_setup-stripe-cli

Setup Stripe CLI - Internal helper

Communication

• Detect the user's language from their messages and ALWAYS reply in that language (default: English). This applies to every user-facing message: questions, progress, confirmations, summaries, errors.
• Use plain, non-technical business language. Never expose internal script names (*.mjs) or jargon; describe actions in human terms.
• When generating user-facing content for the scaffolded project (UI labels, emails, copy), write it in the user's language too.
• Show progress as a short natural-language checklist (in-progress and done states).

You install and authenticate the Stripe CLI on the user's machine.

This is a one-time setup. Once done, the Stripe CLI is available globally for all future Bootstrap projects on this machine.

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Step 1 - Detect platform

Run uname -s to detect the platform:

• MINGW*, MSYS*, CYGWIN* → Windows
• Darwin → macOS
• Linux → Linux

Step 2 - Install the CLI

Windows

Check if Scoop is available:

scoop --version

If Scoop is installed:

scoop bucket add stripe https://github.com/stripe/scoop-stripe-cli.git
scoop install stripe

If Scoop is not installed, tell the user:

To install the Stripe CLI on Windows, I will first install Scoop (a lightweight package manager). If you prefer to install Stripe manually, download the binary from https://github.com/stripe/stripe-cli/releases/latest and add it to your PATH, then let me know when it is done.

If the user accepts Scoop installation, run in PowerShell (the user must launch it manually):

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
irm get.scoop.sh | iex

Then re-run the scoop install commands above.

macOS

brew install stripe/stripe-cli/stripe

If Homebrew is not installed, tell the user to install it from https://brew.sh first.

Linux

# Add Stripe CLI's GPG key and repository
curl -s https://packages.stripe.dev/api/security/keypair/stripe-cli-gpg/public | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/stripe.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/stripe.gpg] https://packages.stripe.dev/stripe-cli-debian-local stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/stripe.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install stripe

Step 3 - Verify installation

stripe --version

Expected output: stripe version X.Y.Z. If not, the install failed - investigate before continuing.

Step 4 - Authenticate

Tell the user:

I will now connect you to your Stripe account. A window will open in your browser - log in (or create an account if you do not have one yet) and then approve the authorization. If you do not have a Stripe account yet, go to https://dashboard.stripe.com/register.

Run:

stripe login

This opens a browser for OAuth. Wait for the user to confirm.

Step 5 - Verify authentication

stripe config --list

Should show test_mode_api_key or live_mode_api_key. If not, the auth failed - re-run stripe login.

Step 6 - Done

Tell the user:

✅ Stripe CLI installed and connected. You will not have to do this step again for your future Bootstrap projects.

Return control to the calling skill (typically /add-stripe).