# Context.dev Emulator (service host)

Create an instance:
curl -s -X POST https://context.emulators.dev/_emulate/instances
# Hosted deployments create instances lazily when the returned URL is first used. The instance URL is a capability: anyone who has it can read and modify the instance, so save the returned URLs. Never store real secrets in an emulator.
# The server generates an unguessable name. An optional {"instance":"<prefix>"} body adds a readable prefix.

Then use the returned providerBaseUrl / controlBaseUrl. Example below uses a sample instance.
# Context.dev Emulator

Seeded company matching by email domain for onboarding tests.

Provider base URL: https://context.your-instance.emulators.dev
Control base URL: https://context.your-instance.emulators.dev/_emulate

Supported surfaces:
- Brand retrieval by email: partial at /v1

Control endpoints:
- https://context.your-instance.emulators.dev/_emulate/manifest
- https://context.your-instance.emulators.dev/_emulate/coverage
- https://context.your-instance.emulators.dev/_emulate/connections
- https://context.your-instance.emulators.dev/_emulate/state
- https://context.your-instance.emulators.dev/_emulate/ledger
- https://context.your-instance.emulators.dev/_emulate/faults
- POST https://context.your-instance.emulators.dev/_emulate/credentials
- POST https://context.your-instance.emulators.dev/_emulate/seed
- POST https://context.your-instance.emulators.dev/_emulate/reset

Fault injection:
Arm a one-shot provider failure with a glob pathPattern, then inspect /ledger for faulted: true.
curl -s -X POST https://context.your-instance.emulators.dev/_emulate/faults \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"match":{"method":"GET","pathPattern":"/v1/*"},"response":{"status":503,"body":{"error":"temporary"}}}'

Connect:

## Brand lookup
curl -X POST 'https://context.your-instance.emulators.dev/v1/brand/retrieve' -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"type":"by_email","email":"person@company.example"}'

## Base URL (env)
CONTEXT_BASE_URL=https://context.your-instance.emulators.dev

## Create a credential
curl -s -X POST https://context.your-instance.emulators.dev/_emulate/credentials \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"type":"api-key"}'

## Inspect requests
curl -s https://context.your-instance.emulators.dev/_emulate/ledger