Build on Stripe with AI

Use AI in your Stripe integration workflow.

You can use AI agents to assist in the building of Stripe integrations. We provide a set of tools and best practices if you use LLMs during development.

Install the Stripe MCP server

Stripe’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) server defines a set of tools that AI agents can use to interact with the Stripe API and search our knowledge base.

See install instructions.

Install agent skills

Agent skills are instructions that agents can follow to create more accurate integrations. Stripe has a catalogue of skills that instruct agents on best Stripe integration practices. They’re available from different marketplaces, as well hosted at https://docs.stripe.com/.well-known/skills/index.json.

Run this in your project folder. Note that manually added skills don’t auto-update, so you’ll need to pull updates yourself.

Command Line
npx skills add https://docs.stripe.com --yes

Use AI developer platforms

Agent-assisted coding platforms let you create apps and websites by describing what you want to an LLM. These platforms can also help you build a payments integration without writing code.

Some platforms, such as Base44, Manus, Replit and v0, provide custom Stripe integrations so you can try Stripe without creating an account. If you’re building an agent-assisted developer platform, you can offer a similar experience with claimable sandboxes.

Plain text docs

You can access all of our documentation as plain text Markdown files by adding .md to the end of any URL. For example, you can find the plain text version of this page at https://docs.stripe.com/building-with-ai.md.

This helps AI tools and agents consume our content and allows you to copy and paste the entire contents of a doc into an LLM. This format is preferable to scraping or copying from our HTML and JavaScript-rendered pages because:

Plain text contains fewer formatting tokens.
Content that isn’t rendered in the default view (for example, it’s hidden in a tab) of a given page is rendered in the plain text version.
LLMs can parse and understand markdown hierarchy.

We also host an /llms.txt file which instructs AI tools and agents how to retrieve the plain text versions of our pages. The /llms.txt file is an emerging standard for making websites and content more accessible to LLMs.

VS Code AI Assistant

If you’re a Visual Studio Code user, you can install the Stripe VS Code extension to access our AI Assistant.

With the Stripe AI Assistant, you can:

Get immediate answers about the Stripe API and products
Receive code suggestions tailored to your integration
Ask follow-up questions for more detailed information
Access knowledge from the Stripe documentation and the Stripe developer community

To get started with the Stripe AI Assistant:

Make sure you have the Stripe VS Code extension installed.
Navigate to the Stripe extension UI
Under AI Assistant click Ask a question.
- If you’re a Copilot user, this opens the Copilot chat where you can @-mention @stripe. In the input field, talk to the Stripe-specific assistant using @stripe followed by your question.
- If you’re not a Copilot user, it opens a chat UI where you can talk to the Stripe LLM directly.