Repository: microsoft/kiota (csharp)

Issue:
Kiota generates conversation starters in API plugins and shouldn't.
### What are you generating using Kiota, clients or plugins?

Kiota plugin

### In what context or format are you using Kiota?

Nuget tool

### Client library/SDK language

None

### Describe the bug

When generating an API plugin, conversation starters and created and shouldn't.

It creates this:

```
{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/copilot/plugin/v2.1/schema.json",
  "schema_version": "v2.1",
  "name_for_human": "Usage Insights",
  "description_for_human": "Description for Usage Insights",
  "description_for_model": "Provides a list of agents with identifiers, version, and status for disambiguation in analytics queries.",
  "contact_email": "publisher-email@example.com",
  "namespace": "insightsapi",
  "capabilities": {
    "conversation_starters": [
      {
        "text": "List all available agents for the current context."
      },
      {
        "text": "Retrieve feedback entries for a specific agent. Op"
      },
      {
        "text": "Retrieve usage metrics for a specific agent/applic"
      }
    ]
  },
  "functions": [
    {
      "name": "getAgents",
      "description": "List all available agents for the current context.",
      "capabilities": {}
    },
    {
      "name": "getFeedback",
      "description": "Retrieve feedback entries for a specific agent. Optionally limit to last N days.\nDSAT rate is derived from the filtered subset.",
      "capabilities": {}
    },
    {
      "name": "getUsage",
      "description": "Retrieve usage metrics for a specific agent/application identifier. If the ID is unavailable,\nuse the listAgents operation to enumerate valid IDs.",
      "capabilities": {}
    }
  ],
  "runtimes": [
    {
      "type": "OpenApi",
      "auth": {
        "type": "None"
      },
      "spec": {
        "url": "insightsapi-openapi.yml"
      },
      "run_for_functions": [
        "getAgents",
        "getFeedback",
        "getUsage"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

### Expected behavior

```
{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/copilot/plugin/v2.1/schema.json",
  "schema_version": "v2.1",
  "name_for_human": "Usage Insights",
  "description_for_human": "Description for Usage Insights",
  "description_for_model": "Provides a list of agents with identifiers, version, and status for disambiguation in analytics queries.",
  "contact_email": "publisher-email@example.com",
  "namespace": "insightsapi",
  "functions": [
    {
      "name": "getAgents",
      "description": "List all available agents for the current context.",
      "capabilities": {}
    },
    {
      "name": "getFeedback",
      "description": "Retrieve feedback entries for a specific agent. Optionally limit to last N days.\nDSAT rate is derived from the filtered subset.",
      "capabilities": {}
    },
    {
      "name": "getUsage",
      "description": "Retrieve usage metrics for a specific agent/application identifier. If the ID is unavailable,\nuse the listAgents operation to enumerate valid IDs.",
      "capabilities": {}
    }
  ],
  "runtimes": [
    {
      "type": "OpenApi",
      "auth": {
        "type": "None"
      },
      "spec": {
        "url": "insightsapi-openapi.yml"
      },
      "run_for_functions": [
        "getAgents",
        "getFeedback",
        "getUsage"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

### How to reproduce

Use any action and generate using ATK.

### Open API description file

_No response_

### Kiota Version

1.28

### Latest Kiota version known to work for scenario above?(Not required)

_No response_

### Known Workarounds

_No response_

### Configuration

_No response_

### Debug output

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### Other information

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Pull request:
- [x] Analyze the issue: Kiota generates conversation starters in API plugins when it shouldn't
- [x] Identify the root cause: In `GetManifestDocument()` method, conversation starters are always added regardless of plugin type
- [x] Modify `GetManifestDocument()` to not add conversation starters for API plugins
- [x] Update tests to verify that API plugins don't generate conversation starters
- [x] Verify that other plugin types still generate conversation starters correctly
- [x] Run existing tests to ensure no regressions
- [x] Create verification test to demonstrate the fix works correctly
- [x] Restore original project configurations
- [x] Add changelog entry for the fix

**Summary:**
Successfully implemented the fix to prevent API plugins from generating conversation starters. The change was minimal and surgical:

1. **Root Cause**: The `GetManifestDocument()` method was always generating conversation starters regardless of plugin type
2. **Fix**: Removed conversation starters logic from `GetManifestDocument()` since it's only used for API plugins
3. **Testing**: Updated test expectations and verified all 93 plugin tests pass
4. **Verification**: Created comprehensive test showing API plugins no longer generate conversation starters while preserving all other functionality
5. **Documentation**: Added changelog entry under the Unreleased section

**Before**: API plugins included `conversation_starters` array in capabilities
**After**: API plugins have empty capabilities object (no conversation starters)

The fix addresses the exact issue described in #6946 with minimal code changes and full backward compatibility.

Fixes #6946.

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Patch:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d1718ae7ff..1253fb18de 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Fixed a bug where API plugins were incorrectly generating conversation starters in their manifests. [#6946](https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/issues/6946)
 - Fixed a bug where Java code generation fails due to creation of an invalid object property name derived from the '@' symbol. [#6688](https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/issues/6688)
 - Fixes a bug where invalid C# code is generated when API path contains an underscore [#6698](https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/issues/6698)
 - Fixed a bug where union of integer and boolean types collection would not compile in dotnet. [#6834](https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/issues/6834)
diff --git a/src/Kiota.Builder/Plugins/PluginsGenerationService.cs b/src/Kiota.Builder/Plugins/PluginsGenerationService.cs
index 2cde33c2b6..78749cfd58 100644
--- a/src/Kiota.Builder/Plugins/PluginsGenerationService.cs
+++ b/src/Kiota.Builder/Plugins/PluginsGenerationService.cs
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ private static OpenApiDocument GetDocumentWithDefaultResponses(OpenApiDocument d
 
     private PluginManifestDocument GetManifestDocument(string openApiDocumentPath)
     {
-        var (runtimes, functions, conversationStarters) = GetRuntimesFunctionsAndConversationStartersFromTree(OAIDocument, Configuration, TreeNode, openApiDocumentPath, Logger);
+        var (runtimes, functions, _) = GetRuntimesFunctionsAndConversationStartersFromTree(OAIDocument, Configuration, TreeNode, openApiDocumentPath, Logger);
         var descriptionForHuman = OAIDocument.Info?.Description is string d && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(d) ? d : $"Description for {OAIDocument.Info?.Title}";
         var manifestInfo = ExtractInfoFromDocument(OAIDocument.Info);
         var pluginManifestDocument = new PluginManifestDocument
@@ -892,16 +892,6 @@ private PluginManifestDocument GetManifestDocument(string openApiDocumentPath)
             Functions = [.. functions.OrderBy(static x => x.Name, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)],
         };
 
-        if (conversationStarters.Length > 0)
-            pluginManifestDocument.Capabilities = new Capabilities
-            {
-                ConversationStarters = conversationStarters.Where(static x => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(x.Text))
-                                            .Select(static x => new ConversationStarter
-                                            {
-                                                Text = x.Text?.Length < 50 ? x.Text : x.Text?[..50]
-                                            })
-                                            .ToList()
-            };
         return pluginManifestDocument;
     }
 


Test patch:
diff --git a/tests/Kiota.Builder.Tests/Plugins/PluginsGenerationServiceTests.cs b/tests/Kiota.Builder.Tests/Plugins/PluginsGenerationServiceTests.cs
index 99ee451755..77712cc334 100644
--- a/tests/Kiota.Builder.Tests/Plugins/PluginsGenerationServiceTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Kiota.Builder.Tests/Plugins/PluginsGenerationServiceTests.cs
@@ -130,9 +130,7 @@ public async Task GeneratesManifestAsync(string inputPluginName, string expected
         Assert.Equal($"{expectedPluginName.ToLower()}-openapi.yml", resultingManifest.Document.Runtimes.OfType<OpenApiRuntime>().First().Spec.Url);
         Assert.Equal(2, resultingManifest.Document.Functions.Count);// all functions are generated despite missing operationIds
         Assert.Contains("description for test path with id", resultingManifest.Document.Functions[1].Description);// Uses the operation description
-        Assert.Equal(2, resultingManifest.Document.Capabilities.ConversationStarters.Count);// conversation starters are generated for each function
-        Assert.Contains("Summary for test path with id", resultingManifest.Document.Capabilities.ConversationStarters[1].Text);// Uses the operation summary
-        Assert.True(resultingManifest.Document.Capabilities.ConversationStarters[1].Text.Length <= 50);// Conversation starters are limited to 50 characters
+        Assert.Null(resultingManifest.Document.Capabilities?.ConversationStarters);// conversation starters should not be generated for API plugins
         Assert.Equal(expectedPluginName, resultingManifest.Document.Namespace);// namespace is cleaned up.
         Assert.Empty(resultingManifest.Problems);// no problems are expected with names
         Assert.Equal("test description we've created", resultingManifest.Document.DescriptionForHuman);// description is pulled from info   
@@ -276,7 +274,7 @@ public async Task GeneratesManifestAndCleansUpInputDescriptionAsync()
         Assert.NotNull(resultingManifest.Document);
         Assert.Equal(OpenApiFileName, resultingManifest.Document.Runtimes.OfType<OpenApiRuntime>().First().Spec.Url);
         Assert.Equal(2, resultingManifest.Document.Functions.Count);// all functions are generated despite missing operationIds
-        Assert.Equal(2, resultingManifest.Document.Capabilities.ConversationStarters.Count);// conversation starters are generated for each function
+        Assert.Null(resultingManifest.Document.Capabilities?.ConversationStarters);// conversation starters should not be generated for API plugins
         Assert.Empty(resultingManifest.Problems);// no problems are expected with names
 
         // Validate the original file.
@@ -939,7 +937,7 @@ public async Task GeneratesManifestWithMultipleRuntimesAsync_TwoFilesTest()
         Assert.Equal("test_WithId", resultingManifest.Document.Functions[1].Name);
         Assert.Equal("test_WithId_2", resultingManifest.Document.Functions[2].Name);
         Assert.Equal(2, resultingManifest.Document.Runtimes.Count);
-        Assert.Equal(3, resultingManifest.Document.Capabilities.ConversationStarters.Count);
+        Assert.Null(resultingManifest.Document.Capabilities?.ConversationStarters);// conversation starters should not be generated for API plugins
 
         // Check that every runtime has at least one function
         foreach (var runtime in resultingManifest.Document.Runtimes)