Jira · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Jira Cloud platform REST Issue links API

4 actions 4 updates phrasing extends openapi/jira-issue-links-api-openapi.yml

Generated by API Evangelist Written by API Evangelist tooling for Jira's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Jira publishes.

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$.info

$.paths['/rest/api/3/issueLink'].post

$.paths['/rest/api/3/issueLink/{linkId}'].get

$.paths['/rest/api/3/issueLink/{linkId}'].delete

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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 Jira Cloud platform REST Issue links API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/jira-issue-links-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['/rest/api/3/issueLink'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Link two issues together
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I mark one issue as blocking another?
      - Can I add a comment when linking two issues?
      instructions:
      - text: Link issue {outwardIssue} to {inwardIssue} with link type {type}.
        slots:
          outwardIssue: requestBody.outwardIssue
          inwardIssue: requestBody.inwardIssue
          type: requestBody.type
      - text: Create a {type} link from {outwardIssue} to {inwardIssue} and comment {comment}.
        slots:
          type: requestBody.type
          outwardIssue: requestBody.outwardIssue
          inwardIssue: requestBody.inwardIssue
          comment: requestBody.comment
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/issueLink/{linkId}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get an issue link
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What issues and link type does a specific issue link connect?
      - Can I look up an issue link by its ID?
      instructions:
      - text: Get issue link {linkId}.
        slots:
          linkId: path.linkId
      - text: Show which two issues link {linkId} connects.
        slots:
          linkId: path.linkId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/issueLink/{linkId}'].delete
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Delete an issue link
      effect: destructive
      questions:
      - How do I unlink two issues?
      - Does deleting an issue link affect the issues themselves?
      instructions:
      - text: Delete issue link {linkId}.
        slots:
          linkId: path.linkId
      - text: Remove the link {linkId} between the two issues.
        slots:
          linkId: path.linkId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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