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CLAUDE.md

link-cli CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from stripe/link-cli. It costs 7,811 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions for Link CLI, a command-line tool that gets secure, one-time payment credentials from a Link wallet. It covers a pnpm and Turborepo monorepo, meaning one repository containing multiple related packages.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when working on the Link SDK or CLI, installing dependencies, building, running tests, checking types, or formatting code.
Why use it?
It gives coding agents the project layout, required commands, and testing instructions so changes are made and checked consistently across the packages.

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Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code; mentions AGENTS.md.

This is stripe/link-cli's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on link-cli itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything link-cli configures →

About the project

stripe/link-cli is a command-line tool that lets agents obtain temporary payment credentials from a Link wallet for approved purchases without exposing the user's real card details. It is used by agents to complete web checkouts or programmatic payments while requiring purchase approval. The catalogue entries provide components for integrating the CLI with agents.

stripe/link-cli · 865 stars · on GitHub · link.com

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CLAUDE.md · 255 lines

How it starts

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CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code when working with code in this repository.

Project Overview

Link CLI — lets agents get secure, one-time-use payment credentials from a Link wallet. pnpm + Turborepo monorepo:

  • @stripe/link-sdk (packages/sdk): Typed Link API client and resource implementations. It accepts accessToken or getAccessToken; it does not own OAuth state. Entry: src/index.ts.
  • Link Go SDK (packages/sdk-go): Go equivalent of @stripe/link-sdk. It accepts AccessToken or GetAccessToken; it does not own OAuth state. Package name: link.
  • Link Python SDK (packages/sdk-python): Python 3.11+ library covering the Go SDK's API resources with Python conventions. Distribution name: link-sdk; import name: link. HTTPX Client and AsyncClient expose typed keyword arguments and Pydantic response models. Uses uv for Python, dependencies, environments, builds, and development commands.
  • @stripe/link-integrations-better-auth (packages/integrations/better-auth): Generic OAuth wrapper for Link sign-in and connecting wallets. Link's stable /userinfo.id identifies the provider account, using the SDK's UserInfo type through a development dependency. The /client export provides linkClient(): link.connect() wraps native linkSocial, while link.disconnect() checks an authoritative fresh session, ownership, provider, and last-account policy before revoking the stored refresh token and deleting the account. Revocation failures retain the account and credentials. Better Auth owns OAuth state, token storage, and refresh; wallet API calls remain in the SDK.
  • @stripe/link-integrations-eve (packages/integrations/eve): Native Eve extension built with eve extension build. Static tool files wrap @stripe/link-sdk/tools and accept exactly one of accessToken or an Eve auth provider. OAuth tools use ctx.getToken and map Link 401s to ctx.requireAuth. The consuming application owns its OAuth provider, including token exchange, storage, refresh, and callback routing; this package supplies no OAuth client or storage abstraction. Static-token mode does not refresh. Interactive OAuth requires an authenticated Eve user. create_spend_request defaults to Eve approval via always(), which consumers can override; request_approval: false defers Link approval for a draft and does not authorize spending. Its extension/skills/create-payment-credential/SKILL.md and extension/skills/financial-insights/SKILL.md adapt the root skills to native tool calls and Eve auth; maintain these copies alongside shared wallet behavior and tool changes. Workspace development and CI require Node 24+.
  • @stripe/agent-identity (packages/agent-identity): Service-side verification of Link bearer attestations and selectively disclosed identity presentations. Independent of the wallet client, using Node built-ins and jose, with ESM/CommonJS exports and a /testing entry point. Consumers require Node 22+; workspace development uses Node 24+. Uses tsup, TypeScript, and Vitest. Run pnpm build, pnpm typecheck, and pnpm test from packages/agent-identity; follow its README for package, documentation, and HTTP example checks. Guides live in READMEs; runnable examples use example/. Read its scoped AGENTS.md before changing verification behavior.
  • @stripe/link-cli (packages/cli): Commander.js + Ink/React CLI that consumes @stripe/link-sdk. Entry: src/cli.tsx.

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link-cli CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository stripe/link-cli (865 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 7,811 tokens to every session, about $0.0312 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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