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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Slack Web Search API

3 actions 3 updates phrasing extends openapi/slack-search-api-openapi.yml
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$.info
$.paths['/search.messages'].get
$.paths['/search.files'].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 Slack Web Search API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/slack-search-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: 2
- target: $.paths['/search.messages'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Search messages
      effect: read
      questions:
      - How do I find messages from a certain person in a specific channel?
      - Can a message search be limited to threads or a date range?
      - Is it possible to sort message results by timestamp instead of relevance?
      instructions:
      - text: Search messages for {query}.
        slots:
          query: query.query
      - text: Find messages matching {query}, sorted by {sort} {sort_dir}.
        slots:
          query: query.query
          sort: query.sort
          sort_dir: query.sort_dir
      - text: Search messages for {query} and return {count} per page.
        slots:
          query: query.query
          count: query.count
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/search.files'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Search files
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Where's that spreadsheet someone shared last month?
      - Can file search results highlight the matching terms?
      instructions:
      - text: Search files for {query}.
        slots:
          query: query.query
      - text: Find files matching {query}, sorted by {sort}.
        slots:
          query: query.query
          sort: query.sort
      - text: Search shared files for {query} with highlighting {highlight}.
        slots:
          query: query.query
          highlight: query.highlight
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'