Twilio · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0
API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Twilio Messaging Messages API
6 actions
6 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/twilio-messages-api-openapi.yml
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Written by API Evangelist tooling for Twilio's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Twilio publishes.
What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 6
$.info
$.paths['/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages.json'].get
$.paths['/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages.json'].post
$.paths['/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages/{MessageSid}.json'].get
$.paths['/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages/{MessageSid}.json'].post
$.paths['/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages/{MessageSid}.json'].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 Twilio Messaging Messages API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/twilio-messages-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: 5
- target: $.paths['/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages.json'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List sent and received messages
effect: read
questions:
- Which text messages did my account send to a particular phone number?
- Can I see every SMS that went out on a specific day?
- What messages came in from one sender, newest first?
instructions:
- text: List messages on account {account} sent to {to}.
slots:
account: path.AccountSid
to: query.To
- text: Show messages from {from} on account {account}.
slots:
from: query.From
account: path.AccountSid
- text: List all messages account {account} sent on {date}.
slots:
account: path.AccountSid
date: query.DateSent
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages.json'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Send an SMS or MMS message
effect: write
questions:
- How do I send a text message to a customer's phone number with Twilio?
- Can I attach an image to a text and send it as MMS?
- Is it possible to schedule a text to go out later instead of right now?
- Can I send a message using a content template and fill in its variables?
instructions:
- text: 'Text {to} from {from} on account {account}: {body}'
slots:
to: requestBody.To
from: requestBody.From
account: path.AccountSid
body: requestBody.Body
- text: Send an MMS to {to} with the image at {media_url} from account {account}.
slots:
to: requestBody.To
media_url: requestBody.MediaUrl
account: path.AccountSid
- text: Schedule {body} to {to} at {send_at} through messaging service {service} on account {account}.
slots:
body: requestBody.Body
to: requestBody.To
send_at: requestBody.SendAt
service: requestBody.MessagingServiceSid
account: path.AccountSid
- text: Send content template {content} to {to} with variables {variables} from account {account}.
slots:
content: requestBody.ContentSid
to: requestBody.To
variables: requestBody.ContentVariables
account: path.AccountSid
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages/{MessageSid}.json'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Look up one message
effect: read
questions:
- Was a particular text message delivered, and what did it cost?
- How can I pull up the full record of one message by its SID?
instructions:
- text: Show message {message} on account {account}.
slots:
message: path.MessageSid
account: path.AccountSid
- text: Check the delivery status of text {message} in account {account}.
slots:
message: path.MessageSid
account: path.AccountSid
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages/{MessageSid}.json'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Redact or cancel a message
effect: write
questions:
- Can I wipe the body of a sent message so its content is no longer stored?
- How do I cancel a scheduled text before it goes out?
instructions:
- text: Redact the body of message {message} on account {account}.
slots:
message: path.MessageSid
account: path.AccountSid
- text: Cancel queued message {message} in account {account} by setting status {status}.
slots:
message: path.MessageSid
account: path.AccountSid
status: requestBody.Status
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages/{MessageSid}.json'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Delete a message record
effect: destructive
questions:
- Can I remove a message so it no longer shows up in my account logs?
- What happens to a text's log entry when I delete the message record?
instructions:
- text: Delete message {message} from account {account}.
slots:
message: path.MessageSid
account: path.AccountSid
- text: Remove the record of text {message} from the logs of account {account}.
slots:
message: path.MessageSid
account: path.AccountSid
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
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