Pica8 · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0
API Evangelist enhancements for the Pica8 AmpCon Network Controller API
9 actions
9 updates
update
extends
openapi/pica8-ampcon-openapi.yml
Derived by API Evangelist
Built from the contracts Pica8 publishes. Pica8 did not publish this file.
What the actions change
x-agentic-accessx-reversalx-contract-defectx-api-evangelistx-error-signallingx-dry-runx-sensitive-response-fieldsx-warning
Targets 9
$.info
$
$.paths['/api/backup_config/rollback'].post
$.paths['/api/switch/decom'].post
$.paths['/api/config_files/push'].post
$.paths['/api/settings/system_config'].get
$.paths['/api/settings/update_user'].get
$.paths['/api/switch/groups/update'].post
$.components.securitySchemes.bearerAuth
OpenAPI Overlay
overlay: 1.0.0
info:
title: API Evangelist enhancements for the Pica8 AmpCon Network Controller API
version: 1.0.0
x-generated: '2026-08-26'
x-method: generated
x-source: >-
Captures the API Evangelist enrichment layer applied on top of
openapi/pica8-ampcon-openapi.yml, which was itself transcribed from Pica8's published AmpCon API document at
https://pica8-fs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ampcon/pages/753668/AmpCon+API+document. This overlay records what
API Evangelist ADDED - agent-safety classification, reversal bindings and the runtime warnings a caller needs -
so that our additions stay separable from Pica8's own contract.
extends: openapi/pica8-ampcon-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
description: Record the enrichment pass that produced the derived artifacts alongside this spec.
update:
x-api-evangelist:
enriched: '2026-08-26'
pass: local-v1
artifacts:
authentication: authentication/pica8-authentication.yml
conventions: conventions/pica8-conventions.yml
errors: errors/pica8-problem-types.yml
data_model: data-model/pica8-data-model.yml
lifecycle: lifecycle/pica8-lifecycle.yml
changelog: changelog/pica8-changelog.yml
conformance: conformance/pica8-conformance.yml
skills: skills/_index.yml
- target: $
description: State plainly that error signalling is body-carried, so no generated client trusts the status line.
update:
x-error-signalling:
location: response-body
code_fields: [status, status_code]
message_fields: [msg, message, info]
rfc9457: false
guidance: >-
Do not branch on the HTTP status line alone. AmpCon reports 400 and 500 conditions inside the JSON body,
and the field names vary by module.
- target: $.paths['/api/backup_config/rollback'].post
description: Mark the rollback operation as the reversal path for configuration change, with its window recorded as unknown.
update:
x-reversal:
reverses: [pushConfigFileToSwitch, updateSwitchConfig, generateSwitchConfig]
requires: an existing snapshot created by backupSwitchConfiguration
window: null
window_documented: false
note: Pica8 publishes no snapshot retention period. Never assume one.
- target: $.paths['/api/switch/decom'].post
description: Mark DECOM as destructive and as the reversal of deployment.
update:
x-agentic-access:
action_class: destructive
consequence: high
escalation: human-approval
x-reversal:
reverses: [stageSwitch, importSwitch]
window: null
window_documented: false
precondition: AmpCon must be able to reach the switch; otherwise the call fails with "cannot connect to switch, please check".
- target: $.paths['/api/config_files/push'].post
description: Flag configuration push as a high-consequence write with a documented rehearsal path.
update:
x-agentic-access:
action_class: write
consequence: high
escalation: human-approval
x-dry-run:
rehearse_with: [verifyGeneratedConfiguration, compareBackupWithRunningConfig]
note: Diff before you push. Both comparison operations are read-only.
- target: $.paths['/api/settings/system_config'].get
description: Warn that this read returns live credentials in plaintext.
update:
x-agentic-access:
action_class: read
consequence: high
sensitivity: credentials
escalation: deny-by-default
x-sensitive-response-fields:
- license_portal_password
- switch_op_password
x-warning: >-
This operation returns the license portal password and the switch SSH operation password in plaintext to
any superadmin token holder. It should not be exposed to an agent.
- target: $.paths['/api/settings/update_user'].get
description: Flag the user-administration operation as a privilege-escalation surface and record the method inconsistency.
update:
x-agentic-access:
action_class: admin
consequence: high
escalation: deny-by-default
x-contract-defect:
issue: >-
The published document lists this operation as a GET while also specifying a JSON request body. Some HTTP
clients and intermediaries will not send a body on GET. Confirm the actual method against the AmpCon
build in use before relying on it.
- target: $.paths['/api/switch/groups/update'].post
description: Record that this single path is overloaded for both update and delete.
update:
x-contract-defect:
issue: >-
Pica8's document assigns POST /api/switch/groups/update to BOTH group update and group delete. The
operation performed depends on which fields the body carries. A caller that sends a partial body
intending an update may delete the group.
severity: high
- target: $.components.securitySchemes.bearerAuth
description: Record the superadmin-only constraint as a machine-readable authorization note.
update:
x-authorization-model:
scopes: none
roles_recognised: [readonly, operator, admin, superadmin]
api_access_requires: superadmin
note: >-
AmpCon has four user roles but only one of them can use the API at all. There is no scoped or
least-privilege API credential - an API caller is always a full administrator.
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