Yelp · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

Yelp Businesses overlay

13 actions 13 updates update extends openapi/yelp-businesses-api-openapi.yml
Generated by API Evangelist Written by API Evangelist tooling for Yelp's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Yelp publishes.
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What the actions change

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Targets 13

$.info
$.paths['/ai/chat/v2'].post
$.paths['/v3/businesses/engagement'].get
$.paths['/v3/businesses/insights'].get
$.paths['/v3/businesses/matches'].get
$.paths['/v3/businesses/search'].get
$.paths['/v3/businesses/search/phone'].get
$.paths['/v3/businesses/{business_id_or_alias}'].get
$.paths['/v3/businesses/{business_id_or_alias}/insights/food_and_drinks'].get
$.paths['/v3/businesses/{business_id_or_alias}/insights/risk_signals'].get
$.paths['/v3/businesses/{business_id_or_alias}/rapc_enabledness'].post
$.paths['/v3/businesses/{business_id_or_alias}/service_offerings'].get
$.paths['/v3/transactions/{transaction_type}/search'].get

OpenAPI Overlay

Raw ↑ 
overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: Yelp Businesses overlay
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/yelp-businesses-api-openapi.yml
x-provenance:
  generated: '2026-11-05'
  method: generated
  source: openapi/yelp-businesses-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
  description: Record API Evangelist provenance for this contract.
  update:
    x-apievangelist:
      provider: yelp
      profiled: '2026-11-05'
      source_file: openapi/yelp-businesses-api-openapi.yml
      mcp_server: https://github.com/Yelp/yelp-mcp
- target: $.paths['/ai/chat/v2'].post
  description: Agent hints for v2_ai_chat derived from the HTTP method and the yelp-mcp tool binding.
  update:
    x-agent-hints:
      readOnly: false
      destructive: false
      mcpTool: yelp_agent
- target: $.paths['/v3/businesses/engagement'].get
  description: Agent hints for v3_get_businesses_engagement derived from the HTTP method.
  update:
    x-agent-hints:
      readOnly: true
      destructive: false
- target: $.paths['/v3/businesses/insights'].get
  description: Agent hints for v3_businesses_insights derived from the HTTP method.
  update:
    x-agent-hints:
      readOnly: true
      destructive: false
- target: $.paths['/v3/businesses/matches'].get
  description: Agent hints for v3_business_match derived from the HTTP method.
  update:
    x-agent-hints:
      readOnly: true
      destructive: false
- target: $.paths['/v3/businesses/search'].get
  description: Agent hints for v3_business_search derived from the HTTP method.
  update:
    x-agent-hints:
      readOnly: true
      destructive: false
- target: $.paths['/v3/businesses/search/phone'].get
  description: Agent hints for v3_business_phone_search derived from the HTTP method.
  update:
    x-agent-hints:
      readOnly: true
      destructive: false
- target: $.paths['/v3/businesses/{business_id_or_alias}'].get
  description: Agent hints for v3_business_info derived from the HTTP method.
  update:
    x-agent-hints:
      readOnly: true
      destructive: false
- target: $.paths['/v3/businesses/{business_id_or_alias}/insights/food_and_drinks'].get
  description: Agent hints for v3_get_business_food_and_drinks_insights derived from the HTTP method.
  update:
    x-agent-hints:
      readOnly: true
      destructive: false
- target: $.paths['/v3/businesses/{business_id_or_alias}/insights/risk_signals'].get
  description: Agent hints for v3_get_business_risk_signals_insights derived from the HTTP method.
  update:
    x-agent-hints:
      readOnly: true
      destructive: false
- target: $.paths['/v3/businesses/{business_id_or_alias}/rapc_enabledness'].post
  description: Agent hints for v3_business_rapc_enabledness derived from the HTTP method.
  update:
    x-agent-hints:
      readOnly: false
      destructive: false
- target: $.paths['/v3/businesses/{business_id_or_alias}/service_offerings'].get
  description: Agent hints for v3_business_service_offerings derived from the HTTP method.
  update:
    x-agent-hints:
      readOnly: true
      destructive: false
- target: $.paths['/v3/transactions/{transaction_type}/search'].get
  description: Agent hints for v3_transaction_search derived from the HTTP method.
  update:
    x-agent-hints:
      readOnly: true
      destructive: false

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