SmallStep · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist enhancements for Smallstep Platform API

2 actions 2 updates update extends openapi/smallstep-openapi-original.yml

Derived by API Evangelist Built from the contracts SmallStep publishes. SmallStep did not publish this file.

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What the actions change

x-apievangelist-ratingx-apievangelist-providerx-apievangelist-categoryx-api-evangelist-notesx-agentic-access-guidancex-error-catalogx-conventions

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$.info

OpenAPI Overlay

overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enhancements for Smallstep Platform API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/smallstep-openapi-original.yml
actions:
  - target: $.info
    update:
      x-apievangelist-rating: 4
      x-apievangelist-provider: smallstep
      x-apievangelist-category: identity-and-access
      x-api-evangelist-notes: >-
        Date-versioned API (X-Smallstep-Api-Version). Auth is JWT bearer with a mutual-TLS token
        exchange on POST /auth (client certificate from a trusted root -> short-lived bearer token
        via `step api token create`). Cursor pagination signalled by the X-Next-Cursor response
        header. Simple JSON error envelope ({"message": ...}), not RFC 9457.
  - target: $.info
    update:
      x-agentic-access-guidance: agentic-access/smallstep-agentic-access.yml
      x-error-catalog: errors/smallstep-problem-types.yml
      x-conventions: conventions/smallstep-conventions.yml

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