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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 Facebook Business Manager Facebook Marketing Ads API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/facebook-business-manager-ads-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['/act_{ad_account_id}/ads'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List the ads in an ad account
effect: read
questions:
- Which ads are running in my ad account and which creative does each use?
- Can I page through every ad in an account?
instructions:
- text: List all ads in ad account {ad_account_id}.
slots:
ad_account_id: path.ad_account_id
- text: Show {limit} ads at a time from account {ad_account_id}.
slots:
ad_account_id: path.ad_account_id
limit: query.limit
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/act_{ad_account_id}/ads'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Create an ad from a creative in an ad set
effect: write
questions:
- How do I put an existing creative live as an ad inside an ad set?
- Can I create an ad paused so it doesn't start delivering right away?
instructions:
- text: Create ad {name} in ad set {adset_id} using creative {creative} with status {status} on account {ad_account_id}.
slots:
ad_account_id: path.ad_account_id
name: requestBody.name
adset_id: requestBody.adset_id
creative: requestBody.creative
status: requestBody.status
- text: Add a paused ad {name} to ad set {adset_id} with creative {creative}, status {status}, in account {ad_account_id}.
slots:
ad_account_id: path.ad_account_id
name: requestBody.name
adset_id: requestBody.adset_id
creative: requestBody.creative
status: requestBody.status
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/{ad_id}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get one ad's creative and status
effect: read
questions:
- What creative and status does a specific ad have?
- Can I look up a single ad by its ID?
instructions:
- text: Show me ad {ad_id}.
slots:
ad_id: path.ad_id
- text: Get the {fields} of ad {ad_id}.
slots:
ad_id: path.ad_id
fields: query.fields
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
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