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How to use Stripe with Cursor

You want Stripe inside Cursor so it can issue Stripe refunds safely, prepare invoices for customers, create payment links for existing prices, and review Stripe balances and payments — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.

Create your Stripe gateway

The gateway is the thing Cursor connects to, and it is where you decide which Stripe tools an agent may use. You create it once and every client reuses it.

Create an Arcade account

Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.
Create an MCP Gateway and select your Stripe tools

In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the Stripe tools you want to expose. The gateway is what your client connects to, and it is where tool access is decided.
Copy your gateway URL

Every client below needs it.
```
https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>
```

Create a Stripe gateway Opens the gateway builder in your Arcade dashboard.

Connect the gateway to Cursor

Heads up

Cursor does not refresh MCP OAuth tokens automatically. For a persistent connection, set Authorization to “Arcade Headers” on the gateway in the dashboard.

Open MCP settings

Command Palette (⌘⇧P / Ctrl+Shift+P) → Open MCP Settings, then click “New MCP Server”.

Add the gateway to mcpServers

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-arcade": {
      "url": "https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>"
    }
  }
}

Try it out

Ask Cursor to use one of your Stripe tools.

Full Cursor guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13

Try these Stripe prompts

Cursor can now act on your Stripe account. Click a prompt to copy it.

Configure a shared Stripe API key once, then use tool permissions to control which actions an agent can take. Pair it with Contextual Access policies so agents can access payment data without being allowed to issue refunds or finalize invoices.

How to use Stripe with Cursor

Create your Stripe gateway

Create an Arcade account

Create an MCP Gateway and select your Stripe tools

Copy your gateway URL

Connect the gateway to Cursor

Open MCP settings

Add the gateway to mcpServers

Try it out

Try these Stripe prompts

Ready to actually ship your agent?