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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Method Simulate Payments API

3 actions 3 updates phrasing extends openapi/methodfi-simulate-payments-api-openapi.yml
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Targets 3

$.info
$.paths['/simulate/payments/{paymentId}'].post
$.paths['/simulate/payments/payment_instruments/{pmt_inst_id}'].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 Method Simulate Payments API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/methodfi-simulate-payments-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: 2
- target: $.paths['/simulate/payments/{paymentId}'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Simulate a payment status change in sandbox
      effect: write
      questions:
      - Can I move a sandbox payment to a new status to test my flow?
      - Can I simulate a payment failing with a specific error code?
      instructions:
      - text: Set sandbox payment {payment} to status {status}.
        slots:
          payment: path.paymentId
          status: requestBody.status
      - text: Fail test payment {payment} with status {status} and error code {error_code}.
        slots:
          payment: path.paymentId
          status: requestBody.status
          error_code: requestBody.error_code
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/simulate/payments/payment_instruments/{pmt_inst_id}'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Simulate a payment through a payment instrument
      effect: write
      questions:
      - Can I post a test payment through a payment instrument in sandbox?
      - How do I test payment instrument flows during development?
      instructions:
      - text: Simulate a {amount} payment through instrument {instrument}.
        slots:
          amount: requestBody.amount
          instrument: path.pmt_inst_id
      - text: Post a test payment of {amount} via payment instrument {instrument}.
        slots:
          amount: requestBody.amount
          instrument: path.pmt_inst_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'

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