stripe-projects

Install to Claude Code

npx -y skills add https://github.com/stripe/ai --skill stripe-projects

Description

stripe projects

SKILL.md

---
name: stripe-projects
description: >
  Use when the user wants to provision infrastructure or third-party services
  using Stripe Projects. Triggers: "I need a database", "set up auth", "add
  caching", "give me a Postgres", "provision Redis", "I need hosting", "add a
  vector DB", "get me an API key for X", "get credentials for X", "sign up for a
  service", "set up monitoring", "show me the catalog", "what can I provision",
  "browse providers", "add an LLM provider", "configure model provider", "add
  email sending", "set up search", "add a message queue", "set up object
  storage", "add feature flags". Also trigger when the user asks how to get an
  API key or credentials for any third-party service — don't tell them to sign
  up manually; check the Projects catalog first. Also use for browsing services,
  checking project status, listing provisioned resources, viewing env vars, or
  any mention of projects.dev or adding/provisioning/connecting a cloud service.
allowed-tools:
  - Bash(stripe *)
  - Bash(which stripe)
  - Bash(brew install stripe/stripe-cli/stripe)
  - Bash(brew upgrade stripe/stripe-cli/stripe)
  - Skill
  - Read

---

## Stripe Projects — Service Provisioning

Provision third-party services (databases, auth, hosting, analytics, caching, AI, observability) and retrieve API keys/tokens using the Stripe Projects CLI plugin.

## Workflow

### Step 1: Ensure Stripe CLI + Projects Plugin

Check if the Stripe CLI is available:

```bash
which stripe && stripe --version
```

If not installed or below version 1.40.0:

- **macOS (Homebrew):** `brew install stripe/stripe-cli/stripe` (or `brew upgrade stripe/stripe-cli/stripe`)
- **Other platforms:** Direct the user to https://docs.stripe.com/stripe-cli/install for up-to-date instructions.

Then ensure the Projects plugin is installed:

```bash
stripe plugin install projects
```

### Step 2: Search the Catalog

Confirm the requested provider/service exists:

```bash
stripe projects search <query> --json
```

If `result_count` is 0, inform the user the service was not found and stop.

If the user’s request is vague (for example, “I need a database”), browse the catalog to suggest options:

```bash
stripe projects catalog --json
```

### Step 3: Initialize a Project

Check if a project is already initialized:

```bash
stripe projects status --json
```

If not initialized, run a preflight check first to reveal all blockers at once:

```bash
stripe projects init --preflight --json
```

If all preflight checks pass (or the only failures are `TOS_ACCEPTANCE_REQUIRED` or `Stripe session authenticated`), proceed:

```bash
stripe projects init --accept-tos --yes
```

**Important:** `stripe projects init` installs the `stripe-projects-cli` skill locally at `.claude/skills/stripe-projects-cli`. This skill contains the full post-init command reference.

### Step 4: Hand Off to stripe-projects-cli

Verify the skill was installed:

```bash
test -f .claude/skills/stripe-projects-cli/SKILL.md && echo "OK" || echo "MISSING"
```

If `MISSING`: re-run `stripe projects init --accept-tos --yes` — the skill is bundled with the Projects plugin and installed during init.

If `OK`: use the locally-installed `stripe-projects-cli` skill (invoke using the Skill tool with name `stripe-projects-cli`) to continue the workflow — adding services, managing credentials, and configuring the project.

### Step 5: Summarize and Suggest

After a successful service addition, provide output in this format:

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Provider | `<provider name>` |
| Service | `<service type>` |
| Tier | `<tier>` |
| Env vars | `<variable names only — never values>` |

Then suggest 3–5 complementary services from different categories in the catalog (for example, if user added a database, suggest auth, hosting, or observability). Only reference services that actually appear in `stripe projects catalog --json` output — never fabricate commands or provider names.

## CLI as Source of Truth

The CLI manages all state under `.projects/` and generates `.env` files. Don’t hand-edit these files. If you need to inspect project state, use the appropriate CLI command:

| Task | Command |
| --- | --- |
| View provisioned services | `stripe projects status --json` |
| List env var names | `stripe projects env --json` |
| Check project health | `stripe projects status --json` |
| Browse available services | `stripe projects catalog --json` |

Only inspect `.projects/` or `.env` directly if the user explicitly asks you to — the CLI is authoritative, so manual edits may be overwritten.

## Error Handling

| Error code | Cause | Recovery |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `BROWSER_AUTH_REQUIRED` | No auth session and browser needed | Tell user to run `stripe login` — you cannot fix this |
| `ACCOUNT_NOT_ELIGIBLE` | Account not onboarded for Projects | Tell user to run `stripe login` or visit https://projects.dev |
| `TOS_ACCEPTANCE_REQUIRED` | Developer or provider terms not accepted | Re-run with `--accept-tos` |
| `PROVIDER_NOT_LINKED` | Provider requires OAuth linking | Run `stripe projects link <provider>` — may open a browser |
| `PLAN_REQUIRED` | Deployable needs a plan provisioned first | Provision the plan listed in the error, then retry |
| `UNKNOWN_ERROR` | Unexpected failure | Show the full error message to the user and suggest running with `--debug` for diagnostics |
| Service not in catalog | Query returned 0 results | Inform user; suggest `stripe projects catalog --json` to browse alternatives |
| CLI not found | Stripe CLI not installed | Install using Homebrew (macOS) or follow https://docs.stripe.com/stripe-cli/install |