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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. user-invocable: true allowed-tools:

• Bash(stripe *)
• Bash(which stripe)
• Bash(brew install stripe/stripe-cli/stripe)
• Bash(brew upgrade stripe/stripe-cli/stripe)
• Skill
• Read

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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:

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:

stripe plugin install projects

Step 2: Search the Catalog

Confirm the requested provider/service exists:

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 (e.g., "I need a database"), browse the catalog to suggest options:

stripe projects catalog --json

Step 3: Initialize a Project

Check if a project is already initialized:

stripe projects status --json

If not initialized:

stripe projects init --yes

(don't use '--json' for this command)

If the CLI output indicates a browser was opened for authentication, stop and clearly tell the user to complete sign-in in their browser. Don't run further commands until they confirm they're done.

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:

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

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

If OK: use the locally-installed stripe-projects-cli skill (invoke via 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 (e.g., 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. Do not 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 | |------------|-------|----------| | PROVIDER_NOT_LINKED | Provider requires OAuth linking | Run stripe projects link <provider> — this may open a browser | | 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 |