Skill

stripe-best-practices

Guides Stripe integration decisions — API selection (Checkout Sessions vs PaymentIntents), Connect platform setup (Accounts v2, controller properties), billing/subscriptions, Treasury financial accounts, integration surfaces (Checkout, Payment Element), and migrating from deprecated Stripe APIs. Use when building, modifying, or reviewing any Stripe integration — including accepting payments, building marketplaces, integrating Stripe, processing payments, setting up subscriptions, or creating connected accounts.

Path: providers/claude/plugin/skills/stripe-best-practices

From stripe/aiLow risk

View package ->

Install

Install this skill

Install (skills.sh)

npx skills add stripe/ai

Install (Claude marketplace)

/plugin marketplace add <marketplace>
/plugin install <plugin>@<version>
Follow marketplace.json guidance

Manual

Clone the repo and copy the skill folder into your agent skills directory.

Parse Status

✅ ok

Risk

Low

Files

5 files

Allowed Tools

Not specified

SKILL.md

name: stripe-best-practices description: >- Guides Stripe integration decisions — API selection (Checkout Sessions vs PaymentIntents), Connect platform setup (Accounts v2, controller properties), billing/subscriptions, Treasury financial accounts, integration surfaces (Checkout, Payment Element), and migrating from deprecated Stripe APIs. Use when building, modifying, or reviewing any Stripe integration — including accepting payments, building marketplaces, integrating Stripe, processing payments, setting up subscriptions, or creating connected accounts.

Latest Stripe API version: 2026-03-25.dahlia. Always use the latest API version and SDK unless the user specifies otherwise.

Integration routing

Building…	Recommended API	Details
One-time payments	Checkout Sessions	<references/payments.md>
Custom payment form with embedded UI	Checkout Sessions + Payment Element	<references/payments.md>
Saving a payment method for later	Setup Intents	<references/payments.md>
Connect platform or marketplace	Accounts v2 (`/v2/core/accounts`)	<references/connect.md>
Subscriptions or recurring billing	Billing APIs + Checkout Sessions	<references/billing.md>
Embedded financial accounts / banking	v2 Financial Accounts	<references/treasury.md>

Read the relevant reference file before answering any integration question or writing code.

Key documentation

When the user’s request does not clearly fit a single domain above, consult:

Integration Options — Start here when designing any integration.
API Tour — Overview of Stripe’s API surface.
Go Live Checklist — Review before launching.

▸ View Source

---
name: stripe-best-practices
description: >-
  Guides Stripe integration decisions — API selection (Checkout Sessions vs
  PaymentIntents), Connect platform setup (Accounts v2, controller properties),
  billing/subscriptions, Treasury financial accounts, integration surfaces
  (Checkout, Payment Element), and migrating from deprecated Stripe APIs. Use
  when building, modifying, or reviewing any Stripe integration — including
  accepting payments, building marketplaces, integrating Stripe, processing
  payments, setting up subscriptions, or creating connected accounts.

---

Latest Stripe API version: **2026-03-25.dahlia**. Always use the latest API version and SDK unless the user specifies otherwise.

## Integration routing

| Building…                             | Recommended API                     | Details                  |
| ------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------------ |
| One-time payments                     | Checkout Sessions                   | <references/payments.md> |
| Custom payment form with embedded UI  | Checkout Sessions + Payment Element | <references/payments.md> |
| Saving a payment method for later     | Setup Intents                       | <references/payments.md> |
| Connect platform or marketplace       | Accounts v2 (`/v2/core/accounts`)   | <references/connect.md>  |
| Subscriptions or recurring billing    | Billing APIs + Checkout Sessions    | <references/billing.md>  |
| Embedded financial accounts / banking | v2 Financial Accounts               | <references/treasury.md> |

Read the relevant reference file before answering any integration question or writing code.

## Key documentation

When the user’s request does not clearly fit a single domain above, consult:

- [Integration Options](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/payment-methods/integration-options.md) — Start here when designing any integration.
- [API Tour](https://docs.stripe.com/payments-api/tour.md) — Overview of Stripe’s API surface.
- [Go Live Checklist](https://docs.stripe.com/get-started/checklist/go-live.md) — Review before launching.

Files

Select a file

Choose a file to preview its contents.

Related skills

More skills to explore

No related skills found.