What are AI Tools?
OwnPay provides a suite of AI-powered development tools that let you build production-ready plugins, integrations, and custom gateways using AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor. Instead of reading through dozens of documentation pages to understand interfaces and conventions, your AI agent reads the docs for you and generates correct code on the first attempt. The AI Tools ecosystem has two main components:MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol server that gives your AI assistant live access to all OwnPay documentation at query time. Every question reads real docs - not stale training data. Supports Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code (Cline/Roo Code), and Windsurf.
AI Skills
Pre-built instruction files that teach your AI assistant the OwnPay architecture, plugin system, coding conventions, and interface contracts before you ask it anything. Install once, and every subsequent prompt benefits from that context.
Quickstart
Get up and running with AI-assisted OwnPay development in three steps:Why use AI with OwnPay?
Faster development
Generate a complete gateway adapter with all required methods in seconds. What used to take hours of reading docs and writing boilerplate now takes a single prompt.
Fewer errors
The MCP server feeds your AI the exact interface signatures, hook names, and return types. No more guessing at method signatures or missing required methods.
Consistent conventions
Skills enforce OwnPay coding standards automatically - PSR-12 style, BCMath for money, no dangerous function calls, proper CSP nonce handling.
All plugin types
Generate gateways, addons, themes, and integrations. Each template covers the full plugin lifecycle: manifest, registration, hooks, and settings UI.
Live documentation
MCP queries run against the latest docs. When OwnPay adds a new hook or changes an interface, your AI already knows about it.
Works with your tools
Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, VS Code (Cline/Roo Code), and Windsurf - use whichever AI assistant you already prefer.
AI prompt templates
These collapsible prompts are pre-built instructions you can paste into Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor to generate complete, working plugins. Fill in the bracketed placeholders with your specific details before sending.Gateway plugin prompt
Gateway plugin prompt
Copy and paste this into your AI assistant:
Addon plugin prompt
Addon plugin prompt
Copy and paste this into your AI assistant:
Theme plugin prompt
Theme plugin prompt
Copy and paste this into your AI assistant:
Integration plugin prompt
Integration plugin prompt
Copy and paste this into your AI assistant:
Supported AI tools
Cursor
Add the MCP server in Settings > Features > MCP. Agent mode calls it automatically.
Claude Desktop & Claude Code
Add to claude_desktop_config.json or run claude mcp add.
VS Code (Cline / Roo Code)
Add the MCP server URL in your extension MCP settings.
Windsurf
Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.
Related pages
- MCP server - setup and configuration guide
- AI Skills - install and use pre-built skills
- Developer quickstart - API integration without AI
- Plugin system overview - understand hooks, manifest, and lifecycle