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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Microsoft Azure Azure IoT Central Device Templates API

6 actions 6 updates phrasing extends openapi/microsoft-azure-device-templates-api-openapi.yml
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$.info
$.paths['/deviceTemplates'].get
$.paths['/deviceTemplates/{deviceTemplateId}'].get
$.paths['/deviceTemplates/{deviceTemplateId}'].put
$.paths['/deviceTemplates/{deviceTemplateId}'].delete
$.paths['/deviceTemplates/{deviceTemplateId}'].patch

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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 Microsoft Azure Azure IoT Central Device Templates API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/microsoft-azure-device-templates-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: 5
- target: $.paths['/deviceTemplates'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List IoT Central device templates
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Which device templates are published in my IoT Central app?
      - Can I sort or filter the device templates list?
      instructions:
      - text: List all device templates in my IoT Central app.
      - text: List device templates matching {filter}, ordered by {orderby}.
        slots:
          filter: query.filter
          orderby: query.orderby
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/deviceTemplates/{deviceTemplateId}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get an IoT Central device template
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What capability model does a specific device template define?
      - Can I look up an IoT Central device template by ID?
      instructions:
      - text: Show device template {template}.
        slots:
          template: path.deviceTemplateId
      - text: Get the capability model of device template {template}.
        slots:
          template: path.deviceTemplateId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/deviceTemplates/{deviceTemplateId}'].put
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Publish an IoT Central device template
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I publish a new device template with a capability model to IoT Central?
      - What does a device template need before I can create it?
      instructions:
      - text: Create device template {template} with capability model {model}.
        slots:
          template: path.deviceTemplateId
          model: requestBody.capabilityModel
      - text: Publish device template {template} named {name}.
        slots:
          template: path.deviceTemplateId
          name: requestBody.displayName
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/deviceTemplates/{deviceTemplateId}'].delete
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Delete an IoT Central device template
      effect: destructive
      questions:
      - Can I delete a device template I no longer use?
      - How do I remove an outdated device template from IoT Central?
      instructions:
      - text: Delete device template {template}.
        slots:
          template: path.deviceTemplateId
      - text: Remove outdated device template {template} from the app.
        slots:
          template: path.deviceTemplateId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/deviceTemplates/{deviceTemplateId}'].patch
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Update an IoT Central device template
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I patch an existing device template's display name or description?
      - Can I use an ETag to avoid overwriting someone else's template changes?
      instructions:
      - text: Update device template {template}.
        slots:
          template: path.deviceTemplateId
      - text: Patch device template {template} only if its ETag is {etag}.
        slots:
          template: path.deviceTemplateId
          etag: header.If-Match
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'

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