Stripe Integration Setup

Sarudo integrates with Stripe to handle payment processing, invoicing, and financial transactions. Stripe is the world's most popular payment platform, trusted by millions of businesses. Through Stripe, your AI employee can create checkout links for one-time payments, generate and send invoices, track payment status, and process refunds — all through simple conversation commands. Your existing Stripe account is used, keeping all financial data within your Stripe dashboard.

To enable payment features, you need a Stripe account with an API key. During onboarding, your setup team will help you generate a restricted API key with the appropriate permissions (charges, invoices, refunds, and customers). This key is stored in a configuration file on your server and is never committed to any repository. It is not encrypted at rest — which is why the setup team generates a restricted key scoped to charges, invoices, refunds and customers, so its blast radius is bounded, and you can rotate it from your own Stripe dashboard at any time. The connection is read-write, allowing your AI employee to both view and create payment-related resources in your Stripe account.

After connecting Stripe, verify the integration by asking your AI employee about your Stripe status. It will confirm the API connection, show your account name, and indicate which features are available. You can also run a test by asking for recent payments — if the AI can retrieve your Stripe data, the integration is working correctly.

Stripe charges standard processing fees on transactions — typically 2.9% + $0.30 per successful card charge in the US. Stripe bills those directly to your Stripe account. Sarudo adds nothing on top of Stripe's standard pricing and never touches your money. All transaction fees, payouts, and financial reporting are managed through your Stripe dashboard.