Method Financial · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Methodfi Entities API

10 actions 10 updates phrasing extends openapi/methodfi-entities-api-openapi.yml
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$.info
$.paths['/entities'].get
$.paths['/entities'].post
$.paths['/entities/{entityId}'].get
$.paths['/entities/{entityId}'].put
$.paths['/entities/{ent_id}'].get
$.paths['/entities/{ent_id}'].put
$.paths['/entities/{ent_id}/credit_scores'].get
$.paths['/entities/{ent_id}/verification_sessions'].get
$.paths['/entities/{ent_id}/verification_sessions'].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 Methodfi Entities API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/methodfi-entities-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
      generator: build-phrasing.py
      label: Generated by API Evangelist
      operations: 9
- target: $.paths['/entities'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List entities
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Can I search my entities by name?
      - How do I list only entities with a given status or type?
      instructions:
      - text: List entities named {name}.
        slots:
          name: query.name
      - text: Show {status} entities of type {type}.
        slots:
          status: query.status
          type: query.type
      - text: List entities created from {from_date} to {to_date}.
        slots:
          from_date: query.from_date
          to_date: query.to_date
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/entities'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Create an entity
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I create a new individual or corporation in Method?
      - What's the first step to onboard a person before connecting their accounts?
      instructions:
      - text: Create a new entity under API version {version}.
        slots:
          version: header.Method-Version
      - text: Create an entity with idempotency key {key}.
        slots:
          key: header.Idempotency-Key
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/entities/{entityId}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get an entity with expanded details
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Can I fetch an entity and expand its related objects at the same time?
      - Which versioned call returns one entity by entityId?
      instructions:
      - text: Get entity {entity} with {expand} expanded.
        slots:
          entity: path.entityId
          expand: query.expand
      - text: Retrieve entity {entity} on API version {version}.
        slots:
          entity: path.entityId
          version: header.Method-Version
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/entities/{entityId}'].put
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Update an entity (versioned)
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I change an entity's address on the current API version?
      - Can I add individual or corporation details to an existing entity?
      instructions:
      - text: Update the address of entity {entity} to {address} on the versioned endpoint.
        slots:
          entity: path.entityId
          address: requestBody.address
      - text: Add individual details {individual} to entity {entity}.
        slots:
          individual: requestBody.individual
          entity: path.entityId
      - text: Set corporation details {corporation} on entity {entity}.
        slots:
          corporation: requestBody.corporation
          entity: path.entityId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/entities/{ent_id}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get an entity (legacy unversioned path)
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Is there an older entity lookup that takes ent_id without a version header?
      - Can I still read an entity via the legacy ent_id endpoint?
      instructions:
      - text: Look up entity {ent_id} on the legacy unversioned endpoint.
        slots:
          ent_id: path.ent_id
      - text: Fetch entity {ent_id} without a Method-Version header.
        slots:
          ent_id: path.ent_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/entities/{ent_id}'].put
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Update an entity (legacy, type required)
      effect: write
      questions:
      - Does the legacy entity update require me to send the entity type?
      - Can I update an entity's metadata through the older ent_id path?
      instructions:
      - text: Update legacy entity {ent_id} of type {type} with metadata {metadata}.
        slots:
          ent_id: path.ent_id
          type: requestBody.type
          metadata: requestBody.metadata
      - text: On the unversioned path, change the address of entity {ent_id} of type {type} to {address}.
        slots:
          ent_id: path.ent_id
          type: requestBody.type
          address: requestBody.address
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/entities/{ent_id}/credit_scores'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get an entity's credit scores (legacy)
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Can I read a person's credit scores from the legacy ent_id endpoint?
      - Where do I get the credit scores already pulled for an entity on the old path?
      instructions:
      - text: Get the credit scores for entity {ent_id} from the legacy endpoint.
        slots:
          ent_id: path.ent_id
      - text: Show credit scores on file for entity {ent_id}.
        slots:
          ent_id: path.ent_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/entities/{ent_id}/verification_sessions'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List an entity's verification sessions (legacy)
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Can I list identity verification sessions for an entity on the older ent_id path?
      - Which phone or KBA verifications has this entity gone through?
      instructions:
      - text: List verification sessions for entity {ent_id}.
        slots:
          ent_id: path.ent_id
      - text: Show past identity verification attempts for entity {ent_id} on the legacy path.
        slots:
          ent_id: path.ent_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/entities/{ent_id}/verification_sessions'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Start an SMS, KBA, SNA or BYO verification
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I start an SMS or KBA identity verification for an entity?
      - Which verification methods can a new entity session use on the legacy path?
      instructions:
      - text: Start a {type} verification for entity {ent_id} using method {method}.
        slots:
          type: requestBody.type
          ent_id: path.ent_id
          method: requestBody.method
      - text: Send an SMS verification to entity {ent_id} with settings {sms}.
        slots:
          ent_id: path.ent_id
          sms: requestBody.sms
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'

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