Question 1

Can I generate Stripe reports and analytics with Claude?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Claude Sonnet can generate comprehensive Stripe reports including revenue summaries, customer lifetime value analysis, churn reports, payment method breakdowns, and custom analytics. Simply describe what metrics you need, and Claude will pull the relevant Stripe data.

Question 2

What is Stripe MCP for Claude Sonnet and how does it work?

Accepted Answer

Stripe MCP for Claude Sonnet is a connector that enables Claude AI to interact directly with your Stripe account through natural conversation. It uses the Model Context Protocol to let you manage payments, view transactions, create customers, and handle billing operations simply by chatting with Claude.

Question 3

How do I set up the Stripe Connector for Claude Sonnet?

Accepted Answer

Setting up the Stripe Connector requires your Stripe API keys and Ravenala's MCP client. Simply authenticate your Stripe account, configure your permissions, and start chatting with Claude about your payment operations. The setup takes less than 5 minutes with proper API credentials.

Question 4

Is Stripe AI integration secure for handling payment data?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Stripe AI integration maintains bank-level security. All communications use encrypted channels, API keys are stored securely, and no sensitive payment information is exposed to the AI model. Only metadata and authorized operations are accessible through the MCP connection.

Question 5

What Stripe operations can Claude Sonnet perform?

Accepted Answer

Claude Sonnet can retrieve payment data, create and manage customers, generate invoices, process refunds, view subscription details, analyze transaction patterns, and create payment links. The connector supports most Stripe API endpoints for comprehensive payment management through conversation.

Question 6

Can I use Stripe MCP with multiple Stripe accounts?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the Stripe MCP connector supports multiple account configurations. You can switch between different Stripe accounts during conversations or set up separate MCP instances for different business units, making it perfect for agencies and multi-business operations.

Question 7

Does the Stripe Connector work with Stripe Connect platforms?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely! The Stripe Connector for Claude Sonnet fully supports Stripe Connect, enabling you to manage marketplace transactions, handle connected accounts, and process platform fees through natural language commands. It's ideal for marketplace and platform businesses.

Question 8

What are the most popular use cases for Stripe AI?

Accepted Answer

Popular Stripe AI use cases include automated customer support for billing inquiries, real-time payment analytics, subscription management, fraud detection assistance, revenue reporting, and creating payment workflows. It's particularly powerful for e-commerce and SaaS support teams.

Question 9

How does Stripe MCP handle webhooks and real-time events?

Accepted Answer

The Stripe MCP can monitor and respond to webhook events in real-time. Claude Sonnet can process payment confirmations, failed charges, subscription updates, and dispute notifications, helping you build responsive automated workflows for payment event handling.

Question 10

What's the pricing for using Stripe MCP for Claude Sonnet?

Accepted Answer

Ravenala's Stripe MCP connector pricing varies by usage tier and team size. Contact us for custom enterprise pricing that scales with your payment volume. The connector itself adds no additional fees to your existing Stripe and Claude API costs.

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Stripe MCP tools

cancel-subscriptionCancels a customer's active Stripe subscription at the end of the current billing period, with options to invoice immediately for metered usage and prorate charges for unused time.

cancel-subscription

confirm-payment-intentConfirms a Stripe paymentintent to finalize a payment; a `return url` is necessary if the payment method requires customer redirection.

confirm-payment-intent

create-customerCreates a new customer in Stripe, required for creating charges or subscriptions; an email is highly recommended for customer communications.

create-customer

create-invoiceCreates a new draft Stripe invoice for a customer; use to revise an existing invoice, bill for a specific subscription (which must belong to the customer), or apply detailed customizations.

create-invoice

create-payment-intentCreates a Stripe paymentintent to initiate and process a customer's payment; using `application fee amount` for a connected account requires the `Stripe-account` header.

create-payment-intent

create-priceCreates a new Stripe price for a product, defining its charges (one-time or recurring) and billing scheme; requires either an existing `product` id or `product data`.

create-price

create-productCreates a new product in Stripe, encoding the request as `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` by flattening nested structures.

create-product

create-refundCreates a full or partial refund in Stripe, targeting either a specific charge id or a payment intent id.

create-refund

create-subscriptionCreates a new, highly configurable subscription for an existing Stripe customer, supporting multiple items, trials, discounts, and various billing/payment options.

create-subscription

delete-customerPermanently deletes an existing Stripe customer; this irreversible action also cancels their active subscriptions and removes all associated data.

delete-customer

list-chargesRetrieves a list of Stripe charges with filtering and pagination; use valid cursor ids from previous responses for pagination, and note that charges are typically returned in reverse chronological order.

list-charges

list-couponsRetrieves a list of discount coupons from a Stripe account, supporting pagination via `limit`, `starting after`, and `ending before`.

list-coupons

list-customer-payment-methodsRetrieves a list of payment methods for a given customer, supporting type filtering and pagination.

list-customer-payment-methods

list-customersRetrieves a list of Stripe customers, with options to filter by email, creation date, or test clock, and support for pagination.

list-customers

list-invoicesRetrieves a list of Stripe invoices, filterable by various criteria and paginatable using invoice id cursors obtained from previous responses.

list-invoices

list-payment-intentsRetrieves a list of Stripe paymentintents, optionally filtered and paginated using paymentintent ids as cursors.

list-payment-intents

list-payment-linksRetrieves a list of payment links from Stripe, sorted by creation date in descending order by default.

list-payment-links

list-productsRetrieves a list of Stripe products, with optional filtering and pagination; `starting after`/`ending before` cursors must be valid product ids from a previous response.

list-products

list-refundsLists Stripe refunds, sorted by creation date descending (newest first), with optional filtering by charge or payment intent and pagination support.

list-refunds

list-shipping-ratesRetrieves a list of Stripe shipping rates, filterable by active status, creation date, and currency; useful for managing or displaying shipping options.

list-shipping-rates

list-subscriptionsRetrieves a list of Stripe subscriptions, optionally filtered by various criteria such as customer, price, status, collection method, and date ranges, with support for pagination.

list-subscriptions

list-tax-codesRetrieves a paginated list of globally available, predefined Stripe tax codes used for classifying products and services in Stripe tax.

list-tax-codes

list-tax-ratesRetrieves a list of tax rates, which are returned sorted by creation date in descending order.

list-tax-rates

retrieve-balanceRetrieves the complete current balance details for the connected Stripe account.

retrieve-balance

retrieve-chargeRetrieves full details for an existing Stripe charge using its unique id.

retrieve-charge

retrieve-customerRetrieves detailed information for an existing Stripe customer using their unique customer id.

retrieve-customer

retrieve-payment-intentRetrieves a paymentintent by its id; `client secret` is required if a publishable API key is used.

retrieve-payment-intent

retrieve-refundRetrieves details for an existing Stripe refund using its unique `refund id`.

retrieve-refund

retrieve-subscriptionRetrieves detailed information for an existing Stripe subscription using its unique id.

retrieve-subscription

search-customersRetrieves a list of Stripe customers matching a search query that adheres to Stripe's search query language.

search-customers

update-customerUpdates an existing Stripe customer, identified by customer id, with only the provided details; unspecified fields remain unchanged.

update-customer

update-payment-intentUpdates a Stripe paymentintent with new values for specified parameters; note that if `currency` is updated, `amount` might also be required, and certain updates (e.

update-payment-intent

update-subscriptionUpdates an existing, non-canceled Stripe subscription by its id, ensuring all referenced entity ids (e.

update-subscription

charge-failed-triggerTriggered when a direct charge fails in Stripe's legacy Charges API.

charge-failed-trigger

checkout-session-completed-triggerTriggered when a checkout session is completed in Stripe.

checkout-session-completed-trigger

invoice-payment-succeeded-triggerTriggered when an invoice payment is successful in Stripe.

invoice-payment-succeeded-trigger

payment-failed-triggerTriggered when a payment intent fails in Stripe.

payment-failed-trigger

product-created-triggerTriggered when a product is created in Stripe.

product-created-trigger

subscription-added-triggerTriggered when a subscription is added in Stripe.

subscription-added-trigger