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How to use Stripe with VS Code

You want Stripe inside VS Code so it can issue Stripe refunds safely, reconcile invoices and payments, create a payment link for a product, and prepare and finalize customer invoices — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.

Create your Stripe gateway

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

  1. Create an Arcade account

    Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.

  2. 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.

  3. 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 VS Code

  1. Add the server

    VS Code 1.107.0 or higher. Command Palette → MCP: Add Server… → choose HTTP, paste your gateway URL, and name it something like mcp-arcade.

  2. Start it and authenticate

    Click Start next to the server in mcp.json or under Extensions → MCP Servers - Installed, then approve the Arcade sign-in and consent screens.

  3. Try it out

    Open the chat pane, switch to Agent mode, and ask it to use one of your Stripe tools.

Full VS Code guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13

Try these Stripe prompts

VS Code 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.

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