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Create a Session
An MCP tool from the Stripe API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.
Create a Session To launch the Financial Connections authorization flow, create a Session . The session’s client_secret can be used to launch the flow using Stripe.js. [POST /v1/financial_connections/sessions]
Name on the gateway: stripe_api__post_financial_connections_sessions · may change things.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
account_holder required | object | The account holder to link accounts for. |
expand | array | Specifies which fields in the response should be expanded. |
filters | object | Filters to restrict the kinds of accounts to collect. |
limits | object | Settings for configuring Session-specific limits. |
manual_entry | object | Customize manual entry behavior |
permissions required | array | List of data features that you would like to request access to. Possible… |
prefetch | array | List of data features that you would like to retrieve upon account creation. |
return_url | string | For webview integrations only. Upon completing OAuth login in the native… |
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_financial_connections_sessions",
"arguments": {
"account_holder": "…",
"permissions": []
}
}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 session tool with account_holder set to ….