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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, or reviewing any Stripe integration, including choosing a development environment, accepting payments, building marketplaces, integrating Stripe, processing payments, setting up subscriptions, collecting sales tax, VAT, or GST, creating connected accounts, or implementing secure key handling.

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What the skill covers

The sections of its instructions, in order.

  1. 01 Integration routing
  2. 02 Critical rules
  3. 03 Key documentation

Reference files

6 files Phở can open while it uses the skill.

  • references/billing.md
  • references/connect.md
  • references/payments.md
  • references/security.md
  • references/tax.md
  • references/treasury.md

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Frequently asked questions

What does Stripe best practices 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, or reviewing any Stripe integration, including choosing a development environment, accepting payments, building marketplaces, integrating Stripe, processing payments, setting up subscriptions, collecting sales tax, VAT, or GST, creating connected accounts, or implementing secure key handling.

Is Stripe best practices free to use?

Yes. Stripe best practices is published by Stripe under the MIT licence, and you can use it with a free Phở account.

How do I use Stripe best practices in Phở?

Press Open in Phở, then Try to apply it to your next message, or add the Stripe integration set so Phở loads it whenever a request matches.

Does Stripe best practices need other tools?

No. It works in a normal Phở chat with what you type or upload.

Copied unchanged from stripe/ai at commit 7882018 and credited to Stripe, who is not affiliated with Phở. The full instructions and licence text ship with the skill inside Phở.