Agent skill · Stripe

Stripe Best Practices skill for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor

Helps choose the right Stripe APIs for payments, subscriptions, Connect, tax and key handling.

Officialname: stripe-best-practices★ 2k (repo)pushed 2026-10-24MITSKILL.md on GitHubchecked 2026-11-07

What it does, in the publisher's words

Guides Stripe integration decisions across development and test environment planning (separate sandboxes vs the shared test mode sandbox), API selection (Checkout Sessions vs PaymentIntents), Connect platform setup (Accounts v2, controller properties), billing/subscriptions, tax and registrations (Stripe Tax, automatic_tax, product tax codes), Treasury financial accounts, integration options (Checkout, Payment...

The description field of the SKILL.md. The agent reads only this at startup and decides from it when to load the full skill.

Install Stripe Best Practices

The skills CLI copies the skill into the folder of each agent you pick (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf...). Add -g for all projects. Needs Node.js 22.20+. docs

npx skills add stripe/ai --skill stripe-best-practices

This repo is a plugin marketplace. Inside Claude Code, add it and install the plugin that holds the skill (stripe), or copy only this skill into ~/.claude/skills. docs

/plugin marketplace add stripe/ai
/plugin install <plugin>@stripe

# or only this skill:
npx skills add stripe/ai --skill stripe-best-practices -a claude-code

Download the skill folder, zip it, then Customize > Skills > + > Create skill > Upload a skill. Code execution must be on (Settings > Capabilities). docs

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/stripe/ai.git /tmp/stripe-best-practices-src
cp -r /tmp/stripe-best-practices-src/skills/stripe-best-practices ./stripe-best-practices
zip -r stripe-best-practices.zip stripe-best-practices

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills in the repo or ~/.agents/skills. Type $ in Codex to use one. docs

npx skills add stripe/ai --skill stripe-best-practices -a codex

gh skill (GitHub CLI 2.90+, preview) installs it for Copilot in VS Code, the CLI and the cloud agent. Copilot also reads .github/skills and ~/.copilot/skills. docs

gh skill install stripe/ai stripe-best-practices

Cursor reads .cursor/skills, .agents/skills and ~/.cursor/skills (and .claude/skills). It does not install loose skills from a GitHub URL, so copy it in. docs

npx skills add stripe/ai --skill stripe-best-practices -a cursor

Installs from the GitHub repo; --path picks this skill out of the repo. Default scope is user (all projects). docs

gemini skills install https://github.com/stripe/ai.git --path skills/stripe-best-practices

OpenCode reads .opencode/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills and the Claude and .agents folders. docs

npx skills add stripe/ai --skill stripe-best-practices -a opencode

Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) reads .devin/skills, .windsurf/skills and ~/.codeium/windsurf/skills. docs

npx skills add stripe/ai --skill stripe-best-practices -a windsurf

Works with

Claude Code, Claude.ai and Claude Desktop, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf and other agents that read the open Agent Skills format.

What's in the SKILL.md

3 sections

Integration routing
Critical rules
Key documentation

Bundled files

references/billing.md
references/connect.md
references/payments.md
references/security.md
references/tax.md
references/treasury.md

Loaded only when the instructions point to them.

Facts

Skill name: stripe-best-practices
Publisher: Stripe (official)
Repo: stripe/ai
License: MIT
SKILL.md size: 713 words, 62 lines
Bundled files: 6, 6 docs
Repo stars: 2k (as of 2026-10-24)
SKILL.md checked: 2026-11-07

Pairs with the Stripe MCP server: the server gives the agent the tools, the skill teaches it how to use them.

More skills from stripe/ai

Stripe Connect Advisor: Recommends a Stripe Connect setup for marketplaces and platforms that pay out other parties.
Stripe Docs: Searches and reads Stripe documentation and API reference from inside the agent.
Upgrade Stripe: Steps for moving to a newer Stripe API version and updating SDKs, webhooks and Stripe.js.

FAQ

What does the stripe-best-practices skill do?+

Helps choose the right Stripe APIs for payments, subscriptions, Connect, tax and key handling. In its own SKILL.md, Stripe describes it as: "Guides Stripe integration decisions across development and test environment planning (separate sandboxes vs the shared test mode sandbox), API selection (Checkout Sessions vs PaymentIntents), Connect platform setup (Accounts v2, controller properties), billing/subscriptions, tax and registrations..."

How do I install the stripe-best-practices skill?+

Run npx skills add stripe/ai --skill stripe-best-practices and pick your agents, or use the tab for your agent above. In Claude Code the skill ends up in ~/.claude/skills/stripe-best-practices/SKILL.md; in Codex and Cursor in .agents/skills/stripe-best-practices/.

Does Stripe Best Practices work in Codex, Cursor and Copilot, or only Claude?+

It's a standard SKILL.md, so any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use it: Claude Code, the Claude apps, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf and more.

Who maintains Stripe Best Practices?+

Stripe, the company or project behind it, in the stripe/ai repo on GitHub, last pushed 2026-10-24. License: MIT.

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