connect-recommend — Claude skill: pick your Stripe Connect setup
This skill reads your business from a URL or description and recommends a Stripe Connect configuration with a matching charge pattern. Useful when you're building a marketplace or platform that pays out sellers.
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill connect-recommend -a codexWhat connect-recommend does
The skill walks through a fixed sequence: learn the business, scan the project, recommend a configuration and charge pattern, then produce a markdown plan. A company URL or a plain description is enough input — the skill works out the rest. It pulls from reference files: terminology rules, company-researcher instructions, and a decision matrix.
Every decision point is confirmed with numbered options, one question at a time. Low-cost actions — scanning the codebase, reading references, generating the plan — happen without asking. Research findings carry confidence levels: high values get auto-filled, medium ones get a quick confirmation, low ones turn into open questions. If the research flags the business as not needing Connect, the skill offers a standard Stripe integration instead.
One thing to know: the skill covers Connect configuration only. OAuth and international expansion sit outside it, and it points you to Stripe's public docs for those. Fee economics are validated every run, even when the value was auto-filled.
What it helps with
- pick a Stripe Connect configuration for a marketplace model
- choose a charge pattern for payouts to sellers and providers
- split fee and negative-balance liability between platform and connected account
- set up onboarding and KYC for merchants and vendors
- decide whether Connect is needed at all or a standard Stripe integration fits
Example prompts for the agent
- Here's our services marketplace URL — recommend a Stripe Connect configuration
- We pay freelancers and take a cut of each job, which charge pattern should we use?
- Scan the project and suggest a connected account setup for vendor payouts
How to install connect-recommend
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill connect-recommend -a codex2Manually: put the files in place
.agents/skills/connect-recommend/SKILL.mdFor all projects use ~/.agents/skills/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill connect-recommend -a claude-code2Manually: put the files in place
~/.claude/skills/connect-recommend/SKILL.mdCopy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/connect-recommend/
Manually: put the files in place
.cursor/skills/connect-recommend/SKILL.mdCursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/
1GitHub CLI
gh skill install openai/plugins connect-recommend2Manually: put the files in place
.github/skills/connect-recommend/SKILL.mdPlatform CLI
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/stripe/skills/connect-recommendManually: put the files in place
.devin/skills/connect-recommend/SKILL.mdThe legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works
Claude.ai
Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills
Step by step, with commands for each platform: Codex skills: how to install, where they live, how to call them
Questions about connect-recommend
How do I install connect-recommend in Claude?
Run npx skills add openai/plugins --skill connect-recommend -a codex, then check that the file landed at .agents/skills/connect-recommend/SKILL.md.
What does connect-recommend do?
It reads your business from a URL or description, scans the project, and recommends a Stripe Connect configuration plus charge pattern. The output is a markdown plan with rationale.
Does my project actually need Stripe Connect?
The skill checks this itself: if the research shows no money routing between parties, it suggests a standard Stripe integration instead of Connect.
