Stripe Best Practices Skill for Codex

Guides Stripe integration decisions — API selection (Checkout Sessions vs PaymentIntents), Connect platform setup (Accounts v2, controller properties), billing/subscriptions, Treasury financial accounts, integration surfaces (Checkout, Payment Element), and migrating from deprecated Stripe APIs. Use when building, modifying, or reviewing any Stripe integration — including accepting payments, building marketplaces, integrating Stripe, processing payments, setting up subscriptions, or creating connected accounts.

3k tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

instructions only

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

4915

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/openai/plugins --skill stripe-best-practices

What comes with it

9 287 bytes besides the instruction

agents/openai.yaml

references/billing.md

references/connect.md

references/payments.md

references/treasury.md

The instruction itself

2 sections, as written by the author

Latest Stripe API version: 2026-02-25.clover. Always use the latest API version and SDK unless the user specifies otherwise.

Integration routing

| Building... | Recommended API | Details |

|---|---|---|

| One-time payments | Checkout Sessions | references/payments.md |

| Custom payment form with embedded UI | Checkout Sessions + Payment Element | references/payments.md |

| Saving a payment method for later | Setup Intents | references/payments.md |

| Connect platform or marketplace | Accounts v2 (/v2/core/accounts) | references/connect.md |

| Subscriptions or recurring billing | Billing APIs + Checkout Sessions | references/billing.md |

| Embedded financial accounts / banking | v2 Financial Accounts | references/treasury.md |

Read the relevant reference file before answering any integration question or writing code.

Key documentation

When the user's request does not clearly fit a single domain above, consult:

Integration Options — Start here when designing any integration.
API Tour — Overview of Stripe's API surface.
Go Live Checklist — Review before launching.

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