Stripe Best Practices
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 Element), migrating from deprecated Stripe APIs, and security best practices (API key management, API key permissions, webhooks, OAuth). Use when planning, building, modifying, testing,
Install
npx skills add stripe/ai --skill stripe-best-practicesgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/stripe/ai.git /tmp/ai
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/ai/skills/stripe-best-practices ~/.claude/skills/stripe-best-practicesPersonal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.
From the SKILL.md
Latest Stripe API version: **2026-10-28.endive**. Always use the latest API version and SDK unless the user specifies otherwise. Development and testing environment default: For new integration development, use separate [sandboxes](https://docs.stripe.com/sandboxes.md) instead of the account’s shared test mode sandbox. Sandboxes isolate settings and test data from live mode. Use separate sandboxes for local development and CI. When stronger isolation is useful, dedicate sandboxes to development teams or testing scenarios. Use the shared test mode sandbox only for an existing integration that depends on it or when a required feature doesn’t support general sandboxes. Latest SDK versions: | Language | Latest version | | --- | --- | | Ruby | 20.0.0 | | Python | 16.0.0 | | Node.js | 23.0.0 | | PHP | 22.0.0 | | Java | 34.0.0 | | Go | 87.0.0 | | .NET | 53.0.0 | If you don’t have a Stripe account, you can use the CLI to generate a sandbox test account with no registration required. Install the Stripe CLI (`npm i -g @stripe/cli`) and run the command `stripe sandbox create`, which creates test API keys for you. When you recommend this, explain that [a sandbox is a Stripe test environment](https://docs.stripe.com/sandboxes.md). If `stripe sandbox create` is used, don’t use MCP. If you try to use MCP after running sandbox creation, first make sure `stripe sandbox claim` is run. Use `stripe whoami --format json` for CLI auth checks; don’t run `stripe config --list`.
Details
- Skill name
stripe-best-practices- Repository
- stripe/ai
- Path
skills/stripe-best-practices/SKILL.md- License
- MIT
- Repo updated
- 31 October 2026
- Listed in
- heilcheng/awesome-agent-skills
FAQ
What does the Stripe Best Practices skill do?
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 Element), migrating from deprecated Stripe APIs, and security best practices (API key management, API key permissions, webhooks, OAuth). Use when planning, building, modifying, testing,
How do I install the Stripe Best Practices skill?
skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add stripe/ai --skill stripe-best-practices. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.
Is Stripe Best Practices popular?
It lives in stripe/ai, which has 2,011 GitHub stars and 383 forks, and is included in 1 curated skill list.
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