Stripe Best Practices

This skill provides guidance for building modern Stripe integrations, avoiding deprecated APIs, and following recommended patterns.

Recommended APIs & Products

Primary Payment APIs

CheckoutSessions API (Recommended)

• Stripe's primary API for modeling on-session payments
• Handles both one-time payments and subscriptions
• Supports Stripe-hosted or embedded checkout experiences

PaymentIntents API

• Use for off-session payments or custom checkout flows
• Required when you need full control over the payment UI
• Prioritize CheckoutSessions over PaymentIntents when possible

Deprecated APIs (Avoid)