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Set up Stripe MCP in Claude Desktop

Integrate Stripe APIs for payments, subscriptions, customers, and invoices directly from your AI editor using the official Stripe agent toolkit.

1

Locate the config file

Claude Desktop reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Create this file if it does not already exist.

2

Add the configuration

Add the following to your Claude Desktop config file:

json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stripe-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@stripe/mcp",
        "--tools=all"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STRIPE_SECRET_KEY": "YOUR_STRIPE_SECRET_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}
3

Set up environment variables

Stripe MCP requires the following environment variables:

STRIPE_SECRET_KEYRequired

Stripe secret API key

4

Verify it works

Restart Claude Desktop. Stripe MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 15 tools available.

This server adds approximately 7,725 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.

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