# Stripe

{% hint style="info" %} <sub>If you feel clever around payments, pause. Clever plus money equals audit season. Boring plus money equals sleep.</sub>
{% endhint %}

<h2 align="center"><sub>This page means</sub></h2>

<table><thead><tr><th width="286.72723388671875">This page is</th><th>This page is not</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><sub>Operator discipline for the Stripe slot</sub></td><td><sub>Legal or tax advice for your entity</sub></td></tr><tr><td><sub>Save, Test, least privilege habits</sub></td><td><sub>A guarantee that every charge will succeed</sub></td></tr></tbody></table>

<h3 id="how-to-get-a-github-api-key-for-aria" align="center"><sub>How to get a Stripe API key for ARIA</sub></h3>

{% stepper %}
{% step %} <sub>**Create a Stripe account**</sub>

<sub>Open</sub> [<sub>serper.dev</sub>](https://serper.dev)<sub>, sign up, and confirm your email if Serper asks.</sub> \ <sub>You need a logged in session before the dashboard shows keys.</sub> \ <sub>Serper gives 2500 free credits, enough to start in ARIA.</sub>
{% endstep %}

{% step %} <sub>**Open Developers > API keys**</sub>

<sub>In the Stripe Dashboard, go to</sub> <sub></sub><sub>**Developers**</sub> <sub></sub><sub>then</sub> <sub></sub><sub>**API keys**</sub><sub>. Direct link:</sub> [<sub>API keys</sub>](https://dashboard.stripe.com/apikeys)<sub>.</sub>
{% endstep %}

{% step %} <sub>**Create a sk\_live key**</sub>

<sub>Use a full secret key</sub> <sub></sub><sub>`sk_live_`</sub><sub>, treat rotation and least privilege as mandatory hygiene.</sub>
{% endstep %}

{% step %} <sub>**Copy the live secret once**</sub>

<sub>Reveal and copy the secret. Never paste it into Slack, email, or a slide deck.</sub> \ <sub>If exposure happens, roll the key in Stripe immediately, then</sub> <sub></sub><sub>**Remove**</sub> <sub></sub><sub>and</sub> <sub></sub><sub>**Save**</sub> <sub></sub><sub>the new value in ARIA.</sub>
{% endstep %}

{% step %} <sub>**Paste in ARIA Settings**</sub>

<sub>In ARIA</sub> <sub></sub><sub>**Settings**</sub><sub>, open</sub> <sub></sub><sub>**Stripe Secret Key**</sub><sub>, paste,</sub> <sub></sub><sub>**Save**</sub><sub>, then</sub> <sub></sub><sub>**Test**</sub><sub>. ARIA runs a safe balance plus temporary customer smoke flow. Read failures literally (wrong mode, revoked key, missing permission).</sub>
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

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<h2 align="center"><sub>Ask a question</sub></h2>

<p align="center"><sub><strong>Who is allowed to move money in this workspace, and who is only allowed to read receipts?</strong></sub> <br><sub>If the answer is “everyone,” fix governance before you Save live keys.</sub></p>

<h3 align="center"><sub>Official Stripe links</sub></h3>

<table><thead><tr><th width="219.45452880859375">Resource</th><th>URL</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><sub>Stripe Dashboard</sub></td><td><a href="https://dashboard.stripe.com"><sub>https://dashboard.stripe.com</sub></a></td></tr><tr><td><sub>API keys</sub></td><td><a href="https://dashboard.stripe.com/apikeys"><sub>https://dashboard.stripe.com/apikeys</sub></a></td></tr><tr><td><sub>Restricted keys</sub></td><td><a href="https://docs.stripe.com/keys#create-restricted-secret-key"><sub>https://docs.stripe.com/keys#create-restricted-secret-key</sub></a></td></tr><tr><td><sub>Stripe security overview</sub></td><td><a href="https://docs.stripe.com/security"><sub>https://docs.stripe.com/security</sub></a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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