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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 OpenSanctions Matching API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/opensanctions-matching-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['/match/{dataset}'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Screen people or companies against sanctions lists
effect: read
questions:
- How do I screen a customer by name, date of birth and nationality against sanctions lists?
- Can I submit a batch of people and companies to be matched in one request?
- What score threshold decides whether a candidate counts as a match?
- Which scoring algorithm should I name to tune how strictly entities are matched?
instructions:
- text: Screen these entities {queries} against the {dataset} collection.
slots:
queries: requestBody.queries
dataset: path.dataset
- text: Match {queries} in {dataset} using the {algorithm} algorithm with a threshold of {threshold}.
slots:
queries: requestBody.queries
dataset: path.dataset
algorithm: query.algorithm
threshold: query.threshold
- text: Run my batch {queries} against {dataset} but only flag matches tagged with topics {topics}.
slots:
queries: requestBody.queries
dataset: path.dataset
topics: query.topics
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/search/{dataset}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Search entities by a name or text
effect: read
questions:
- Can I do a quick free-text name search across sanctioned and politically exposed people?
- Does the text search support wildcards and fuzzy spelling?
- Is it possible to narrow a name search to a country or to only company records?
instructions:
- text: Search {dataset} for the name {q}.
slots:
dataset: path.dataset
q: query.q
- text: Look up {q} in {dataset}, limited to entities from countries {countries}.
slots:
q: query.q
dataset: path.dataset
countries: query.countries
- text: Run a fuzzy text search for {q} in {dataset} restricted to the {schema} type.
slots:
q: query.q
dataset: path.dataset
schema: query.schema
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
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