Yelp · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

Yelp Categories overlay

3 actions 3 updates update extends openapi/yelp-categories-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

x-agent-hintsx-apievangelist

Targets 3

$.info

$.paths['/v3/categories'].get

$.paths['/v3/categories/{alias}'].get

OpenAPI Overlay

overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: Yelp Categories overlay
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/yelp-categories-api-openapi.yml
x-provenance:
  generated: '2026-11-05'
  method: generated
  source: openapi/yelp-categories-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-categories-api-openapi.yml
      mcp_server: https://github.com/Yelp/yelp-mcp
- target: $.paths['/v3/categories'].get
  description: Agent hints for v3_all_categories derived from the HTTP method.
  update:
    x-agent-hints:
      readOnly: true
      destructive: false
- target: $.paths['/v3/categories/{alias}'].get
  description: Agent hints for v3_categories derived from the HTTP method.
  update:
    x-agent-hints:
      readOnly: true
      destructive: false

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