Install
npx skills add stripe/ai --skill connect-recommend
Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.
As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
/plugin install stripe@stripe
This skill is part of the plugin “stripe”. In Claude Code the plugin installs it together with the plugin’s other skills, commands and hooks.
What does the connect-recommend skill do?
Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.
Works with Stripe
Questions about connect-recommend
What does the connect-recommend skill do?
Use this skill when the user asks about Stripe Connect configuration, charge patterns, Dashboard access, or how to get started with Connect, is building a marketplace, platform, multi-vendor store, gig platform, or subscription platform, needs to pay out sellers, vendors, or providers, mentions split payments, revenue sharing, multi-party payments, or similar payment distribution concepts, provides a company URL or business description for a recommendation, builds SaaS that routes money between parties (for example, POS, booking, invoicing — not operational SaaS without payment routing), asks about onboarding or KYC for merchants, sellers, and vendors, mentions connected account Dashboard or responsibility configurations, or asks about payment flows, white-label payments, or embedded payments.
How do I install connect-recommend?
In a terminal: npx skills add stripe/ai --skill connect-recommend. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.
Which agents can use connect-recommend?
Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.
Is connect-recommend safe to use?
Our automatic check found no risky patterns (piped shell scripts, hidden characters, secret access, prompt overrides). It is not a full audit – read the SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.
Which tool is connect-recommend for?
connect-recommend comes from the makers of Stripe and helps your agent work with it.
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