MandateShield Payment Authority API
REST contract for the authority lifecycle: analysis-only v1 preflight, strict v2 challenges and cryptographic verification, execution-authorization transitions, one-use execution permits, provider-submission reconciliation, signed decision/execution receipts, a zero-account lifecycle sandbox, the public proof network and deployment-activation proofs. 25 paths, 43 operations (17 explicit OPTIONS), 77 schemas, bearer API keys in VERIFY and PROCESSOR roles.