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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Identity Exposure AD object API

8 actions 8 updates phrasing extends openapi/tenable-ad-object-api-openapi.yml
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$.info
$.paths['/api/ad-objects'].get
$.paths['/api/directories/{directoryId}/ad-objects/{id}'].get
$.paths['/api/infrastructures/{infrastructureId}/directories/{directoryId}/ad-objects/{id}'].get
$.paths['/api/profiles/{profileId}/checkers/{checkerId}/ad-objects/{id}'].get
$.paths['/api/infrastructures/{infrastructureId}/directories/{directoryId}/events/{eventId}/ad-objects/{id}'].get
$.paths['/api/infrastructures/{infrastructureId}/directories/{directoryId}/events/{eventId}/ad-objects/{id}/changes'].get
$.paths['/api/profiles/{profileId}/checkers/{checkerId}/ad-objects/search'].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 Identity Exposure AD object API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/tenable-ad-object-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
      generator: build-phrasing.py
      label: Generated by API Evangelist
      operations: 7
- target: $.paths['/api/ad-objects'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List every AD object's latest state
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Can I pull the last known state of every Active Directory object at once?
      - How do I export all AD objects Identity Exposure has collected?
      instructions:
      - text: List the latest state of every AD object.
      - text: Dump all ad-objects as of the current timestamp.
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/directories/{directoryId}/ad-objects/{id}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get an AD object in a directory
      effect: read
      questions:
      - How do I look up one AD object by id within a directory?
      - What attributes does a given AD object currently have in its directory?
      instructions:
      - text: Get AD object {id} from directory {directoryId}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
          directoryId: path.directoryId
      - text: Show object {id} in directory {directoryId} without naming the forest.
        slots:
          id: path.id
          directoryId: path.directoryId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/infrastructures/{infrastructureId}/directories/{directoryId}/ad-objects/{id}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get an AD object within a forest's directory
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Can I fetch an AD object by id when I know its forest and domain?
      - Which call returns an AD object scoped to a specific infrastructure and directory?
      instructions:
      - text: Get AD object {id} in directory {directoryId} of forest {infrastructureId}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
          directoryId: path.directoryId
          infrastructureId: path.infrastructureId
      - text: Fetch object {id} from infrastructure {infrastructureId}, domain {directoryId}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
          directoryId: path.directoryId
          infrastructureId: path.infrastructureId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/profiles/{profileId}/checkers/{checkerId}/ad-objects/{id}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get a deviant AD object for a checker
      effect: read
      questions:
      - How do I see why one AD object fails a specific indicator of exposure?
      - Can I include ignored deviances when viewing an object flagged by a checker?
      instructions:
      - text: Get AD object {id} flagged by checker {checkerId} in profile {profileId}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
          checkerId: path.checkerId
          profileId: path.profileId
      - text: 'Show object {id} for checker {checkerId} in profile {profileId}, ignored deviances included: {showIgnored}.'
        slots:
          id: path.id
          checkerId: path.checkerId
          profileId: path.profileId
          showIgnored: query.showIgnored
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/infrastructures/{infrastructureId}/directories/{directoryId}/events/{eventId}/ad-objects/{id}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get an AD object as of an event
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Can I see what an AD object looked like at the time of a particular event?
      - What was an object's state when a given AD change event happened?
      instructions:
      - text: Get AD object {id} as recorded in event {eventId} of directory {directoryId}, forest {infrastructureId}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
          eventId: path.eventId
          directoryId: path.directoryId
          infrastructureId: path.infrastructureId
      - text: Show the snapshot of object {id} at event {eventId} in directory {directoryId} of forest {infrastructureId}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
          eventId: path.eventId
          directoryId: path.directoryId
          infrastructureId: path.infrastructureId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/infrastructures/{infrastructureId}/directories/{directoryId}/events/{eventId}/ad-objects/{id}/changes'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: See what changed on an AD object in an event
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Which attributes changed on an AD object between an event and the one before it?
      - How do I diff an object's values before and after a change event?
      instructions:
      - text: Show the attribute changes on object {id} in event {eventId}, directory {directoryId}, forest {infrastructureId}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
          eventId: path.eventId
          directoryId: path.directoryId
          infrastructureId: path.infrastructureId
      - text: Diff object {id} at event {eventId} against the prior event in directory {directoryId} of {infrastructureId}, values {wantedValues}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
          eventId: path.eventId
          directoryId: path.directoryId
          infrastructureId: path.infrastructureId
          wantedValues: query.wantedValues
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/profiles/{profileId}/checkers/{checkerId}/ad-objects/search'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Search AD objects deviant for a checker
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Can I search which AD objects have deviances for one checker within a date range?
      - How do I filter flagged objects for an indicator by reason and directory?
      instructions:
      - text: 'Search objects failing checker {checkerId} in profile {profileId}: filter {expression}, directories {directories}, reasons {reasons}, ignored {showIgnored}.'
        slots:
          checkerId: path.checkerId
          profileId: path.profileId
          expression: requestBody.expression
          directories: requestBody.directories
          reasons: requestBody.reasons
          showIgnored: requestBody.showIgnored
      - text: Find objects flagged by checker {checkerId} in profile {profileId} between {dateStart} and {dateEnd}.
        slots:
          checkerId: path.checkerId
          profileId: path.profileId
          dateStart: requestBody.dateStart
          dateEnd: requestBody.dateEnd
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'