> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.paypathiq.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Environments

> Keep sandbox and production credentials and data separate.

| Environment | Base URL                            | Key prefix   |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------ |
| Sandbox     | `https://api.sandbox.paypathiq.com` | `ppiq_test_` |
| Production  | `https://api.paypathiq.com`         | `ppiq_live_` |

<Warning>
  These base URLs are reserved contract endpoints and are not live yet.
</Warning>

Sandbox and production use separate databases, keys, and grants. A key issued for one environment never works in the other.

Use synthetic data in sandbox. Sandbox never sends external communications or invokes live providers. Production does not accept an `isTest` flag.

Before production recovery is enabled, PayPathIQ and the Client reconcile a representative ingestion cohort and approve the Portfolio activation gate.