Jira · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Jira Cloud platform REST Permissions API

5 actions 5 updates phrasing extends openapi/jira-permissions-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/mypermissions'].get

$.paths['/rest/api/3/permissions'].get

$.paths['/rest/api/3/permissions/check'].post

$.paths['/rest/api/3/permissions/project'].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 Permissions API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/jira-permissions-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: 4
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/mypermissions'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Check my permissions
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Do I have permission to edit issues in a certain project?
      - Can I check my permissions on one specific issue or comment?
      instructions:
      - text: Check whether I have permissions {permissions} in project {projectKey}.
        slots:
          permissions: query.permissions
          projectKey: query.projectKey
      - text: Show my {permissions} permissions on issue {issueKey}.
        slots:
          permissions: query.permissions
          issueKey: query.issueKey
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/permissions'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List all permissions defined in Jira
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What global and project permissions exist on the instance?
      - Are permissions added by apps included in the full permission list?
      instructions:
      - text: List every permission defined on the instance.
      - text: Show all global and project permission keys, including app-added ones.
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/permissions/check'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Check a user's permissions in bulk
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Which of a set of projects and issues can a given user browse or edit?
      - Can I check several global permissions for another user at once?
      instructions:
      - text: Check global permissions {globalPermissions} for user {accountId}.
        slots:
          globalPermissions: requestBody.globalPermissions
          accountId: requestBody.accountId
      - text: For user {accountId}, check project permissions {projectPermissions} across the listed projects and issues.
        slots:
          accountId: requestBody.accountId
          projectPermissions: requestBody.projectPermissions
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/permissions/project'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List projects where I hold given permissions
      effect: read
      questions:
      - In which projects am I allowed to create issues?
      - Can I get every project where I have a particular set of project permissions?
      instructions:
      - text: List the projects where I have permissions {permissions}.
        slots:
          permissions: requestBody.permissions
      - text: Find all projects granting me {permissions}.
        slots:
          permissions: requestBody.permissions
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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