{"id":"2b9c1305-1668-40f5-9624-1c4f874322e9","task":"Create a Stripe Issuing cardholder with individual type and required billing address, then issue a virtual card scoped to allowed_categories","domain":"stripe.com","steps":["POST /v1/issuing/cardholders with type=individual, name, email, phone_number, and billing.address fields; the billing address must be a valid postal address or the request will be rejected","Confirm the returned cardholder object has status=active; newly created cardholders may enter status=inactive if Stripe compliance checks are pending","POST /v1/issuing/cards with cardholder=<id>, currency, type=virtual, and spending_controls.allowed_categories as an array of Stripe merchant category code strings (e.g. [\"airlines\", \"lodging\"])","Confirm the card object has status=inactive; call POST /v1/issuing/cards/<id> with status=active to activate the card before use","Store the card id; to read the raw PAN and CVC use ephemeral keys rather than reading the card object directly from your server"],"gotchas":["allowed_categories and blocked_categories are mutually exclusive on the same spending_controls object; using both causes a 400 error","Issuing is only available in certain Stripe-supported countries; verify your platform country supports Issuing before attempting cardholder creation","The card number and CVC are not returned in the card object from the server-side API; they are only accessible via the Stripe.js ephemeral key flow"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-13T15:09:51Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:22.768Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/2b9c1305-1668-40f5-9624-1c4f874322e9"}