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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Identity Exposure Alert API

5 actions 5 updates phrasing extends openapi/tenable-alert-api-openapi.yml

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x-apievangelist-phrasing

Targets 5

$.info

$.paths['/api/alerts/{id}'].get

$.paths['/api/alerts/{id}'].patch

$.paths['/api/profiles/{profileId}/alerts'].get

$.paths['/api/profiles/{profileId}/alerts'].patch

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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 Alert API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/tenable-alert-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: 4
- target: $.paths['/api/alerts/{id}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get an alert
      effect: read
      questions:
      - How do I open the details of a single alert?
      - Can I check whether a specific alert has been read or archived?
      instructions:
      - text: Get alert {id}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
      - text: Show the details of alert {id}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/alerts/{id}'].patch
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Mark one alert read or archived
      effect: write
      questions:
      - Can I mark just one alert as read?
      - How do I archive a single alert I've dealt with?
      instructions:
      - text: Set archived to {archived} on alert {id}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
          archived: requestBody.archived
      - text: 'Mark alert {id} as read: {read}.'
        slots:
          id: path.id
          read: requestBody.read
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/profiles/{profileId}/alerts'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List alerts for a profile
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What alerts are open for my security profile?
      - Can I list only unread alerts, or only archived ones?
      instructions:
      - text: List alerts for profile {profileId}.
        slots:
          profileId: path.profileId
      - text: Show unread alerts in profile {profileId}, read={read}, archived={archived}.
        slots:
          profileId: path.profileId
          read: query.read
          archived: query.archived
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/profiles/{profileId}/alerts'].patch
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Bulk-mark a profile's alerts
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I mark every alert in a profile as read at once?
      - Is there a way to archive all alerts for a profile in bulk?
      instructions:
      - text: Mark all alerts in profile {profileId} as read={read}.
        slots:
          profileId: path.profileId
          read: requestBody.read
      - text: Bulk set archived={archived} on every alert of profile {profileId}.
        slots:
          profileId: path.profileId
          archived: requestBody.archived
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'

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