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Hand off a PaymentIntent to a Reader and collect card details
An MCP tool from the Stripe API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.
Hand off a PaymentIntent to a Reader and collect card details Initiates a payment flow on a Reader and updates the PaymentIntent with card details before manual confirmation. See Collecting a Payment method for more details. [POST /v1/terminal/readers/{reader}/collect_payment_method]
Name on the gateway: stripe_api__post_terminal_readers_reader_collect_payment_method · may change things.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
reader required | string | reader parameter |
collect_config | object | Configuration overrides for this collection, such as tipping, surcharging, and… |
expand | array | Specifies which fields in the response should be expanded. |
payment_intent required | string | The ID of the PaymentIntent to collect a payment method for. |
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_terminal_readers_reader_collect_payment_method",
"arguments": {
"reader": "…",
"payment_intent": "…"
}
}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 hand off a paymentintent to a reader and collect card details tool with reader set to ….