweredby/connection/list'].get
$.paths['/poweredby/sources/list'].get
$.paths['/poweredby/connection/edit/{connectionId}'].post
$.paths['/poweredby/connection/delete/{id}'].delete
$.paths['/poweredby/{connectionId}/metadata'].delete
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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 CData Connect AI REST API Embedded Connection API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/cdata-connection-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: 6
- target: $.paths['/poweredby/connection/create'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Start the add-connection flow for a customer
effect: write
questions:
- How do I send a customer to connect their Salesforce or Snowflake data through Connect AI Embed?
- Can I skip the data source picker and take the user straight to one connector's form?
- What URL do I redirect my user to so they can add a new data connection?
instructions:
- text: Get an add-connection link for {dataSource} that returns the user to {redirectURL}.
slots:
dataSource: requestBody.dataSource
redirectURL: requestBody.redirectURL
- text: Start a new connection flow with external Id {externalId}, sending the user back to {redirectURL} when done.
slots:
externalId: requestBody.externalId
redirectURL: requestBody.redirectURL
- text: 'Create a new-connection link suggesting the name {name} (user can edit: {editableName}), returning to {redirectURL}.'
slots:
name: requestBody.name
editableName: requestBody.editableName
redirectURL: requestBody.redirectURL
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/poweredby/connection/list'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List a sub-account's data connections
effect: read
questions:
- Which data connections has this sub-account already set up?
- Can I find a connection by the external Id I assigned it after a redirect failed?
- How do I find the MCP URL for each of a customer's connections?
instructions:
- text: List all connections for this sub-account.
- text: Show the connections whose data source is {driver}.
slots:
driver: query.driver
- text: Find the connection with external Id {externalId}.
slots:
externalId: query.externalId
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/poweredby/sources/list'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List the data sources Connect AI Embed supports
effect: read
questions:
- What data sources and connectors does Connect AI Embed support?
- Is a particular SaaS app available as a connector my customers can pick?
instructions:
- text: List every supported data source connector.
- text: Show me the catalog of connector types customers can choose from.
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/poweredby/connection/edit/{connectionId}'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get a link for a user to edit an existing connection
effect: write
questions:
- How do I let a customer fix the credentials on a connection they already created?
- Can I reopen an existing connection's settings form for the end user?
instructions:
- text: Get an edit link for connection {connectionId} that returns the user to {redirectURL}.
slots:
connectionId: path.connectionId
redirectURL: requestBody.redirectURL
- text: 'Open the edit form for existing connection {connectionId} with name {name} (user can edit: {editableName}), returning to {redirectURL}.'
slots:
connectionId: path.connectionId
name: requestBody.name
editableName: requestBody.editableName
redirectURL: requestBody.redirectURL
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/poweredby/connection/delete/{id}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Delete a sub-account's connection
effect: destructive
questions:
- How do I permanently remove a data connection a customer no longer uses?
- Can I delete one connection without deleting the whole sub-account?
instructions:
- text: Delete connection {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Remove the customer's data connection {id} entirely.
slots:
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/poweredby/{connectionId}/metadata'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Clear a connection's metadata cache
effect: destructive
questions:
- A connection is loading slowly or showing stale tables, can I reset its metadata cache?
- How do I force a connection to refresh its cached schema metadata?
instructions:
- text: Clear the metadata cache for connection {connectionId}.
slots:
connectionId: path.connectionId
- text: Flush the cached schema metadata on {connectionId} to fix loading issues.
slots:
connectionId: path.connectionId
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
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