# paypal

Connects PayPal API guidance and a sandbox MCP server to Claude Code. It automates payment flows, spots outdated endpoints, and diagnoses integration errors.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 35
- Author: PayPal
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/paypal/AI-Toolkit
- Updated: 2026-10-16
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/paypal

## What it does

This plugin brings official PayPal development knowledge directly into Claude Code sessions. The built-in `paypal-best-practices` skill triggers automatically when handling payment routines. It suggests current endpoints and guides webhook verification. In addition, an automated hook checks payment patterns before code edits hit disk.

An integrated sandbox MCP server communicates over SSE to execute API operations. Claude Code can create orders, issue invoices, and manage recurring plans directly through conversation. Built-in slash commands streamline troubleshooting: `/paypal:doctor` inspects the project for integration flaws, while `/paypal:explain-error` decodes failed API responses.

Tokens expire within 8 hours. You must place `PAYPAL_SANDBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN` directly in `~/.claude/settings.json`, because GUI sessions ignore shell profiles like `~/.zshrc`. When you encounter a 401 response code, run `/paypal:setup refresh` to restore the connection.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install paypal@claude-plugins-official
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
```

## When to use it
- create orders, capture payments, and issue refunds in PayPal sandbox
- validate integration code against PayPal API standards before saving
- diagnose PayPal error codes with actionable root-cause explanations
- generate test invoices and payment QR codes from chat
- set up sandbox test accounts, cards, and webhook listeners

## Example prompts
- /paypal:explain-error INSTRUMENT_DECLINED
- /paypal:doctor webhooks not firing
- /paypal:sandbox subscriptions

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# PayPal AI Toolkit

A plugin that integrates PayPal's APIs and MCP server into your AI coding workflow. Get AI-assisted help with PayPal payments, subscriptions, invoices, disputes, and more — in Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, and other compatible agents.

## Features

- **Best practices Skill** — auto-injects PayPal API knowledge when you're working on payment integrations
- **Commands** — quick reference commands for common developer tasks (Claude Code and Cursor)
- **Hooks** — automatically checks PayPal best practices before writing integration code
- **MCP Server integration** — connects your agent to PayPal's sandbox MCP servers for direct API operations via natural language

![Demo of installation and usage](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/787a2b4c-4276-422c-9124-fd535571a68c)

## Installation

### Prerequisites

- A PayPal Developer account at https://developer.paypal.com
- A PayPal sandbox access token
- Claude Code (`claude --version`), OpenAI Codex (`codex --version`), and/or Cursor

### Claude Code

PayPal AI Toolkit is available on the official Anthropic marketplace, which Claude Code adds automatically. Install it with:

```
/plugin install paypal@claude-plugins-official
```

Then run `/reload-plugins` to activate it.

#### Local / development install

To work on the plugin itself, clone the repo and load it directly instead:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/paypal/AI-Toolkit.git
```

Then start Claude Code with the plugin loaded:

```bash
cd your-project/
claude --plugin-dir /path/to/AI-Toolkit
```

### OpenAI Codex

Add the PayPal marketplace, then install the plugin:

```bash
codex plugin marketplace add paypal/AI-Toolkit
codex plugin add paypal@paypal-ai-toolkit
```

#### Local / development install

```bash
git clone https://github.com/paypal/AI-Toolkit.git
codex plugin marketplace add /path/to/AI-Toolkit
codex plugin add paypal@paypal-ai-toolkit
```

Restart Codex after installing so skills and the sandbox MCP server load.

### Cursor

Add this repository as a marketplace, then install the plugin:

```bash
cursor-agent plugin marketplace add https://github.com/paypal/AI-Toolkit
```

Then open **Customize** (or type `/plugin`) and install `paypal` at user or project scope.

Once the plugin is listed on the Cursor marketplace, you can also install it from chat with `/add-plugin paypal`.

#### Local / development install

Load the checkout directly (no marketplace or admin setting required):

```bash
git clone https://github.com/paypal/AI-Toolkit.git
cursor-agent --plugin-dir /path/to/AI-Toolkit
```

You can also copy the repo into Cursor's local plugin folder. This requires **Allow Local Plugin Imports** (Dashboard → Settings → Security & Identity → Marketplace and Plugins), which is off by default on some teams. Symlinks that point outside this folder are skipped:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/paypal/AI-Toolkit.git ~/.cursor/plugins/local/paypal
```

`cursor-agent plugin marketplace add` only accepts a git URL (for example `https://github.com/paypal/AI-Toolkit`), not a local path.

Restart Cursor or run **Developer: Reload Window**, then confirm skills, commands, and `paypal-sandbox` in **Customize**.

### Configure your sandbox access token

1. Generate a sandbox access token:

   ```bash
   curl -X POST https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/oauth2/token \
     -u "YOUR_SANDBOX_CLIENT_ID:YOUR_SANDBOX_CLIENT_SECRET" \
     -d "grant_type=client_credentials" \
     | jq -r .access_token
   ```

   Get the client ID and secret from the [PayPal Developer Dashboard](https://developer.paypal.com/dashboard/applications/sandbox).

2. Paste the single-line value into your agent's config.

   **Claude Code** — merge into the existing `"env"` block in `~/.claude/settings.json`:

   ```json
   "env": {
     "PAYPAL_SANDBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN": "A21AA…"
   }
   ```

   **OpenAI Codex** — merge into `~/.codex/config.toml`:

   ```toml
   [shell_environment_policy.set]
   PAYPAL_SANDBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN = "A21AA…"
   ```
````
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