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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Clerk Backend Billing API
17 actions
17 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/clerk-com-billing-api-openapi.yml
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Written by API Evangelist tooling for Clerk's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Clerk publishes.
What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 17 · first 16 shown; the file carries all of them
$.info
$.paths['/users/{user_id}/billing/subscription'].get
$.paths['/users/{user_id}/billing/credits'].get
$.paths['/users/{user_id}/billing/credits'].post
$.paths['/organizations/{organization_id}/billing/subscription'].get
$.paths['/organizations/{organization_id}/billing/credits'].get
$.paths['/organizations/{organization_id}/billing/credits'].post
$.paths['/billing/plans'].get
$.paths['/billing/prices'].get
$.paths['/billing/prices'].post
$.paths['/billing/subscription_items'].get
$.paths['/billing/subscription_items/{subscription_item_id}'].delete
$.paths['/billing/subscription_items/{subscription_item_id}/extend_free_trial'].post
$.paths['/billing/subscription_items/{subscription_item_id}/price_transition'].post
$.paths['/billing/statements'].get
$.paths['/billing/statements/{statementID}'].get
OpenAPI Overlay
# Generated by API Evangelist (build-phrasing.py). Our phrasing, not observed demand.
overlay: 1.0.0
info:
title: API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Clerk Backend Billing API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/clerk-com-billing-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: 16
- target: $.paths['/users/{user_id}/billing/subscription'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Retrieve a user's billing subscription
effect: read
questions:
- What plans is a given user subscribed to and what is their payment status?
- How do I read a user's billing subscription items from my backend?
instructions:
- text: Get the billing subscription for user {user_id}.
slots:
user_id: path.user_id
- text: Show which plans user {user_id} is paying for.
slots:
user_id: path.user_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/users/{user_id}/billing/credits'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Check a user's credit balance
effect: read
questions:
- How much billing credit does a user have left?
- Can I see a user's credit balance before their next recurring charge?
instructions:
- text: Get the credit balance for user {user_id}.
slots:
user_id: path.user_id
- text: Tell me how many credits user {user_id} has.
slots:
user_id: path.user_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/users/{user_id}/billing/credits'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Add or remove credit for a user
effect: write
questions:
- How do I give a user account credit toward future charges?
- Can I decrease a user's credit balance and record a note on the ledger entry?
- Is adjusting a user's credits safe to retry with an idempotency key?
instructions:
- text: 'Adjust user {user_id} credits: {action} {amount} with idempotency key {idempotency_key}.'
slots:
user_id: path.user_id
action: requestBody.action
amount: requestBody.amount
idempotency_key: requestBody.idempotency_key
- text: Credit user {user_id} {amount} in {currency} ({action}) with key {idempotency_key} and note {note}.
slots:
user_id: path.user_id
amount: requestBody.amount
currency: requestBody.currency
action: requestBody.action
idempotency_key: requestBody.idempotency_key
note: requestBody.note
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/organizations/{organization_id}/billing/subscription'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Retrieve an organization's billing subscription
effect: read
questions:
- Which plans is an organization subscribed to, as seen from the backend?
- How do I check an organization's payment status and subscription items server-side?
instructions:
- text: Get the billing subscription for organization {organization_id} from the backend.
slots:
organization_id: path.organization_id
- text: Show which plans organization {organization_id} pays for.
slots:
organization_id: path.organization_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/organizations/{organization_id}/billing/credits'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Check an organization's credit balance
effect: read
questions:
- How much billing credit does an organization have available?
- Can I see an organization's credits before its next renewal?
instructions:
- text: Get the credit balance for organization {organization_id}.
slots:
organization_id: path.organization_id
- text: Tell me how many credits organization {organization_id} has.
slots:
organization_id: path.organization_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/organizations/{organization_id}/billing/credits'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Add or remove credit for an organization
effect: write
questions:
- How do I grant an organization credit to offset its next bill?
- Can I deduct credits from an organization and leave a note on the ledger?
instructions:
- text: 'Adjust organization {organization_id} credits: {action} {amount} with idempotency key {idempotency_key}.'
slots:
organization_id: path.organization_id
action: requestBody.action
amount: requestBody.amount
idempotency_key: requestBody.idempotency_key
- text: Give organization {organization_id} {amount} {currency} of credit ({action}), key {idempotency_key}.
slots:
organization_id: path.organization_id
amount: requestBody.amount
currency: requestBody.currency
action: requestBody.action
idempotency_key: requestBody.idempotency_key
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/billing/plans'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List all billing plans for the instance
effect: read
questions:
- What billing plans, free and paid, are configured on my instance?
- Can I list only the plans meant for organizations rather than users?
instructions:
- text: List every billing plan in my instance from the backend.
- text: List billing plans for payer type {payer_type}.
slots:
payer_type: query.payer_type
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/billing/prices'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List billing prices
effect: read
questions:
- Which prices, including custom ones, exist for my billing plans?
- How do I see all the prices attached to one plan?
instructions:
- text: List all billing prices.
- text: Show the prices for plan {plan_id}.
slots:
plan_id: query.plan_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/billing/prices'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Create a custom price for a plan
effect: write
questions:
- How do I offer a specific customer a different price on the same plan?
- Can a custom price have a separate monthly amount when billed annually?
instructions:
- text: Create a custom price of {amount} for plan {plan_id}.
slots:
amount: requestBody.amount
plan_id: requestBody.plan_id
- text: Add a {currency} price of {amount} to plan {plan_id} with annual monthly amount {annual_monthly_amount}.
slots:
currency: requestBody.currency
amount: requestBody.amount
plan_id: requestBody.plan_id
annual_monthly_amount: requestBody.annual_monthly_amount
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/billing/subscription_items'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List subscription items across the instance
effect: read
questions:
- Which users and organizations are subscribed to a given plan?
- Can I list subscription items by status and exclude free plans?
instructions:
- text: List all subscription items on plan {plan_id}.
slots:
plan_id: query.plan_id
- text: Show subscription items with status {status} for payer type {payer_type}.
slots:
status: query.status
payer_type: query.payer_type
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/billing/subscription_items/{subscription_item_id}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Cancel a subscription item
effect: destructive
questions:
- How do I cancel a customer's plan at the end of the billing period?
- Can I cancel a subscription item immediately instead of waiting for the period to end?
instructions:
- text: Cancel subscription item {subscription_item_id} at period end.
slots:
subscription_item_id: path.subscription_item_id
- text: Cancel subscription item {subscription_item_id} now (end_now {end_now}).
slots:
subscription_item_id: path.subscription_item_id
end_now: query.end_now
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/billing/subscription_items/{subscription_item_id}/extend_free_trial'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Extend a subscription item's free trial
effect: write
questions:
- How do I give a customer a longer free trial on their plan?
- Is there a limit on how far into the future a free trial can be extended?
instructions:
- text: Extend the free trial of subscription item {subscription_item_id} to {extend_to}.
slots:
subscription_item_id: path.subscription_item_id
extend_to: requestBody.extend_to
- text: Push the trial end of subscription item {subscription_item_id} out to {extend_to}.
slots:
subscription_item_id: path.subscription_item_id
extend_to: requestBody.extend_to
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/billing/subscription_items/{subscription_item_id}/price_transition'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Move a subscription item to a new price
effect: write
questions:
- How do I switch a subscriber from one price to another on their subscription item?
- Does a price transition take effect immediately or create an upcoming item?
instructions:
- text: Transition subscription item {subscription_item_id} from price {from_price_id} to {to_price_id}.
slots:
subscription_item_id: path.subscription_item_id
from_price_id: requestBody.from_price_id
to_price_id: requestBody.to_price_id
- text: Move subscriber item {subscription_item_id} onto price {to_price_id}, replacing {from_price_id}.
slots:
subscription_item_id: path.subscription_item_id
to_price_id: requestBody.to_price_id
from_price_id: requestBody.from_price_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/billing/statements'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List all billing statements for the instance
effect: read
questions:
- Where can I see every billing statement issued across my instance?
- How do I page through all statements, newest first, from the backend?
instructions:
- text: List all billing statements for my instance.
- text: Show the latest {limit} instance billing statements.
slots:
limit: query.limit
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/billing/statements/{statementID}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Retrieve a billing statement from the backend
effect: read
questions:
- How do I pull up the details of one billing statement on the server side?
- What line items and totals are on a particular instance billing statement?
instructions:
- text: Retrieve billing statement {statementID} via the backend API.
slots:
statementID: path.statementID
- text: Show the details of instance statement {statementID}.
slots:
statementID: path.statementID
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/billing/statements/{statementID}/payment_attempts'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List payment attempts on a statement
effect: read
questions:
- Were there failed payment attempts on a billing statement?
- How do I see every charge attempt made against a statement?
instructions:
- text: List payment attempts for statement {statementID}.
slots:
statementID: path.statementID
- text: Show charge attempts made on billing statement {statementID}.
slots:
statementID: path.statementID
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'