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Create a customer
An MCP tool from the Stripe API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.
Create a customer Creates a new customer object. [POST /v1/customers]
Name on the gateway: stripe_api__post_customers · may change things.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
address | object | The customer's address. Learn about country-specific requirements for… |
balance | integer | An integer amount in cents (or local equivalent) that represents the… |
business_name | string | The customer's business name. This may be up to *150 characters*. |
cash_balance | object | Balance information and default balance settings for this customer. |
description | string | An arbitrary string that you can attach to a customer object. It is displayed… |
email | string | Customer's email address. It's displayed alongside the customer in your… |
expand | array | Specifies which fields in the response should be expanded. |
individual_name | string | The customer's full name. This may be up to *150 characters*. |
invoice_prefix | string | The prefix for the customer used to generate unique invoice numbers. Must be… |
invoice_settings | object | Default invoice settings for this customer. |
metadata | object | Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful… |
name | string | The customer's full name or business name. |
next_invoice_sequence | integer | The sequence to be used on the customer's next invoice. Defaults to 1. |
payment_method | string | |
phone | string | The customer's phone number. |
preferred_locales | array | Customer's preferred languages, ordered by preference. |
shipping | object | The customer's shipping information. Appears on invoices emailed to this… |
source | string | |
tax | object | Tax details about the customer. |
tax_exempt | | exempt | none | reverse | The customer's tax exemption. One of none, exempt, or reverse. |
tax_id_data | array | The customer's tax IDs. |
test_clock | string | ID of the test clock to attach to the customer. |
How to call it
Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:
{
"name": "stripe_api__post_customers",
"arguments": {}
}Or connect the Stripe API server directly, which lists 606 tools including this one:
claude mcp add --transport http hj-stripe-api https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/stripe-api \
--header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"Try asking
Use the create a customer tool with address set to ….