Stripe CLI Skill 🧾

A universal Moltbot skill wrapping Stripe CLI for payment processing, webhook testing, and API operations. Includes optional ShapeScale-specific extensions for clinic management.

What It Does

• Process payments, refunds, and subscriptions
• Manage customers and invoices
• Test webhooks locally
• Execute generic API calls to Stripe
• ShapeScale extensions (optional): Clinic presets, subscription plans, order integration

Installation

1. Install Stripe CLI

macOS:

brew install stripe/stripe-cli/stripe

Linux:

# Download from https://github.com/stripe/stripe-cli/releases
wget https://github.com/stripe/stripe-cli/releases/download/v1.34.0/stripe_1.34.0_linux_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i stripe_1.34.0_linux_amd64.deb

Authenticate:

stripe login

2. Set Environment Variable

export STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=sk_test_your_key_here

Or use 1Password:

op read "op://Stripe/Secret Key" --vault Personal

3. Clone to Skills

cd ~/.moltbot/skills/
git clone https://github.com/mkessler/stripe-cli-moltbot-skill.git stripe

Usage

Universal Commands

Invocation	Description
Create a test customer for $50	Creates customer + $50 payment intent
List my recent payments	Lists last 10 payment intents
Check payment status for pi_xxx	Retrieves payment intent details
Refund payment pi_xxx	Refunds the full amount
Trigger payment_intent.succeeded webhook	Simulates webhook event
Listen for webhooks for 30s	Forwards webhooks to localhost
Get customer details for cus_xxx	Retrieves customer record

ShapeScale Extensions (Optional)

Requires config/shapescale-presets.json:

Invocation	Description
Create clinic deposit for PracticeXYZ	Creates customer + deposit template
Create monthly subscription for clinic	Creates recurring payment from presets
Generate invoice for order #1234	Creates invoice from template
Check order status 1234	Cross-references with shapescale-db

Configuration

Universal

No config required. Uses STRIPE_SECRET_KEY environment variable.

ShapeScale Presets (Optional)

Create config/shapescale-presets.json:

{
  "clinic_templates": {
    "standard": { "deposit": 5000, "terms": "net30" },
    "premium": { "deposit": 10000, "terms": "net30" }
  },
  "subscription_plans": {
    "monthly": { "amount": 39900, "interval": "month" },
    "annual": { "amount": 399000, "interval": "year" }
  },
  "tax_rate": 0.0875,
  "default_currency": "usd"
}

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
STRIPE_SECRET_KEY	Yes	Stripe secret key (test or live)
STRIPE_WEBHOOK_ENDPOINT	No	Webhook forwarding URL (default: http://localhost:4242)
SHAPESCALE_PRESETS_PATH	No	Path to shapescale-presets.json

File Structure

stripe/
├── SKILL.md                    # This file
├── scripts/
│   ├── stripe.sh               # Universal CLI wrapper
│   └── shapescale-ext.sh       # ShapeScale extensions (optional)
├── config/
│   └── shapescale-presets.json # Clinic/subscription templates
├── patterns/
│   └── examples.md             # Usage examples
└── README.md                   # Installation guide (auto-generated)

State

Stateless — Pure function of inputs. All state lives in Stripe.

Integration with Other Skills

Skill	Integration
shapescale-crm	Link Stripe customer ID to CRM records
shapescale-sales	Orders → Payment intent creation
campaign-orchestrator	Failed payment → Follow-up campaign
shapescale-db	Match payments to database orders

Publishing

This skill is published to ClawdHub and available at: https://github.com/mkessler/stripe-cli-moltbot-skill

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.