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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Backstage Harness API

4 actions 4 updates phrasing extends openapi/harness-backstageharness-api-openapi.yml

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$.info

$.paths['/v1/backstage-harness/sync'].post

$.paths['/v1/backstage-harness/sync/for-account'].post

$.paths['/v1/backstage-harness/sync/for-entity'].post

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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 Backstage Harness API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/harness-backstageharness-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: 3
- target: $.paths['/v1/backstage-harness/sync'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Sync Backstage entities for all IDP accounts
      effect: write
      questions:
      - Can I trigger a Backstage-to-platform entity sync across every IDP-enabled account at once?
      - Is there a global sync that covers all accounts, not just mine?
      instructions:
      - text: Sync Backstage entities for all IDP-enabled accounts.
      - text: Run the global Backstage entity sync across every account.
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v1/backstage-harness/sync/for-account'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Sync Backstage entities for my account
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I resync Backstage catalog entities for just my account?
      - Can I push Backstage entities into my account on demand?
      instructions:
      - text: Sync Backstage entities for my account only.
      - text: Re-run the Backstage sync for this single account.
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v1/backstage-harness/sync/for-entity'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Sync one Backstage entity
      effect: write
      questions:
      - Can I sync a single Backstage entity instead of the whole catalog?
      - What actions and sync modes are available when syncing one entity?
      instructions:
      - text: Sync Backstage entity {entity_identifier} with action {action} in mode {sync_mode}.
        slots:
          entity_identifier: requestBody.entity_identifier
          action: requestBody.action
          sync_mode: requestBody.sync_mode
      - text: Resync entity {entity_identifier} on behalf of user {user}.
        slots:
          entity_identifier: requestBody.entity_identifier
          user: requestBody.user
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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