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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Jira Cloud Platform REST Issue Transitions API

3 actions 3 updates phrasing extends openapi/jira-issue-transitions-api-openapi.yml

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$.info

$.paths['/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/transitions'].get

$.paths['/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/transitions'].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 Jira Cloud Platform REST Issue Transitions API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/jira-issue-transitions-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: 2
- target: $.paths['/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/transitions'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List the transitions available on an issue
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What status changes can I make on an issue right now?
      - Can I see transitions that are blocked by a condition too?
      - How do I find the ID of the transition that moves an issue to Done?
      instructions:
      - text: List the transitions I can perform on issue {issueIdOrKey}.
        slots:
          issueIdOrKey: path.issueIdOrKey
      - text: Show details of transition {transitionId} on issue {issueIdOrKey}.
        slots:
          transitionId: query.transitionId
          issueIdOrKey: path.issueIdOrKey
      - text: List all transitions for {issueIdOrKey}, including unavailable ones ({includeUnavailableTransitions}).
        slots:
          issueIdOrKey: path.issueIdOrKey
          includeUnavailableTransitions: query.includeUnavailableTransitions
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/transitions'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Move an issue to a new status
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I move an issue to In Progress or Done through its workflow?
      - Can I set fields or add a comment while transitioning an issue?
      instructions:
      - text: Transition issue {issueIdOrKey} using transition {transition}.
        slots:
          issueIdOrKey: path.issueIdOrKey
          transition: requestBody.transition
      - text: Move {issueIdOrKey} through transition {transition} and set fields {fields}.
        slots:
          issueIdOrKey: path.issueIdOrKey
          transition: requestBody.transition
          fields: requestBody.fields
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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