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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Mx Technologies Categories API
9 actions
9 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/mx-technologies-categories-api-openapi.yml
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Written by API Evangelist tooling for MX Technologies's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document MX Technologies publishes.
What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 9
$.info
$.paths['/categories/default'].get
$.paths['/categories/{category_guid}'].get
$.paths['/users/{user_guid}/categories'].get
$.paths['/users/{user_guid}/categories'].post
$.paths['/users/{user_guid}/categories/default'].get
$.paths['/users/{user_guid}/categories/{category_guid}'].get
$.paths['/users/{user_guid}/categories/{category_guid}'].put
$.paths['/users/{user_guid}/categories/{category_guid}'].delete
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 Mx Technologies Categories API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/mx-technologies-categories-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: 8
- target: $.paths['/categories/default'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List the standard spending categories
effect: read
questions:
- What built-in transaction categories and subcategories does MX offer?
- Can I get the full default category tree without referencing any user?
instructions:
- text: List all default categories and subcategories.
- text: Show page {page} of the platform-wide default categories.
slots:
page: query.page
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/categories/{category_guid}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Read one default category
effect: read
questions:
- How do I look up the name and parent of a built-in category by its GUID?
- Which top-level category does a given default subcategory belong to?
instructions:
- text: Get default category {category}.
slots:
category: path.category_guid
- text: Show details of the built-in category {category}, no user needed.
slots:
category: path.category_guid
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/users/{user_guid}/categories'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List a user's default and custom categories
effect: read
questions:
- Which categories can a user assign, including the custom ones they made?
- How do I see a user's own custom categories alongside the standard ones?
instructions:
- text: List all categories, custom included, for user {user}.
slots:
user: path.user_guid
- text: Show user {user}'s full category list with their custom categories, {per_page} per page.
slots:
user: path.user_guid
per_page: query.records_per_page
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/users/{user_guid}/categories'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Create a custom category for a user
effect: write
questions:
- Can a user add their own spending category, like Pet Supplies?
- How do I create a custom subcategory under an existing parent category?
instructions:
- text: Create custom category {category} for user {user}.
slots:
category: requestBody.category
user: path.user_guid
- text: Add a new user-defined category {category} to user {user}'s list.
slots:
category: requestBody.category
user: path.user_guid
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/users/{user_guid}/categories/default'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List default categories scoped to a user
effect: read
questions:
- How do I fetch only the standard categories, excluding custom ones, for a particular user?
- Can I list the default category set in the context of a specific user?
instructions:
- text: List only the default categories for user {user}.
slots:
user: path.user_guid
- text: Show the built-in categories scoped to user {user}, page {page}, without custom ones.
slots:
user: path.user_guid
page: query.page
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/users/{user_guid}/categories/{category_guid}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Read a user's category, custom or default
effect: read
questions:
- How do I read a custom category a user created?
- Can I look up any category, default or custom, in the context of a user?
instructions:
- text: Get category {category} for user {user}.
slots:
category: path.category_guid
user: path.user_guid
- text: Show the custom category {category} that user {user} made.
slots:
category: path.category_guid
user: path.user_guid
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/users/{user_guid}/categories/{category_guid}'].put
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Rename or edit a custom category
effect: write
questions:
- How do I rename a custom category a user created?
- Can I change the attributes of a user's custom category after creating it?
instructions:
- text: Update custom category {category} for user {user} with {changes}.
slots:
category: path.category_guid
user: path.user_guid
changes: requestBody.category
- text: Rename user {user}'s custom category {category}.
slots:
user: path.user_guid
category: path.category_guid
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/users/{user_guid}/categories/{category_guid}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Delete a custom category
effect: destructive
questions:
- How do I remove a custom category a user no longer needs?
- Can default categories be deleted, or only custom ones?
instructions:
- text: Delete custom category {category} for user {user}.
slots:
category: path.category_guid
user: path.user_guid
- text: Remove user {user}'s custom category {category} permanently.
slots:
user: path.user_guid
category: path.category_guid
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
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