diff --git a/process/api.ts b/process/api.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40571343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/process/api.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { type Api, createApi } from "@effectionx/context-api";
+import type { Operation } from "effection";
+import { resource } from "effection";
+
+import type { Daemon } from "./src/daemon.ts";
+import type { ExecOptions, Process } from "./src/exec/types.ts";
+import { DaemonExitError } from "./src/exec/error.ts";
+import { createPosixProcess } from "./src/exec/posix.ts";
+import { createWin32Process, isWin32 } from "./src/exec/win32.ts";
+
+export interface ProcessHandler {
+  exec(command: string, options: ExecOptions): Operation<Process>;
+  daemon(command: string, options: ExecOptions): Operation<Daemon>;
+}
+
+export const ProcessApi: Api<ProcessHandler> = createApi(
+  "@effectionx/process",
+  {
+    *exec(command: string, options: ExecOptions): Operation<Process> {
+      if (isWin32()) {
+        return yield* createWin32Process(command, options);
+      }
+      return yield* createPosixProcess(command, options);
+    },
+
+    *daemon(command: string, options: ExecOptions): Operation<Daemon> {
+      return yield* resource(function* (provide) {
+        let process = yield* ProcessApi.operations.exec(command, options);
+
+        yield* provide({
+          *[Symbol.iterator]() {
+            let status = yield* process.join();
+            throw new DaemonExitError(status, command, options);
+          },
+          ...process,
+        });
+      });
+    },
+  },
+);
diff --git a/process/mod.ts b/process/mod.ts
index b120b112..0e2f112f 100644
--- a/process/mod.ts
+++ b/process/mod.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export * from "./api.ts";
 export * from "./src/exec.ts";
 export { type Daemon, daemon } from "./src/daemon.ts";
 export * from "./src/api.ts";
diff --git a/process/src/api.ts b/process/src/api.ts
index b6a546bf..5d440869 100644
--- a/process/src/api.ts
+++ b/process/src/api.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import type { StdioApi } from "./exec/types.ts";
  * });
  * ```
  */
-export const Stdio = createApi<StdioApi>("process:io", {
+export const Stdio = createApi<StdioApi>("@effectionx/process:io", {
   *stdout(line) {
     process.stdout.write(line);
   },
diff --git a/process/src/daemon.ts b/process/src/daemon.ts
index 820bc927..18cda244 100644
--- a/process/src/daemon.ts
+++ b/process/src/daemon.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
-import { type Operation, resource } from "effection";
+import type { Operation } from "effection";
 
-import {
-  DaemonExitError,
-  exec,
-  type ExecOptions,
-  type ExitStatus,
-  type Process,
-} from "./exec.ts";
+import { ProcessApi } from "../api.ts";
+import type { ExecOptions, Process } from "./exec.ts";
 
 export interface Daemon extends Operation<void>, Process {}
 
@@ -19,16 +14,5 @@ export function daemon(
   command: string,
   options: ExecOptions = {},
 ): Operation<Daemon> {
-  return resource(function* (provide) {
-    // TODO: should we be able to terminate the process from here?
-    let process = yield* exec(command, options);
-
-    yield* provide({
-      *[Symbol.iterator]() {
-        let status: ExitStatus = yield* process.join();
-        throw new DaemonExitError(status, command, options);
-      },
-      ...process,
-    });
-  });
+  return ProcessApi.operations.daemon(command, options);
 }
diff --git a/process/src/exec.ts b/process/src/exec.ts
index 9474e088..2f7559e2 100644
--- a/process/src/exec.ts
+++ b/process/src/exec.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ import shellwords from "shellwords-ts";
 
 import { type Operation, spawn } from "effection";
 import type {
-  CreateOSProcess,
   ExecOptions,
   ExitStatus,
   Process,
   ProcessResult,
 } from "./exec/types.ts";
-import { createPosixProcess } from "./exec/posix.ts";
-import { createWin32Process, isWin32 } from "./exec/win32.ts";
+
+import { ProcessApi } from "../api.ts";
 
 export * from "./exec/types.ts";
 export * from "./exec/error.ts";
@@ -26,13 +25,6 @@ export interface Exec extends Operation<Process> {
   expect(): Operation<ProcessResult>;
 }
 
-const createProcess: CreateOSProcess = (cmd, opts) => {
-  if (isWin32()) {
-    return createWin32Process(cmd, opts);
-  }
-  return createPosixProcess(cmd, opts);
-};
-
 /**
  * Execute `command` with `options`. You should use this operation for processes
  * that have a finite lifetime and on which you may wish to synchronize on the
@@ -60,10 +52,10 @@ export function exec(command: string, options: ExecOptions = {}): Exec {
 
   return {
     *[Symbol.iterator]() {
-      return yield* createProcess(cmd, opts);
+      return yield* ProcessApi.operations.exec(cmd, opts);
     },
     *join() {
-      const process = yield* createProcess(cmd, opts);
+      const process = yield* ProcessApi.operations.exec(cmd, opts);
 
       let stdout = "";
       let stderr = "";
@@ -91,7 +83,7 @@ export function exec(command: string, options: ExecOptions = {}): Exec {
       return { ...status, stdout, stderr };
     },
     *expect() {
-      const process = yield* createProcess(cmd, opts);
+      const process = yield* ProcessApi.operations.exec(cmd, opts);
 
       let stdout = "";
       let stderr = "";
diff --git a/process/test/api.test.ts b/process/test/api.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3514ceea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/process/test/api.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import { describe, it } from "@effectionx/vitest";
+import { scoped } from "effection";
+import { expect } from "expect";
+
+import { type Process, ProcessApi, exec } from "../mod.ts";
+
+describe("ProcessApi middleware", () => {
+  it("can intercept process creation with logging", function* () {
+    let commands: string[] = [];
+
+    yield* ProcessApi.around({
+      *exec(args, next) {
+        let [cmd] = args;
+        commands.push(cmd);
+        return yield* next(...args);
+      },
+    });
+
+    yield* exec("node", {
+      arguments: ["-e", "console.log('hello')"],
+    }).join();
+
+    yield* exec("node", {
+      arguments: ["-e", "console.log('world')"],
+    }).join();
+
+    expect(commands).toEqual(["node", "node"]);
+  });
+
+  it("middleware is scoped and does not leak", function* () {
+    let outerCalls: string[] = [];
+
+    yield* ProcessApi.around({
+      *exec(args, next) {
+        outerCalls.push("outer");
+        return yield* next(...args);
+      },
+    });
+
+    yield* exec("node", {
+      arguments: ["-e", "console.log('before')"],
+    }).join();
+
+    expect(outerCalls).toEqual(["outer"]);
+
+    yield* scoped(function* () {
+      let innerCalls: string[] = [];
+
+      yield* ProcessApi.around({
+        *exec(args, next) {
+          innerCalls.push("inner");
+          return yield* next(...args);
+        },
+      });
+
+      yield* exec("node", {
+        arguments: ["-e", "console.log('inner')"],
+      }).join();
+
+      // inner scope hits both outer and inner middleware
+      expect(outerCalls).toEqual(["outer", "outer"]);
+      expect(innerCalls).toEqual(["inner"]);
+    });
+
+    // after child scope exits, inner middleware is gone
+    outerCalls.length = 0;
+    yield* exec("node", {
+      arguments: ["-e", "console.log('after')"],
+    }).join();
+
+    expect(outerCalls).toEqual(["outer"]);
+  });
+
+  it("can mock process creation", function* () {
+    yield* ProcessApi.around({
+      *exec(_args, _next) {
+        // Return a fake process without spawning anything
+        return { pid: 42 } as Process;
+      },
+    });
+
+    let process = yield* exec("anything");
+    expect(process.pid).toBe(42);
+  });
+});