create-payment-credential: a Claude Code skill by Stripe
Official
For people who want Claude to buy things for them from a Link wallet, approving each spend in the Link app. Skip it if you would not let an agent handle card numbers or checkout.
Before you install: By default its Link login also requests read access to your transactions and balances, it can hand Claude real card numbers, and it suggests sending Stripe a step-by-step trace of each purchase attempt.
The skill's text changed on Nov 11, 2026, after we last read it. Our description may be behind.
- Score
- 75of 100
- Rank
- #123of 239
- Installs
- 25.8Kon skills.sh
- Security
- Mixed 3 scanners
- Updated
- 2026
- Context
- ~103tokens always
Install
npx skills add https://github.com/stripe/link-cli --skill create-payment-credential
Run it in your terminal. View the source
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What does create-payment-credential do?
create-payment-credential is a skill from Stripe that lets Claude pay merchants with credentials from your Link wallet through the link-cli tool. Claude logs in to Link, checks how the merchant takes payment, gets the final total including tax and shipping, then creates a spend request that you approve in the Link app. Depending on the site it receives a virtual card to type into a checkout form, a shared payment token for HTTP 402 machine payments via mpp pay, or a Link Pay Token injected into a hidden checkout field. It also supports recurring limits, catalog shopping through UCP, and a $500 cap per request.
When should you use create-payment-credential?
Use it when
- You want Claude to complete a purchase you have described
- A merchant API answers with HTTP 402 payment challenges
- You are testing agent checkout with --test credentials
Skip it when
- You do not want an agent seeing real card details
- You have no Link account
- The purchase is over $500
What it needs and what it can touch
You need
- A Link account and the Link app for approvals
- The link-cli tool, installed with npm install -g @stripe/link-cli
What it can do
- Runs shell commands (link-cli)
- Installs a global npm package
- Browses merchant sites and fills checkout forms
- Sends purchase details to an outside service (Stripe Link)
- Handles real card numbers and shipping addresses
From reading its instructions, not from running it.
Why it scores 75
Strongest on upkeep (100 of 100), weakest on adoption (42).
Is create-payment-credential safe to install?
At least one scanner raised a medium warning. Read the results below. Scanners often miss what other scanners catch, and a skill can change after a scan. Read its source before you install it.
| Scanner | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Gen Agent Trust Hub | Passed | Nov 11, 2026 |
| Socket | Passed | Nov 6, 2026 |
| Snyk | Medium risk | Nov 11, 2026 |
Details
- Installs
- 25,836
- Repository stars
- 903
- Last repository change
- Tokens always loaded
- about 103
- Tokens when used
- about 10,219
- License
- MIT
- Data confidence
- High
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