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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Source the environment with DIDs
+if [ ! -f .generated/test-env.sh ]; then
+    echo "Error: No test environment found. Run run-deeplink-tests.sh first"
+    exit 1
+fi
+source .generated/test-env.sh
+
+# Function to sign a message using ES256K
+sign_message() {
+    local message="$1"
+    local private_key="$2"
+    local tmpdir
+
+    # Create temporary directory
+    tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+    trap 'rm -rf "$tmpdir"' EXIT
+
+    # Create private key PEM file
+    echo "-----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY-----" > "$tmpdir/private.pem"
+    (
+        echo "302e0201010420"  # Private key header
+        echo -n "$private_key"  # Private key bytes
+        echo "a00706052b8104000a"  # secp256k1 OID
+    ) | xxd -r -p | base64 >> "$tmpdir/private.pem"
+    echo "-----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----" >> "$tmpdir/private.pem"
+
+    # Write message to file
+    echo -n "$message" > "$tmpdir/message.txt"
+
+    # Sign message and get DER format signature
+    openssl dgst -sha256 -sign "$tmpdir/private.pem" "$tmpdir/message.txt" > "$tmpdir/signature.der"
+
+    # Convert DER signature to R+S format
+    der_sig=$(xxd -p -c 256 "$tmpdir/signature.der")
+
+    # Parse DER structure
+    if [[ $der_sig =~ ^30([0-9a-f]{2})02([0-9a-f]{2})([0-9a-f]*)02([0-9a-f]{2})([0-9a-f]*)$ ]]; then
+        r_val="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"
+        s_val="${BASH_REMATCH[5]}"
+
+        # Remove leading zeros
+        r_val=${r_val#"00"}
+        s_val=${s_val#"00"}
+
+        # Pad to 64 chars
+        r_val=$(printf "%064s" "$r_val" | tr ' ' '0')
+        s_val=$(printf "%064s" "$s_val" | tr ' ' '0')
+
+        # Take last 64 chars if longer
+        r_val=${r_val:(-64)}
+        s_val=${s_val:(-64)}
+
+        # Concatenate R+S and convert to base64url
+        echo -n "${r_val}${s_val}" | xxd -r -p | base64 -w 0 | tr '/+' '_-' | tr -d '='
+    else
+        echo "Error: Invalid DER signature format" >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+# Create a test claim payload
+create_claim_payload() {
+    local issuer_did="$1"
+    local subject_did="$2"
+    
+    # Create registration claim with issuer as agent
+    cat << EOF
+{
+    "@context": "https://schema.org",
+    "@type": "TestClaim",
+    "agent": { "did": "$issuer_did" },
+    "participant": { "did": "$subject_did" },
+    "object": "test.endorser.ch"
+}
+EOF
+}
+
+# Create and sign JWT
+create_jwt() {
+    local claim="$1"
+    local issuer_did="$2"
+    local private_key="$3"
+    
+    # Create header and payload
+    local header='{"typ":"JWT","alg":"ES256K"}'
+    local payload="{\"iat\":$(date +%s),\"exp\":$(($(date +%s) + 300)),\"sub\":\"TestClaim\",\"vc\":{\"@context\":[\"https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1\"],\"type\":[\"VerifiableCredential\"],\"credentialSubject\":$claim},\"iss\":\"$issuer_did\"}"
+
+    # Base64url encode header and payload
+    local header_b64=$(echo -n "$header" | base64 -w 0 | tr '/+' '_-' | tr -d '=')
+    local payload_b64=$(echo -n "$payload" | base64 -w 0 | tr '/+' '_-' | tr -d '=')
+    
+    # Create message to sign
+    local message="$header_b64.$payload_b64"
+    
+    # Sign message
+    local signature=$(sign_message "$message" "$private_key")
+    
+    # Return complete JWT
+    echo "$message.$signature"
+}
+
+# Main execution
+echo "Generating test claim..."
+
+# Create claim payload
+claim=$(create_claim_payload "$ISSUER_DID" "$CONTACT1_DID")
+echo "Claim payload:"
+echo "$claim" | jq '.'
+
+# Create and sign JWT
+echo "Generating signed JWT..."
+jwt=$(create_jwt "$claim" "$ISSUER_DID" "$ISSUER_KEY")
+
+echo -e "\nGenerated JWT: ${jwt:0:50}..."
+echo "$jwt" # Output just the JWT for piping 
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