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Hand-off a PaymentIntent to a Reader

An MCP tool from the Stripe API server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.

Hand-off a PaymentIntent to a Reader Initiates a payment flow on a Reader. See process the payment for more details. [POST /v1/terminal/readers/{reader}/process_payment_intent]

Name on the gateway: stripe_api__post_terminal_readers_reader_process_payment_intent · may change things.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
reader requiredstringreader parameter
expandarraySpecifies which fields in the response should be expanded.
payment_intent requiredstringThe ID of the PaymentIntent to process on the reader.
process_configobjectConfiguration overrides for this transaction, such as tipping and 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:

call_tool arguments
{
  "name": "stripe_api__post_terminal_readers_reader_process_payment_intent",
  "arguments": {
    "reader": "…",
    "payment_intent": "…"
  }
}

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 hand-off a paymentintent to a reader tool with reader set to ….

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