Bring Payments
to Claude Desktop
Create your Vinkius account to connect Stripe to Claude Desktop and start using all 13 AI tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code. No hosting, no server setup — just connect and start using.
GDPR Free for SubscribersCompatible with every major AI agent and IDE
Gemini
What is the Stripe MCP Server?
Take full control of your payment operations with Stripe, the global payments platform trusted by millions of businesses. Your AI agent becomes your financial operations assistant — listing customers, checking payment statuses, reviewing subscriptions, pulling invoices, and monitoring your account balance.
What you can do
- Customer Management — List, search, and create customers with names, emails, and metadata.
- Payment Tracking — Monitor payment intents with status, amounts, and currency across all transactions.
- Subscription Overview — Check active, past-due, and canceled subscriptions with billing intervals and plan details.
- Invoice Monitoring — Review open, paid, and overdue invoices with hosted payment links.
- Account Balance — Instantly check available and pending balances across all currencies.
How it works
- Subscribe to this server
- Enter your Stripe Secret Key (from Dashboard → Developers → API keys)
- Start querying your Stripe data from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
Who is this for?
- Finance Teams — audit payments, reconcile subscriptions, and chase overdue invoices from a single conversation.
- SaaS Founders — monitor MRR, track customer churn, and review billing status without opening the Stripe dashboard.
- Support Teams — quickly look up customer payment status and share invoice links during support tickets.
Built-in capabilities (13)
Shows available and pending amounts by currency. Amounts are in smallest currency unit (divide by 100 for dollars). Get Stripe account balance
Filter by customer ID. List Stripe charges
Name and email are required. Returns the created customer with their Stripe ID. Create a new Stripe customer
Optionally filter by email. Returns customer details including name, email, balance, and delinquency status. List Stripe customers
Optionally filter by customer or status (draft, open, paid, uncollectible, void). List Stripe invoices
Optionally filter by customer ID. Amounts are in the smallest currency unit (e.g., 1000 = $10.00). List Stripe payment intents
List Stripe payouts
Filter by product to see all price tiers. List Stripe prices
Use before creating prices. Create a new Stripe product
Use to browse your product offerings. List Stripe products
Specify amount in cents for partial refunds. Create a refund for a payment
List Stripe refunds
Optionally filter by customer or status. List Stripe subscriptions
Why Claude Desktop?
Claude Desktop is the definitive way to connect Stripe to your AI workflow. Add Vinkius Edge URL to your config, restart the app, and Claude immediately exposes all 13 tools in the chat interface. ask a question, Claude calls the right tool, and you see the answer. Zero code, zero context switching.
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Claude Desktop is the reference MCP client. it was designed alongside the protocol itself, ensuring the most complete and stable MCP implementation available
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Zero-code configuration: add a server URL to a JSON file and Claude instantly discovers and exposes all available tools in the chat interface
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Claude's extended thinking capability lets it reason through multi-step tool usage, chaining multiple API calls to answer complex questions
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Enterprise-grade security with local config storage. your tokens never leave your machine, and connections go directly to Vinkius Edge network
Stripe in Claude Desktop
Why run Stripe with Vinkius?
The Stripe connection runs on our fully managed, secure cloud infrastructure. We handle the hosting, maintenance, and security so you don't have to deal with servers or code. All 13 tools are ready to work instantly without any complex setup.
You stay in complete control of your data. Your AI only accesses the information you approve, keeping your sensitive passwords and private details completely safe. Plus, with automatic optimizations, your AI works faster and more efficiently.
* Every connection is hosted and maintained by Vinkius. We handle the security, updates, and infrastructure so you don't have to write code or manage servers. See our infrastructure
Over 4,000 integrations ready for AI agents
Explore a vast library of pre-built integrations, optimized and ready to deploy.
Connect securely in under 30 seconds
Generate tokens to authenticate and link external services in a single step.
Complete visibility into every agent action
Audit live requests, latency, success rates, and active security compliance policies.
Optimize spending and track token ROI
Analyze real-time token consumption and cost metrics detailed by connection.
Explore our live AI Agents Analytics dashboard to see it all working
This dashboard is included when you connect Stripe using Vinkius. You will never be left in the dark about what your AI agents are doing with your tools.
Stripe and 4,000+ other AI tools. No hosting, no code, ready to use.
Professionals who connect Stripe to Claude Desktop through Vinkius don't need to write code, manage servers, or worry about security. Everything is pre-configured, secure, and runs automatically in the background.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Ready-to-use MCPs | Find and configure each manually | 4,000+ MCPs ready to use |
| Connection Setup | Manual coding & server setup | 1-click instant connection |
| Server Hosting | You host it yourself (needs 24/7 uptime) | 100% hosted & managed by Vinkius |
| Security & Privacy | Stored in plaintext config files | Bank-grade encrypted vault |
| Activity Visibility | Blind execution (no logs or tracking) | Live dashboard with real-time logs |
| Cost Control | Runaway AI token spend risk | Automatic budget limits |
| Revoking Access | Must delete files or code to stop | 1-click disconnect button |
How Vinkius secures
Stripe for Claude Desktop
Every request between Claude Desktop and Stripe is protected by our secure gateway. We automatically keep your sensitive data private, prevent unauthorized access, and let you disconnect instantly at any time.
Frequently asked questions
How do I get started with Stripe MCP?
Subscribe, then go to the Stripe Dashboard → Developers → API keys and copy your Secret key (starts with sk_live_ or sk_test_ for testing). Paste it here and you're ready. No SDK, no server setup, no webhooks — just connect and start querying your payment data.
Can my AI agent track subscription churn and billing status?
Yes. Ask your agent to list all subscriptions filtered by status — 'show me all past-due subscriptions' or 'how many canceled subscriptions do we have this month?'. It returns billing intervals, plan amounts, and whether the subscription will cancel at period end. Perfect for SaaS MRR monitoring.
How do I check if a customer's payment went through?
Just ask — 'check recent payments for customer cus_abc123' or 'did John's payment go through?'. Your agent pulls the latest payment intents showing the amount, currency, and status (succeeded, requires_action, or failed). No need to log into the Stripe dashboard or refresh browser tabs.
Can I manage customers and invoices for my entire team?
Absolutely. Create new customers with name, email, and notes in a single command. List all invoices filtered by customer or status — open, paid, or overdue. Share hosted invoice URLs directly from the conversation. Perfect for finance teams, SaaS billing departments, and e-commerce operations managing hundreds of customer accounts.
How does Claude Desktop discover MCP tools?
When Claude Desktop starts, it reads the claude_desktop_config.json file and connects to each configured MCP server. It calls the tools/list endpoint to fetch the schema for every available tool, then surfaces them as clickable options in the chat interface via the 🔌 icon.
What happens if the MCP server is temporarily unavailable?
Claude Desktop handles disconnections gracefully. if the server is unreachable at startup, the tools simply won't appear. Once the server becomes available again, restarting Claude Desktop will re-establish the connection. There is no timeout penalty or error loop.
Can I connect multiple MCP servers simultaneously?
Yes. You can add as many servers as you need in the mcpServers section of the config file. Each server appears as a separate tool provider, and Claude can use tools from multiple servers in a single conversation turn.
Is there a limit on the number of tools per server?
Claude Desktop can handle hundreds of tools per server. However, for optimal LLM performance, Vinkius servers are designed to expose focused, well-documented tool sets rather than overwhelming the model with too many options.
Does Claude Desktop support Streamable HTTP transport?
Yes. Claude Desktop supports both SSE (Server-Sent Events) and the newer Streamable HTTP transport that Vinkius uses. Simply provide the server URL. Claude auto-negotiates the transport protocol.
Server not appearing after restart
Ensure the JSON is valid (no trailing commas). Check the file path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\\Claude\\ (Windows).
Authentication error
Verify your Vinkius token is correct. Go to cloud.vinkius.com to regenerate it if needed.
Tools not showing in chat
Click the 🔌 icon at the bottom of the chat input. If it shows 0 tools, the server may still be connecting. wait a few seconds.
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