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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What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 10
$.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
OpenAPI Overlay
# 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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