Slack · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0
API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Slack Apps Applications API
9 actions
9 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/slack-applications-api-openapi.yml
Generated by API Evangelist
Written by API Evangelist tooling for Slack's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Slack publishes.
What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 9
$.info
$.paths['/apps.event.authorizations.list'].get
$.paths['/apps.permissions.info'].get
$.paths['/apps.permissions.request'].get
$.paths['/apps.permissions.resources.list'].get
$.paths['/apps.permissions.scopes.list'].get
$.paths['/apps.permissions.users.list'].get
$.paths['/apps.permissions.users.request'].get
$.paths['/apps.uninstall'].get
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 Slack Apps Applications API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/slack-applications-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['/apps.event.authorizations.list'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List app installations that can see an event
effect: read
questions:
- Which installations of my app is a given event visible to?
- How do I find the authorizations behind an event context in Slack?
instructions:
- text: List the authorizations for event context {event_context}.
slots:
event_context: query.event_context
- text: Show up to {limit} app installations that can see event {event_context}.
slots:
limit: query.limit
event_context: query.event_context
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/apps.permissions.info'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get the permissions my app has on a team
effect: read
questions:
- What permissions does my app currently hold on this workspace?
- Can I get an overview of my app's permission info in one call?
instructions:
- text: Show the permissions info for my app on this team.
- text: Get the permissions my app has using token {token}.
slots:
token: query.token
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/apps.permissions.request'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Request additional scopes for my app
effect: write
questions:
- Can my app ask a user for extra scopes after it's installed?
- What do I need to trigger an additional scope request?
instructions:
- text: Request scopes {scopes} using trigger {trigger_id}.
slots:
scopes: query.scopes
trigger_id: query.trigger_id
- text: Ask the workspace to grant my app {scopes}, triggered by {trigger_id}.
slots:
scopes: query.scopes
trigger_id: query.trigger_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/apps.permissions.resources.list'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List resource grants my app holds
effect: read
questions:
- Which channels and other resources has my app been granted access to?
- Is the list of resource grants paginated?
instructions:
- text: List the resource grants my app has on this team with token {token}.
slots:
token: query.token
- text: Show {limit} resource grants from cursor {cursor} using token {token}.
slots:
limit: query.limit
cursor: query.cursor
token: query.token
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/apps.permissions.scopes.list'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List scopes my app has on a team
effect: read
questions:
- What OAuth scopes has my app been granted on this team?
- Can I check which scopes are active before calling a method?
instructions:
- text: List the scopes granted to my app with token {token}.
slots:
token: query.token
- text: Show my app's current scope list.
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/apps.permissions.users.list'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List user grants and their scopes
effect: read
questions:
- Which users have granted my app user-level scopes?
- How do I page through my app's user grants?
instructions:
- text: List user grants and scopes for my app with token {token}.
slots:
token: query.token
- text: Show {limit} user grants starting at cursor {cursor}, token {token}.
slots:
limit: query.limit
cursor: query.cursor
token: query.token
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/apps.permissions.users.request'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Ask a user to grant user-level scopes
effect: write
questions:
- Can my app pop up a permissions modal asking one user for a user scope?
- What's required to request a user token scope from a specific person?
instructions:
- text: Ask user {user} to grant {scopes} via trigger {trigger_id}.
slots:
user: query.user
scopes: query.scopes
trigger_id: query.trigger_id
- text: Open a user permissions modal for {user} requesting {scopes}, trigger {trigger_id}.
slots:
user: query.user
scopes: query.scopes
trigger_id: query.trigger_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/apps.uninstall'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Uninstall my app from a workspace
effect: destructive
questions:
- How do I uninstall my app from a workspace programmatically?
- Does uninstalling the app need its client ID and secret?
instructions:
- text: Uninstall my app from this workspace.
- text: Uninstall the app with client ID {client_id} and secret {client_secret}.
slots:
client_id: query.client_id
client_secret: query.client_secret
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
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