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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 Checkly Public Incidents API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/checkly-incidents-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['/v1/incidents'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Open an incident on a dashboard
effect: write
questions:
- How do I announce an incident on one of my dashboards?
- Can I set the impact level and start time of a dashboard incident?
instructions:
- text: Open incident {name} with impact {impact} on dashboard {dashboardId} with first update {incidentUpdates}.
slots:
name: requestBody.name
impact: requestBody.impact
dashboardId: requestBody.dashboardId
incidentUpdates: requestBody.incidentUpdates
- text: Create a dashboard incident {name}, impact {impact}, on {dashboardId}, started {startedAt}, first update {incidentUpdates}.
slots:
name: requestBody.name
impact: requestBody.impact
dashboardId: requestBody.dashboardId
startedAt: requestBody.startedAt
incidentUpdates: requestBody.incidentUpdates
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v1/incidents/{id}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get a dashboard incident
effect: read
questions:
- What's the current state of a dashboard incident?
- Can I include every update when I fetch a dashboard incident?
instructions:
- text: Show dashboard incident {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Get dashboard incident {id} with all updates {includeAllIncidentUpdates}.
slots:
id: path.id
includeAllIncidentUpdates: query.includeAllIncidentUpdates
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v1/incidents/{id}'].put
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Update a dashboard incident
effect: write
questions:
- How do I mark a dashboard incident as stopped?
- Can I change the impact of a dashboard incident after opening it?
instructions:
- text: Update dashboard incident {id} to name {name} and impact {impact}.
slots:
id: path.id
name: requestBody.name
impact: requestBody.impact
- text: Close dashboard incident {id} ({name}, {impact}) with stop time {stoppedAt}.
slots:
id: path.id
name: requestBody.name
impact: requestBody.impact
stoppedAt: requestBody.stoppedAt
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v1/incidents/{id}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Delete a dashboard incident
effect: destructive
questions:
- How do I remove a dashboard incident and all its updates?
- Can a deleted dashboard incident be restored?
instructions:
- text: Delete dashboard incident {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Remove dashboard incident {id} with every update on it.
slots:
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
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