customerio-local-dev-loop

name	customerio-local-dev-loop
description	Configure Customer.io local development workflow. Use when setting up local testing, dev/staging isolation, or mocking Customer.io for unit tests. Trigger: "customer.io local dev", "test customer.io locally", "customer.io dev environment", "customer.io sandbox", "mock customer.io".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:*), Bash(npx:*), Glob, Grep
version	1.0.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
compatible-with	claude-code, codex, openclaw
tags	["saas","customer-io","testing","development","workflow"]

Customer.io Local Dev Loop

Overview

Set up an efficient local development workflow for Customer.io: environment isolation via separate workspaces, a dry-run client for safe development, test mocks for unit tests, and prefixed events that never pollute production data.

Prerequisites

• customerio-node installed
• Separate Customer.io workspace for development (recommended — free workspaces available)
• dotenv or similar for environment variable loading

Instructions

Step 1: Environment Configuration

# .env.development
CUSTOMERIO_SITE_ID=dev-site-id
CUSTOMERIO_TRACK_API_KEY=dev-track-key
CUSTOMERIO_APP_API_KEY=dev-app-key
CUSTOMERIO_REGION=us
CUSTOMERIO_DRY_RUN=false
CUSTOMERIO_EVENT_PREFIX=dev_

# .env.test
CUSTOMERIO_SITE_ID=not-needed
CUSTOMERIO_TRACK_API_KEY=not-needed
CUSTOMERIO_APP_API_KEY=not-needed
CUSTOMERIO_DRY_RUN=true
CUSTOMERIO_EVENT_PREFIX=test_

Step 2: Environment-Aware Client

// lib/customerio-dev.ts
import { TrackClient, APIClient, RegionUS, RegionEU } from "customerio-node";

interface CioConfig {
  siteId: string;
  trackApiKey: string;
  appApiKey: string;
  region: typeof RegionUS | typeof RegionEU;
  dryRun: boolean;
  eventPrefix: string;
}

function loadConfig(): CioConfig {
   {
    : process.. ?? ,
    : process.. ?? ,
    : process.. ?? ,
    : process.. ===  ?  : ,
    : process.. === ,
    : process.. ?? ,
  };
}

   {
   :  |  = ;
   : ;
   :  .;

  () {
    . = ();
    . = ..();
     (!..) {
      . =  (
        ..,
        ..,
        { : .. }
      );
    }
  }

   () {
     prefixedId = ;
     (..) {
      .(, prefixedId, attributes);
      ;
    }
     .!.(prefixedId, attributes);
  }

   () {
     prefixedId = ;
     prefixedEvent = ;
     (..) {
      .(, prefixedId, prefixedEvent, data);
      ;
    }
     .!.(prefixedId, {
      : prefixedEvent,
      data,
    });
  }

   () {
     prefixedId = ;
     (..) {
      .(, prefixedId);
      ;
    }
     .!.(prefixedId);
  }
}