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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for OpenAI Skills API

12 actions 12 updates phrasing extends openapi/openai-skills-api-openapi.yml
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$.info
$.paths['/skills'].get
$.paths['/skills'].post
$.paths['/skills/{skill_id}'].get
$.paths['/skills/{skill_id}'].post
$.paths['/skills/{skill_id}'].delete
$.paths['/skills/{skill_id}/content'].get
$.paths['/skills/{skill_id}/versions'].get
$.paths['/skills/{skill_id}/versions'].post
$.paths['/skills/{skill_id}/versions/{version}'].get
$.paths['/skills/{skill_id}/versions/{version}'].delete
$.paths['/skills/{skill_id}/versions/{version}/content'].get

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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 OpenAI Skills API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/openai-skills-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: 11
- target: $.paths['/skills'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List the skills in my project
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Which skills have been uploaded to my current project?
      - Can I list my project's skills newest first?
      instructions:
      - text: List all the skills in this project.
      - text: Show {limit} project skills ordered {order}.
        slots:
          limit: query.limit
          order: query.order
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/skills'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Create a new skill from files
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I upload a brand-new skill for my agents to use?
      - What files do I need to send to create a skill?
      instructions:
      - text: Create a new skill from files {files}.
        slots:
          files: requestBody.files
      - text: Upload {files} as a brand-new skill.
        slots:
          files: requestBody.files
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/skills/{skill_id}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get a skill's details
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What is the current default version of one of my skills?
      - Can I look up a skill's metadata by its ID?
      instructions:
      - text: Show skill {skill_id}.
        slots:
          skill_id: path.skill_id
      - text: Check which version is the default for skill {skill_id}.
        slots:
          skill_id: path.skill_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/skills/{skill_id}'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Change which version of a skill is the default
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I roll a skill back to an earlier version?
      - Can I promote a new version so it becomes the skill's default?
      instructions:
      - text: Make version {default_version} the default for skill {skill_id}.
        slots:
          default_version: requestBody.default_version
          skill_id: path.skill_id
      - text: Roll skill {skill_id} back to version {default_version}.
        slots:
          skill_id: path.skill_id
          default_version: requestBody.default_version
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/skills/{skill_id}'].delete
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Delete a skill
      effect: destructive
      questions:
      - How do I remove a skill entirely, all versions included?
      - Can I delete a skill I no longer want agents to use?
      instructions:
      - text: Delete skill {skill_id}.
        slots:
          skill_id: path.skill_id
      - text: Remove skill {skill_id} from the project entirely.
        slots:
          skill_id: path.skill_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/skills/{skill_id}/content'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Download a skill's default zip bundle
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Can I download the zip bundle for a skill's current default?
      - Where do I get the packaged files of a skill I uploaded?
      instructions:
      - text: Download the zip bundle for skill {skill_id}.
        slots:
          skill_id: path.skill_id
      - text: Get the packaged files of skill {skill_id} as a zip.
        slots:
          skill_id: path.skill_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/skills/{skill_id}/versions'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List the versions of a skill
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What versions of a skill have been published?
      - Can I see a skill's version history oldest first?
      instructions:
      - text: List the versions of skill {skill_id}.
        slots:
          skill_id: path.skill_id
      - text: Show the version history of skill {skill_id} ordered {order}.
        slots:
          skill_id: path.skill_id
          order: query.order
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/skills/{skill_id}/versions'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Publish a new version of a skill
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I upload an updated version of an existing skill?
      - Can I make a new skill version the default as I publish it?
      - Are skill versions editable once they are published?
      instructions:
      - text: Publish {files} as a new version of skill {skill_id}.
        slots:
          files: requestBody.files
          skill_id: path.skill_id
      - text: Add a new version of skill {skill_id} from {files} and set default to {default}.
        slots:
          skill_id: path.skill_id
          files: requestBody.files
          default: requestBody.default
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/skills/{skill_id}/versions/{version}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get one specific version of a skill
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What are the details of a particular version of my skill?
      - Can I inspect an older skill version by its number?
      instructions:
      - text: Show version {version} of skill {skill_id}.
        slots:
          version: path.version
          skill_id: path.skill_id
      - text: Get the metadata of skill {skill_id} at version {version}.
        slots:
          skill_id: path.skill_id
          version: path.version
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/skills/{skill_id}/versions/{version}'].delete
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Delete one version of a skill
      effect: destructive
      questions:
      - Can I delete a bad version of a skill but keep the others?
      - How do I remove a single skill version?
      instructions:
      - text: Delete version {version} of skill {skill_id}.
        slots:
          version: path.version
          skill_id: path.skill_id
      - text: Remove just version {version} from skill {skill_id}.
        slots:
          version: path.version
          skill_id: path.skill_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/skills/{skill_id}/versions/{version}/content'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Download the zip bundle of a skill version
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Can I download the files of an older skill version rather than the default?
      - Where do I get the zip for one specific version of a skill?
      instructions:
      - text: Download the zip for version {version} of skill {skill_id}.
        slots:
          version: path.version
          skill_id: path.skill_id
      - text: Get skill {skill_id}'s version {version} bundle as a zip file.
        slots:
          skill_id: path.skill_id
          version: path.version
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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