payment

name	payment
description	Use this skill whenever the user wants to integrate, implement, or test a payment API from an African provider — including Paycard, LengoPay, Wave, Djomy, Bictorys, or any provider in the Afro.tools registry. Activate even if the user only says "add payment", "connect to Paycard", or "implement a checkout flow" — always fetch the exact spec before writing any code.

Afro.tools — Payment skill

When this skill activates, use the afrotools MCP server to retrieve the spec for the target provider and capability before writing any implementation code.

Workflow

1. Identify the provider slug and capability from the user's request.

   • Providers with specs available: paycard, lengopay, wave, djomy, orangemoney-mali
   • Providers planned (no spec yet): bictorys
   • If the requested provider has no spec yet:
     1. Call afrotools.request_spec({ provider: "<slug>", capability: "<capability>" }) so the maintainers are notified of the demand.
     2. Tell the user: "The spec for {provider} isn't available yet — I've logged your request. You can track available specs with /afrotools:list."
     3. Stop — don't attempt to implement without a spec.

2. Call the MCP tool to fetch the spec:

   afrotools.get_spec({ provider: "<slug>", capability: "<capability>" })
   

   If the user is building a full payment flow (checkout + verification + webhook), fetch all three capabilities upfront:

   • create_payment — to initiate a payment and get the payment URL
   • verify_payment — to confirm payment status server-side
   • webhook_payment_completed — to handle async callbacks

3. Read the spec carefully before writing code:

   • auth — how to authenticate (header name, env var)
   • endpoint — method and URL
   • input_schema — required and optional fields
   • response_schema — what a success response looks like
   • error_schema — how errors are returned
   • gotchas — always surface these to the user

4. Implement using the canonical_example.ts pattern:

   • Native fetch only — no axios, no node-fetch
   • Credentials from process.env
   • Always verify payment status server-side before fulfilling an order

Important

Never skip the gotchas. They represent real integration failures.