# Stripe Best Practices (agent skill)

> Stripe Best Practices is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from stripe/ai. Guides Stripe integration decisions across development and test environment planning (separate sandboxes vs the shared test mode sandbox), API selection (Checkout Sessions vs PaymentIntents). It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI and has 1,859 GitHub stars across a repository of 2 listed skills.

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 facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/stripe/ai |
| Skill path | skills/stripe-best-practices/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | stripe-best-practices |
| GitHub stars | 1,859 |
| Installs on skills.sh | 92,153 |
| License | MIT |
| Skills in repo | 2 |
| Plugin marketplace | stripe |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI |
| Category | Testing & QA |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

## When it triggers

- Use when planning, building, modifying, testing, or reviewing any Stripe integration, including choosing a development environment, accepting payments, building marketplaces, integrating Stripe, processing payments, setting up subscriptions

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
/plugin marketplace add stripe/ai
/plugin install stripe@stripe
```

In the Claude apps, zip the skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/stripe/ai.git
cp -r ai/skills/stripe-best-practices .agents/skills/stripe-best-practices   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/stripe/ai.git
cp -r ai/skills/stripe-best-practices .cursor/skills/stripe-best-practices   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

skills.sh listing: https://www.skills.sh/stripe/ai/stripe-best-practices

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