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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 Twilio Phone Numbers API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/twilio-phone-numbers-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: 3
- target: $.paths['/PhoneNumbers/{PhoneNumber}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Look up information about a phone number
effect: read
questions:
- Is this a mobile, landline or VoIP number, and who is the caller?
- Can I check whether a phone number's SIM was recently swapped?
- How do I verify that a phone number belongs to the person who gave it to me?
instructions:
- text: Look up {phone_number} and return {fields}.
slots:
phone_number: path.PhoneNumber
fields: query.Fields
- text: Validate national-format number {phone_number} for country {country}.
slots:
phone_number: path.PhoneNumber
country: query.CountryCode
- text: Run an identity match on {phone_number} for {first_name} {last_name}, born {dob}.
slots:
phone_number: path.PhoneNumber
first_name: query.FirstName
last_name: query.LastName
dob: query.DateOfBirth
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/Services/{ServiceSid}/PhoneNumbers'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List phone numbers in a Messaging Service
effect: read
questions:
- Which phone numbers are in my Messaging Service sender pool?
- What numbers does a messaging service send from?
instructions:
- text: List the phone numbers in Messaging Service {service}.
slots:
service: path.ServiceSid
- text: Show the sender pool numbers of messaging service {service}.
slots:
service: path.ServiceSid
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/Services/{ServiceSid}/PhoneNumbers'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Add a phone number to a Messaging Service
effect: write
questions:
- How do I add one of my numbers to a Messaging Service's sender pool?
- Can I send messages from an extra number through my messaging service?
instructions:
- text: Add phone number {phone_number_sid} to Messaging Service {service}.
slots:
phone_number_sid: requestBody.PhoneNumberSid
service: path.ServiceSid
- text: Put number {phone_number_sid} into the sender pool of service {service}.
slots:
phone_number_sid: requestBody.PhoneNumberSid
service: path.ServiceSid
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
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