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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Slack Assistant AI API

4 actions 4 updates phrasing extends openapi/slack-ai-api-openapi.yml
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$.info
$.paths['/assistant.threads.setStatus'].post
$.paths['/assistant.threads.setSuggestedPrompts'].post
$.paths['/assistant.threads.setTitle'].post

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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 Slack Assistant AI API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/slack-ai-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: 3
- target: $.paths['/assistant.threads.setStatus'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Show a status on an assistant thread
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I show a 'thinking' indicator while my AI assistant works on a reply?
      - Can my assistant app display a custom status in a thread?
      instructions:
      - text: Set the status of assistant thread {thread_ts} in {channel_id} to {status}.
        slots:
          thread_ts: requestBody.thread_ts
          channel_id: requestBody.channel_id
          status: requestBody.status
      - text: Show {status} in the assistant thread {thread_ts} of channel {channel_id}.
        slots:
          status: requestBody.status
          thread_ts: requestBody.thread_ts
          channel_id: requestBody.channel_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/assistant.threads.setSuggestedPrompts'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Offer suggested prompts in an assistant thread
      effect: write
      questions:
      - Can my assistant offer clickable starter prompts to the user?
      - Is there a way to give the suggested prompts a heading?
      instructions:
      - text: Suggest prompts {prompts} in assistant thread {thread_ts} of {channel_id}.
        slots:
          prompts: requestBody.prompts
          thread_ts: requestBody.thread_ts
          channel_id: requestBody.channel_id
      - text: Add suggested prompts {prompts} titled {title} to thread {thread_ts} in {channel_id}.
        slots:
          prompts: requestBody.prompts
          title: requestBody.title
          thread_ts: requestBody.thread_ts
          channel_id: requestBody.channel_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/assistant.threads.setTitle'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Title an assistant thread
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I name an AI assistant conversation so it's easy to find later?
      - Can the assistant change a thread's title after it starts?
      instructions:
      - text: Title assistant thread {thread_ts} in {channel_id} as {title}.
        slots:
          thread_ts: requestBody.thread_ts
          channel_id: requestBody.channel_id
          title: requestBody.title
      - text: Rename the assistant conversation {thread_ts} in channel {channel_id} to {title}.
        slots:
          thread_ts: requestBody.thread_ts
          channel_id: requestBody.channel_id
          title: requestBody.title
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'