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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/link_account_sessions]

Name on the gateway: stripe_api__post_link_account_sessions · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
account_holder requiredobjectThe account holder to link accounts for.
expandarraySpecifies which fields in the response should be expanded.
filtersobjectFilters to restrict the kinds of accounts to collect.
limitsobjectSettings for configuring Session-specific limits.
manual_entryobjectCustomize manual entry behavior
permissions requiredarrayList of data features that you would like to request access to. Possible…
prefetcharrayList of data features that you would like to retrieve upon account creation.
return_urlstringFor 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:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "stripe_api__post_link_account_sessions",
  "arguments": {
    "account_holder": "…",
    "permissions": []
  }
}

Or connect the Stripe API server directly, which lists 606 tools including this one:

Run in your terminal
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 ….

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