MCP · Stripe — the MRR report in a note

Use case: indie hacker / SaaS — monthly sales, MRR, recent customers, unpaid invoices. Your revenue reporting lives in a note you re-run.

Configuration (.znote/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stripe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@stripe/mcp", "--tools=all"],
      "env": { "STRIPE_SECRET_KEY": "rk_live_your_restricted_key" }
    }
  }
}

Official Stripe server. Create a restricted key (Developers → API keys → Restricted) read-only on Charges / Customers / Subscriptions / Invoices — never the full secret key.

Exposed tools: list_customers, list_charges, list_subscriptions, list_invoices, list_products, retrieve_balance, search_documentation…

Examples

Monthly sales report

This month's report: total collected, number of sales, average basket.
Compare with last month and give the trend in one sentence.

Subscription health

List the subscriptions cancelled in the last 30 days with their
lifetime. Is there a pattern (lifespan, plan)?

Dunning

Unpaid invoices older than 15 days: customer, amount, date. Draft a
polite reminder email template I can reuse.

Tips

• Re-run the same block at the start of each month: the note becomes your report history, versioned with the vault.
• The read-only restricted key makes the whole thing safe: the model can't refund or charge anything.