Stripe

Payment processing, subscriptions, and billing for internet businesses.

Capabilities

Integration	Available	Notes
API	✓	Comprehensive REST API
MCP	✓	Available via Stripe MCP server
CLI	✓	stripe CLI for testing and webhooks
SDK	✓	Official SDKs for most languages

Authentication

• Type: API Key
• Header: Authorization: Bearer sk_live_xxx or sk_test_xxx
• Keys: Secret key (server), Publishable key (client)

Common Agent Operations

List customers

GET https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers?limit=10

Get customer by email

GET https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers?email=user@example.com

Get subscription

GET https://api.stripe.com/v1/subscriptions/{subscription_id}

List subscriptions for customer

GET https://api.stripe.com/v1/subscriptions?customer={customer_id}

Create checkout session

POST https://api.stripe.com/v1/checkout/sessions

customer={customer_id}
&line_items[0][price]={price_id}
&line_items[0][quantity]=1
&mode=subscription
&success_url=https://example.com/success
&cancel_url=https://example.com/cancel

Create customer portal session

POST https://api.stripe.com/v1/billing_portal/sessions

customer={customer_id}
&return_url=https://example.com/account

List recent invoices

GET https://api.stripe.com/v1/invoices?customer={customer_id}&limit=10

Get payment intent

GET https://api.stripe.com/v1/payment_intents/{payment_intent_id}

Webhook Events

Key events to handle:

Event	When	Action
checkout.session.completed	Successful checkout	Provision access
customer.subscription.created	New subscription	Update user record
customer.subscription.updated	Plan change	Update entitlements
customer.subscription.deleted	Cancellation	Revoke access
invoice.payment_failed	Payment failed	Notify user, retry
invoice.paid	Invoice paid	Confirm payment

Verify webhook signature

const event = stripe.webhooks.constructEvent(
  payload,
  sig,
  webhookSecret
);

CLI Commands

# Listen to webhooks locally
stripe listen --forward-to localhost:3000/webhooks

# Trigger test events
stripe trigger checkout.session.completed

# List recent events
stripe events list --limit 10

# Get resource
stripe customers retrieve cus_xxx

Key Objects

• Customer - User billing profile
• Subscription - Recurring billing
• Price - Pricing configuration
• Product - What you sell
• Invoice - Billing document
• PaymentIntent - One-time payment
• Checkout Session - Hosted payment page

When to Use

• Processing payments
• Managing subscriptions
• Creating checkout flows
• Handling billing portal
• Querying customer data
• Revenue analytics

Rate Limits

• 100 read requests per second
• 100 write requests per second
• Higher limits available on request

Relevant Skills

• pricing-strategy
• referral-program (Stripe-integrated affiliate tools)
• analytics-tracking (revenue tracking)