Jira · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0
API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Jira Cloud platform REST Users API
14 actions
14 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/jira-users-api-openapi.yml
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Written by API Evangelist tooling for Jira's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Jira publishes.
What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 14
$.info
$.paths['/rest/api/3/user'].get
$.paths['/rest/api/3/user'].post
$.paths['/rest/api/3/user'].delete
$.paths['/rest/api/3/user/bulk'].get
$.paths['/rest/api/3/user/bulk/migration'].get
$.paths['/rest/api/3/user/columns'].get
$.paths['/rest/api/3/user/columns'].put
$.paths['/rest/api/3/user/columns'].delete
$.paths['/rest/api/3/user/email'].get
$.paths['/rest/api/3/user/email/bulk'].get
$.paths['/rest/api/3/user/groups'].get
$.paths['/rest/api/3/users'].get
$.paths['/rest/api/3/users/search'].get
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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 Users API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/jira-users-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: 13
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/user'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get a user's profile
effect: read
questions:
- Can I look up a Jira user's details by account ID?
- Why might a user's email address be missing from their profile?
instructions:
- text: Get the user with account ID {accountId}.
slots:
accountId: query.accountId
- text: Show profile details and groups for user {accountId}.
slots:
accountId: query.accountId
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/user'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Create a user
effect: write
questions:
- How do I add a new user and give them access to Jira products?
- What's required to create a user account through the API?
instructions:
- text: Create a user with email {emailAddress} for products {products}.
slots:
emailAddress: requestBody.emailAddress
products: requestBody.products
- text: Add {emailAddress} as a new user named {displayName} with access to {products}.
slots:
emailAddress: requestBody.emailAddress
displayName: requestBody.displayName
products: requestBody.products
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/user'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Delete a user from Jira
effect: destructive
questions:
- Can I remove someone from Jira without deleting their Atlassian account?
- Who is allowed to delete a Jira user?
instructions:
- text: Delete user {accountId} from Jira.
slots:
accountId: query.accountId
- text: Remove account {accountId} from the Jira user base.
slots:
accountId: query.accountId
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/user/bulk'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get several users by account ID
effect: read
questions:
- Can I fetch details for a batch of users in one request?
- What's the fastest way to resolve a list of account IDs to names?
instructions:
- text: Get the users with account IDs {accountId}.
slots:
accountId: query.accountId
- text: Look up display names for accounts {accountId} in bulk.
slots:
accountId: query.accountId
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/user/bulk/migration'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Map usernames or keys to account IDs
effect: read
questions:
- How do I convert old usernames or user keys into account IDs?
- Can I migrate a list of legacy user keys to Atlassian account IDs?
instructions:
- text: Get account IDs for usernames {username}.
slots:
username: query.username
- text: Convert user keys {key} to account IDs.
slots:
key: query.key
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/user/columns'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get a user's default issue columns
effect: read
questions:
- Which issue table columns does a user see by default?
- Can I check my own default issue navigator columns?
instructions:
- text: Get the default issue table columns for user {accountId}.
slots:
accountId: query.accountId
- text: Show my default issue columns.
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/user/columns'].put
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Set a user's default issue columns
effect: write
questions:
- Can I change which columns a user sees in the issue table by default?
- What happens if I send no columns when setting a user's defaults?
instructions:
- text: Set user {accountId}'s default issue columns to {columns}.
slots:
accountId: query.accountId
columns: requestBody.columns
- text: Make {columns} my default issue table columns.
slots:
columns: requestBody.columns
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/user/columns'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Reset a user's issue columns to default
effect: destructive
questions:
- Can I put a user's issue table columns back to the system default?
- Is there a way to undo custom column settings for someone?
instructions:
- text: Reset user {accountId}'s issue columns to the system default.
slots:
accountId: query.accountId
- text: Restore my issue table columns to the defaults.
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/user/email'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get a user's email address
effect: read
questions:
- Can an approved app read a user's email even if their profile hides it?
- Which apps are allowed to fetch a user's email address?
instructions:
- text: Get the email address of user {accountId}.
slots:
accountId: query.accountId
- text: Look up the email for account {accountId} regardless of profile visibility.
slots:
accountId: query.accountId
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/user/email/bulk'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get emails for several users
effect: read
questions:
- Can I fetch email addresses for many account IDs at once?
- Is there a bulk way to resolve users to their emails?
instructions:
- text: Get email addresses for accounts {accountId} in bulk.
slots:
accountId: query.accountId
- text: 'Fetch the emails of all of these users: {accountId}.'
slots:
accountId: query.accountId
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/user/groups'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List the groups a user belongs to
effect: read
questions:
- Which groups is a user a member of?
- Can I check whether a user sits in the admins group?
instructions:
- text: List the groups user {accountId} belongs to.
slots:
accountId: query.accountId
- text: Show group memberships for account {accountId}.
slots:
accountId: query.accountId
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/users'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List all users from /users
effect: read
questions:
- Can I get a list of every user, including inactive and deleted ones?
- What does the plain /users listing return compared with the search path?
instructions:
- text: List all users, including inactive ones, using the /users endpoint.
- text: Page through every Jira user from /users starting at {startAt}.
slots:
startAt: query.startAt
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/rest/api/3/users/search'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List all users from /users/search
effect: read
questions:
- Is there a /users/search listing that returns every account without a query string?
- Can I page through all active, inactive and deleted users from the users search path?
instructions:
- text: List every user via the /users/search endpoint.
- text: Fetch {maxResults} users at a time from /users/search.
slots:
maxResults: query.maxResults
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
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