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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Tenable Folders API
9 actions
9 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/tenable-folders-api-openapi.yml
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Written by API Evangelist tooling for Tenable's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Tenable publishes.
What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 9
$.info
$.paths['/folders'].get
$.paths['/folders'].post
$.paths['/folders/{folder_id}'].put
$.paths['/folders/{folder_id}'].delete
$.paths['/was/v2/folders'].get
$.paths['/was/v2/folders'].post
$.paths['/was/v2/folders/{folder_id}'].put
$.paths['/was/v2/folders/{folder_id}'].delete
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 Tenable Folders API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/tenable-folders-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: 8
- target: $.paths['/folders'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List vulnerability management scan folders
effect: read
questions:
- What scan folders do I have in Vulnerability Management?
- Does the folder list include Tenable's built-in folders as well as mine?
instructions:
- text: List my vulnerability management scan folders.
- text: Show the built-in and custom folders for network scans.
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/folders'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Create a vulnerability management scan folder
effect: write
questions:
- How do I create a new folder to organise my network scans?
- Is there a rate limit on creating scan folders?
instructions:
- text: Create a vulnerability management folder named {name}.
slots:
name: requestBody.name
- text: Make a new network scan folder called {name}.
slots:
name: requestBody.name
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/folders/{folder_id}'].put
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Rename a vulnerability management scan folder
effect: write
questions:
- Can I rename one of my network scan folders?
- Why can't I rename a Tenable-provided scan folder?
instructions:
- text: Rename vulnerability management folder {folder_id} to {name}.
slots:
folder_id: path.folder_id
name: requestBody.name
- text: Change the name of network scan folder {folder_id} to {name}.
slots:
folder_id: path.folder_id
name: requestBody.name
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/folders/{folder_id}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Delete a vulnerability management scan folder
effect: destructive
questions:
- What happens to the scans in a network scan folder when I delete it?
- Can an administrator delete another user's scan folder?
instructions:
- text: Delete vulnerability management folder {folder_id}.
slots:
folder_id: path.folder_id
- text: Remove network scan folder {folder_id} and send its scans to Trash.
slots:
folder_id: path.folder_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/was/v2/folders'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List web app scanning folders
effect: read
questions:
- Which custom folders do I have in Web App Scanning?
- Where can I see my WAS scan folders?
instructions:
- text: List my web app scanning folders.
- text: Show my custom WAS folders.
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/was/v2/folders'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Create a web app scanning folder
effect: write
questions:
- How do I create a folder for my web application scans?
- Can I make custom folders in Web App Scanning?
instructions:
- text: Create a web app scanning folder named {name}.
slots:
name: requestBody.name
- text: Make a new WAS folder called {name}.
slots:
name: requestBody.name
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/was/v2/folders/{folder_id}'].put
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Rename a web app scanning folder
effect: write
questions:
- Can I rename a folder in Web App Scanning?
- Am I allowed to rename another user's WAS folder as an admin?
instructions:
- text: Rename web app scanning folder {folder_id} to {name}.
slots:
folder_id: path.folder_id
name: requestBody.name
- text: Change WAS folder {folder_id} name to {name}.
slots:
folder_id: path.folder_id
name: requestBody.name
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/was/v2/folders/{folder_id}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Delete a web app scanning folder
effect: destructive
questions:
- How do I delete a Web App Scanning folder?
- Where do web app scans go when their WAS folder is deleted?
instructions:
- text: Delete web app scanning folder {folder_id}.
slots:
folder_id: path.folder_id
- text: Remove WAS folder {folder_id}.
slots:
folder_id: path.folder_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
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