Xero · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist overlay for Xero Payroll AU API 2.0

6 actions 6 updates update extends openapi/xero-payrollau-v2-api-openapi.yml

Derived by API Evangelist Built from the contracts Xero publishes. Xero did not publish this file.

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What the actions change

x-idempotencyx-apievangelist-profiledx-llms-txtx-authentication

Targets 6

$.info

$.paths['/Timesheets/{TimesheetID}/Approve'].post

$.paths['/Timesheets'].post

$.paths['/Timesheets/{TimesheetID}/Lines'].post

$.paths['/Timesheets/{TimesheetID}/RevertToDraft'].post

$.paths['/Timesheets/{TimesheetID}/Lines/{TimesheetLineID}'].put

OpenAPI Overlay

overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist overlay for Xero Payroll AU API 2.0
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/xero-payrollau-v2-api-openapi.yml
x-generated: '2026-10-20'
x-method: generated
x-source: openapi/xero-payrollau-v2-api-openapi.yml
x-rationale: 'Records our enhancements without mutating the spec: Idempotency-Key support marked per operation (from
  the spec''s own parameters) and, where applicable, the official Xero MCP tools that call each operation (from
  mcp/xero-tool-crosswalk.yml).'
actions:
- target: $.info
  description: API Evangelist provenance and agent-surface pointers.
  update:
    x-apievangelist-profiled: '2026-10-20'
    x-llms-txt: llms/xero-llms.txt
    x-authentication: authentication/xero-authentication.yml
- target: $.paths['/Timesheets/{TimesheetID}/Approve'].post
  description: 'approveTimesheet: x-idempotency'
  update:
    x-idempotency:
      header: Idempotency-Key
      max_length: 128
      source: components.parameters.idempotencyKey
- target: $.paths['/Timesheets'].post
  description: 'createTimesheet: x-idempotency'
  update:
    x-idempotency:
      header: Idempotency-Key
      max_length: 128
      source: components.parameters.idempotencyKey
- target: $.paths['/Timesheets/{TimesheetID}/Lines'].post
  description: 'createTimesheetLine: x-idempotency'
  update:
    x-idempotency:
      header: Idempotency-Key
      max_length: 128
      source: components.parameters.idempotencyKey
- target: $.paths['/Timesheets/{TimesheetID}/RevertToDraft'].post
  description: 'revertTimesheet: x-idempotency'
  update:
    x-idempotency:
      header: Idempotency-Key
      max_length: 128
      source: components.parameters.idempotencyKey
- target: $.paths['/Timesheets/{TimesheetID}/Lines/{TimesheetLineID}'].put
  description: 'updateTimesheetLine: x-idempotency'
  update:
    x-idempotency:
      header: Idempotency-Key
      max_length: 128
      source: components.parameters.idempotencyKey

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