OpenAI · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0
API Evangelist conversational phrasing for OpenAI Conversations API
9 actions
9 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/openai-conversations-api-openapi.yml
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Written by API Evangelist tooling for OpenAI's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document OpenAI publishes.
What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 9
$.info
$.paths['/conversations/{conversation_id}/items'].get
$.paths['/conversations/{conversation_id}/items'].post
$.paths['/conversations/{conversation_id}/items/{item_id}'].get
$.paths['/conversations/{conversation_id}/items/{item_id}'].delete
$.paths['/conversations'].post
$.paths['/conversations/{conversation_id}'].get
$.paths['/conversations/{conversation_id}'].post
$.paths['/conversations/{conversation_id}'].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 OpenAI Conversations API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/openai-conversations-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['/conversations/{conversation_id}/items'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List the items in a conversation
effect: read
questions:
- How do I read back everything said in a stored conversation?
- Can I list a conversation's items oldest first?
instructions:
- text: List the items in conversation {conversation_id}.
slots:
conversation_id: path.conversation_id
- text: Show the last {limit} items of conversation {conversation_id}.
slots:
limit: query.limit
conversation_id: path.conversation_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/conversations/{conversation_id}/items'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Add items to a conversation
effect: write
questions:
- Can I append new messages to an existing conversation?
- Is it possible to add several items to a conversation in one call?
instructions:
- text: Add items {items} to conversation {conversation_id}.
slots:
items: requestBody.items
conversation_id: path.conversation_id
- text: 'Append these messages to existing conversation {conversation_id}: {items}.'
slots:
conversation_id: path.conversation_id
items: requestBody.items
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/conversations/{conversation_id}/items/{item_id}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Retrieve one item from a conversation
effect: read
questions:
- What does a single message in a conversation contain?
- Can I fetch one conversation item by its item ID?
instructions:
- text: Get item {item_id} from conversation {conversation_id}.
slots:
item_id: path.item_id
conversation_id: path.conversation_id
- text: Show the content of conversation item {item_id} in {conversation_id}.
slots:
item_id: path.item_id
conversation_id: path.conversation_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/conversations/{conversation_id}/items/{item_id}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Delete an item from a conversation
effect: destructive
questions:
- Can I remove one message from a conversation's history?
- How do I delete a single item without deleting the whole conversation?
instructions:
- text: Delete item {item_id} from conversation {conversation_id}.
slots:
item_id: path.item_id
conversation_id: path.conversation_id
- text: Remove message {item_id} from the history of conversation {conversation_id}.
slots:
item_id: path.item_id
conversation_id: path.conversation_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/conversations'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Create a conversation
effect: write
questions:
- How do I create a persistent conversation to keep state across responses?
- Can I start a new conversation with some initial messages already in it?
instructions:
- text: Create a new conversation.
- text: Start a conversation seeded with items {items} and metadata {metadata}.
slots:
items: requestBody.items
metadata: requestBody.metadata
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/conversations/{conversation_id}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Retrieve a conversation
effect: read
questions:
- What metadata is attached to one of my conversations?
- Can I look up a conversation by its ID to confirm it still exists?
instructions:
- text: Get conversation {conversation_id}.
slots:
conversation_id: path.conversation_id
- text: Show the details and metadata of conversation {conversation_id}.
slots:
conversation_id: path.conversation_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/conversations/{conversation_id}'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Update a conversation's metadata
effect: write
questions:
- Can I tag a conversation with my own customer or session IDs?
- How do I change the metadata on an existing conversation?
instructions:
- text: Set metadata {metadata} on conversation {conversation_id}.
slots:
metadata: requestBody.metadata
conversation_id: path.conversation_id
- text: Replace the metadata of conversation {conversation_id} with {metadata}.
slots:
conversation_id: path.conversation_id
metadata: requestBody.metadata
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/conversations/{conversation_id}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Delete a conversation
effect: destructive
questions:
- Does deleting a conversation also delete the items inside it?
- What's the way to remove a whole conversation by ID?
instructions:
- text: Delete conversation {conversation_id}.
slots:
conversation_id: path.conversation_id
- text: Remove the entire conversation {conversation_id}.
slots:
conversation_id: path.conversation_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
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