Cisco XDR · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist enhancements for Cisco XDR Automation

2 actions 2 updates update extends openapi/cisco-xdr-automation-openapi.json

Derived by API Evangelist Built from the contracts Cisco XDR publishes. Cisco XDR did not publish this file.

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What the actions change

x-apievangelist-familyx-apievangelist-base-urlx-apievangelist-live-majorsx-apievangelist-notex-apievangelist-rate-limitx-agentic-access

Targets 2

$.info

$.paths['/v1/workflows/start'].post

OpenAPI Overlay

overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enhancements for Cisco XDR Automation
  version: 1.0.0
x-generated: '2026-08-19'
x-method: generated
x-source: openapi/cisco-xdr-automation-openapi.json + https://developer.cisco.com/docs/cisco-xdr/rate-limits/
extends: openapi/cisco-xdr-automation-openapi.json
actions:
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-family: Automation
    x-apievangelist-base-url: https://automate.us.security.cisco.com/api
    x-apievangelist-live-majors: [v1, v1.1, v1.2]
    x-apievangelist-note: >-
      Three path majors are live simultaneously with different operation coverage and no published
      deprecation policy. Cisco's own MCP server lists this as known issue number one.
    x-apievangelist-rate-limit:
      default:
        scope: organization
        window: PT1H
        limit: 8000
      workflow_run:
        scope: organization
        window: PT1M
        limit: 10
        paths: ['/v1.1/workflows/start', '/v1.1/ui/workflows/start']
      headers: [x-ratelimit-org-limit, x-ratelimit-org-remaining, Retry-After]
- target: $.paths['/v1/workflows/start'].post
  update:
    x-agentic-access:
      action_class: execute
      consequence: side-effecting
      idempotent: false
      note: Starts a Cisco XDR automation workflow, which may itself perform containment actions.

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