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Create a card
An MCP tool from the Stripe API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.
Create a card Creates an Issuing Card object. [POST /v1/issuing/cards]
Name on the gateway: stripe_api__post_issuing_cards · may change things.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
cardholder | string | The Cardholder object with which the card will be associated. |
currency required | string | The currency for the card. |
exp_month | integer | The desired expiration month (1-12) for this card if specifying a custom… |
exp_year | integer | The desired 4-digit expiration year for this card if specifying a custom… |
expand | array | Specifies which fields in the response should be expanded. |
financial_account | string | The new financial account ID the card will be associated with. This field… |
lifecycle_controls | object | Rules that control the lifecycle of this card, such as automatic cancellation.… |
metadata | object | Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful… |
personalization_design | string | The personalization design object belonging to this card. |
pin | object | The desired PIN for this card. |
replacement_for | string | The card this is meant to be a replacement for (if any). |
replacement_reason | damaged | expired | lost | stolen | If replacement_for is specified, this should indicate why that card is being… |
second_line | string | The second line to print on the card. Max length: 24 characters. |
shipping | object | The address where the card will be shipped. |
spending_controls | object | Rules that control spending for this card. Refer to our documentation for more… |
status | active | inactive | Whether authorizations can be approved on this card. May be blocked from… |
type required | physical | virtual | The type of card to issue. Possible values are physical or virtual. |
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_issuing_cards",
"arguments": {
"currency": "…",
"type": "…"
}
}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 card tool with cardholder set to ….