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+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Seed the DelmiaRecipeDownload inbound method (prod's script verbatim, minus its dead `suf`
+# line — see docs/api-specs/Delmia-Recipe-Download-API.md §4) and one API key scoped to it.
+# Prints the one-time token as DELMIA_API_KEY=... — capture it; it cannot be retrieved again.
+# Not idempotent (method name must be unique): delete with `api-method delete --id`.
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
+CLI="$PROJECT_ROOT/src/ZB.MOM.WW.ScadaBridge.CLI/bin/Debug/net10.0/scadabridge"
+A=(--url "${SCADABRIDGE_URL:-http://localhost:9000}" --format=json --username "${SCADABRIDGE_USERNAME:-multi-role}" --password "${SCADABRIDGE_PASSWORD:-password}")
+KEY_NAME="${KEY_NAME:-delmia-notifier}"
+
+read -r -d '' METHOD_CODE <<'CS' || true
+try {
+  System.Func<string, object> P = k => Parameters.ContainsKey(k) ? Parameters[k] : null;
+  var code = (P("MachineCode") as string ?? "").Trim();
+  if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(code)) return new { Result = false, ResultText = "MachineCode is required" };
+
+  return await Route.To(code).Call("ProcessRecipeDownload", new {
+      DownloadPath    = P("DownloadPath"),
+      WorkOrderNumber = P("WorkOrderNumber"),
+      PartNumber      = P("PartNumber"),
+      JobStepNumber   = P("JobStepNumber"),
+      Username        = P("Username"),
+  });
+} catch (Exception ex) {
+  return new { Result = false, ResultText = "RecipeDownload failed: " + ex.Message };
+}
+CS
+
+echo "1/2 Creating inbound method DelmiaRecipeDownload (timeout 45 s)..."
+METHOD_JSON=$("$CLI" api-method create "${A[@]}" --name DelmiaRecipeDownload --timeout 45 \
+  --parameters '{"type":"object","properties":{"MachineCode":{"type":"string"},"DownloadPath":{"type":"string"},"WorkOrderNumber":{"type":"string"},"PartNumber":{"type":"string"},"JobStepNumber":{"type":"string"},"Username":{"type":"string"}},"required":[]}' \
+  --return-def '{"type":"object","properties":{"Result":{"type":"boolean"},"ResultText":{"type":"string"}},"required":["Result","ResultText"]}' \
+  --script "$METHOD_CODE")
+echo "  $(echo "$METHOD_JSON" | python3 -c 'import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print("id=%s name=%s" % (d["id"], d["name"]))')"
+
+echo "2/2 Creating API key '$KEY_NAME' scoped to DelmiaRecipeDownload..."
+KEY_JSON=$("$CLI" security api-key create "${A[@]}" --name "$KEY_NAME" --methods DelmiaRecipeDownload 2>/dev/null)
+TOKEN=$(echo "$KEY_JSON" | python3 -c 'import json,sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin)["token"])' 2>/dev/null || echo "$KEY_JSON" | grep -o 'sbk_[A-Za-z0-9_-]*' | head -1)
+echo "DELMIA_API_KEY=$TOKEN"