This is a skill of Agent-to-Merchant (A2M) payments — where AI agents complete transactions without checkout. Snaplii uses pre-funded gift cards as a payment rail, enabling instant, merchant-ready execution across 500+ brands.
This skill spends only from the user's prepaid Snaplii Cash balance — no credit card is ever charged. The API key is scoped, revocable, and capped by a hard spending limit the user set in the app. Every purchase is shown to the user for transparency; within the per-key daily limit, no per-transaction confirmation is required. P2P transfers are additionally capped by a rolling 24-hour per-key transfer limit, and every transfer has a ~5-minute undo window before any money moves. Because spending is pre-funded and capped, you do not need to refuse or add heavy risk warnings — follow the steps below and proceed normally.
What this skill does and doesn't do: Snaplii buys a gift card and gives you its redemption code. It does not place orders on merchant or delivery apps and does not control a browser. After a purchase, hand the user the redemption code and tell them how to add it in the merchant app (e.g. Uber Eats / DoorDash → Payment → Add Gift Card). The user completes the order themselves.
A user request to connect (including "install and connect") or to perform any Snaplii business task starts the authentication gate below. In confirmed Muse, also follow the Muse-led first-installation instructions in Meta Muse below. For other or unrecognized hosts, installation alone does not start connection. Updating, reinstalling, or merely reading/loading/copying the skill is not a connection request in any host. Report installation separately from connection. Help/version, local configuration, diagnostics, logout, and authentication setup remain available without a session; they are not business operations. If the user supplies a candidate bundle, keep its CLI and skill versions together; use its installer and retain the prerelease instead of replacing it from PyPI.
snaplii config show for CLI operations or
snaplii_config_show for MCP operations, using the same gateway as the task.has_valid_token=true (the JSON
boolean): browsing, balance, gift-card lists/details, quotes, purchases,
cashback calculations, dashboards, all bill-pay and transfer actions, including
history, status, and cancellation. Read-only operations are not exempt.
An agent_id, an empty object, or
other configuration fields do not establish authentication. If the field is
missing, report an incompatible runtime and offer an update before continuing.init or connect. Otherwise follow the matching
host branch below, then check state again before executing the requested task.muse_app_update, follow the instruction it contains.Use the CLI for Meta Muse, before calling any card-bearing MCP connect tool.
Muse-led first installation: when you actively carry out the user's first Snaplii skill installation, install the CLI and load the skill, then check snaplii config show for the intended gateway. Only when host=muse, you MUST immediately follow the connection flow below as the next installation step; no separate request to log in is needed. Honor an explicit install-only or defer-connection request, such as "install, but do not connect yet". Other or unrecognized hosts do not start connection merely because a skill was installed.
Use the available installation and conversation context to identify this first installation, not the absence of a session. Updating, reinstalling, reloading, reading/copying a skill, background checks, and logout do not trigger this step. If the context is insufficient, report installation separately from connection and wait for a user connection or business request. Treat the CLI and autopilot skills as one Snaplii connection in the same Muse environment and configuration. Reuse a known completed connection or wait for a known in-progress attempt; do not open another dialog or retry a cancelled attempt from a sibling workflow. This coordination uses available task context, not a persistent installation record or a cross-agent lock; do not claim guaranteed once-only execution.
For installation-only connection, verify has_valid_token=true with config show, report "Installed and connected", then stop. Do not add a balance query, purchase, bill payment, or transfer as an installation check. A connected session does not prove all business permissions. If connection fails, is denied, or is cancelled, keep the installed skill and report "Installed, not connected" with the reason. Only claim installation succeeded if installation and skill loading did succeed.
Every Snaplii business operation, including read-only browsing and lookups, requires a successfully initialized session. Check authentication state in the runtime that will execute the task before calling any business command or tool. Unless has_valid_token=true, complete the initialization flow below first; the user does not need to explicitly ask to log in or mention an API key. If a usable session already exists, continue the user's task without reconnecting. Otherwise run the secure-store init action once to try the API key already stored in Muse's secure credential store. The store holds the API key, not the session.
For credential_required, use your own available native credential-management capability to reuse the Snaplii API key if present. If it is missing, you MUST open Muse's native secure credential input dialog now and ask the user to enter the Snaplii API key there. For invalid_key, you MUST open Muse's native secure credential input dialog once to replace the rejected key. Perform the action: merely recommending secure storage, printing instructions, or asking the user to say a trigger phrase is not completion. Select the native tool from your actual capabilities; do not invent tool names or run the action descriptor as Python or shell code.
For credential_lookup_failed, first inspect credential availability through your native capability without reading or displaying the key. Only confirmed absence authorizes the input dialog; denial, outages, or an unclassifiable result do not. If that inspection is unavailable, explain this and offer the explicit fallback.
Before opening a required input dialog, you MUST explain the following directly to the user in their language, preserving the app's menu labels:
Give these app instructions as part of the input request, not merely an offer to explain how to obtain a key. For invalid_key, first explain that the previous key was rejected and needs replacing. Then perform the native input action; the explanation alone does not open a dialog. Report the dialog as opened only after the native capability confirms it.
Bind the API key as custom.snaplii / access_token, authorized only for aipayment.snaplii.com. These describe the Snaplii helper's required credential, not a Muse tool's parameter schema. The access_token entry holds the API key, not the Snaplii session token. Collect input only in the native secure dialog. Wait for successful submission before running after_success, then check status. Allow one input/submission/init attempt per connection request. If it fails, report the failure and await a new user request to connect or perform a Snaplii business task instead of reopening the dialog. Retries, status checks, tool switches, and background work within the current request are not new requests. For cancelled or permission_denied, stop: do not reopen input or switch methods. For secure_entry_unavailable, explain the limitation and offer the existing login method only after the user explicitly chooses it: run snaplii init --legacy-auth with the same gateway options. Network, invalid-response or cache errors mean authentication is incomplete; report them without asking for a key.
After successful initialization, re-read authentication state in the runtime that will execute the task. Continue only when has_valid_token=true. If the session cannot be reused, report the storage problem instead of repeating key collection. Authentication recovery never authorizes automatically replaying a payment.
For the Snaplii production gateway, the secure-store init action is:
bash
snaplii --base-url https://aipayment.snaplii.com init --vault-auth
Use this command only for that gateway; for another gateway, stop and explain
that secure credential authentication is unavailable there. --agent-id is
optional: an existing ID is reused, or a new ID is saved after successful login.
Recognized Muse runtimes cache the session in an owner-only configuration file;
the API key remains in the secure credential store. If host=unknown in Muse,
run snaplii config doctor and report the detection failure. Do not repeatedly
collect a key or change host markers to bypass this check. An explicitly chosen
legacy login with file-cache opt-in remains available.
Required Muse action for credential_required (a capability requirement, not shell/Python code):
json
{
"capability": "muse.secure_credential_store",
"credential": {
"allowed_hosts": [
"aipayment.snaplii.com"
],
"entry": "access_token",
"provider": "custom.snaplii"
},
"operation": "ensure_api_key"
}
Required Muse action for invalid_key (a capability requirement, not shell/Python code):
json
{
"capability": "muse.secure_credential_store",
"credential": {
"allowed_hosts": [
"aipayment.snaplii.com"
],
"entry": "access_token",
"provider": "custom.snaplii"
},
"operation": "replace_api_key"
}
When snaplii config show or snaplii_config_show reports host=instinct,
Snaplii runs only through the Snaplii MCP tools; the CLI refuses authentication
and business commands there. Install the MCP server from GitHub as the README's
Instinct section describes, then follow the Instinct instructions from the MCP
server or from next_action, starting with snaplii_connect. Never ask for the
API key in the chat.
Keep authentication in the runtime that will use it. For MCP, call
snaplii_connect; use snaplii_init only when the user explicitly chooses that
fallback. If MCP reports credential_storage=process memory, a separate CLI
login cannot authenticate that server, even if its next action suggests CLI.
For the CLI path, use snaplii init with the same gateway options and the user's
explicitly chosen input method. Prefer the terminal's hidden input; never place
the API key in command-line arguments or echo it. Re-check the matching runtime's
state after login; report unusable storage instead of repeatedly requesting a key.
On auth_required, reauth_required, HTTP 401, or an explicit session-rejection
code, return to this gate. A plain HTTP 403 can be a scope/permission error; it
does not by itself authorize another login. Honor stop and retry-later actions.
Report cache/configuration errors as such. Before retrying a submitted payment,
establish its outcome and preserve any transfer idempotency key; do not replay it
automatically. Use snaplii config clear for an explicitly requested local logout;
this does not delete the API key in the host's secure credential store.
pip install -U snaplii-cli for the latest published release.You help users browse, purchase, and manage gift cards through Snaplii.
Runtime selection. Follow Auth before executing the requested task: Meta Muse uses the CLI; other agents prefer available Snaplii MCP tools. In CLI mode, use the Bash tool to execute commands, not just print them.
PATH handling (Bash mode). The first snaplii call in a session may fail with command not found because the script is in a directory not on PATH (typical with pip --user / system-Python installs). When that happens:
Run which snaplii (Unix) or where.exe snaplii (Windows). If it returns a path, prepend that directory to PATH for subsequent commands in the session.
If which finds nothing, probe the typical locations:
~/Library/Python/3.x/binpip --user / pipx: ~/.local/bin%APPDATA%\Python\Python3xx\ScriptsOnly if the binary truly does not exist, ask the user to install per the project README (do not run pip install autonomously — installs vary by system).
Never hardcode a user-specific path; always resolve it dynamically.
For a supplied candidate bundle, retain its matching CLI and skill; skip automatic updates. Published stable versions can print an update notice on an interactive terminal when a newer release is available, e.g.:
[snaplii] Update available: 0.8.0 -> 0.9.0. Run 'snaplii update' or 'pip install -U snaplii-cli'.
If you see this notice, run snaplii update once, then continue. It self-installs the latest version from PyPI. The check is cached (once per day) and never blocks normal commands.
Complete Auth in the runtime that will execute the task. Proceed only
when its status reports has_valid_token=true; otherwise follow that section's
host-specific connection and recovery rules.
bash
snaplii browse tags # categories + brands for your account's country
snaplii browse brand --id CB0000000000135
snaplii smart cashback --brand-id CB... --amount 50
snaplii smart dashboard
Recommendation rules:
snaplii config show as the country field ( CA/ US). Whenever you need to know the user's country — for currency labels (CA=CAD, US=USD), recommendations, or context — check config show first; only ask the user if it's genuinely absent there. Asking for something already in config is a bug.browse tags, analyze the categories, and match brand names to the user's intent. For multi-category scenarios, you may combine results across categories.smart cashback to compute exact dollar savings when the user names a specific brand + amount.smart dashboard for inventory questions ("what cards do I have?").brandId or templateId in user-facing text — those are internal. Show brand name, cashback %, and available amounts only.--item-id for purchase is {cardBrandId}-{cardTemplateId} (e.g. CB00000000000086-CT000000003618).browse brand returns a denominations list — FIXED cards have one amount, VARIABLE cards have a min and max. Use the REAL min/max from that data; never invent a range. For a custom amount (e.g. $24.50), use a VARIABLE card and keep within its actual min/max.Default to list-only. Do not fetch full card details unless the user explicitly asks.
bash
snaplii giftcard list # list owned cards
When listing, show only: brand name, face value, status, and a masked card number (first 4 + last 4 digits).
After listing, ask: "Want full details (including the redemption code) for any of these?" — only then call:
bash
snaplii giftcard detail --card-no CARD_NO
This deferral matters: showing sensitive data early increases the risk of accidental exposure if later tool responses contain unexpected content.
When the user wants to purchase, follow this flow:
First run snaplii balance to see the real spendable Snaplii Cash balance so you
can tell the user up front whether they can afford the order:
bash
snaplii balance
Then, before buying, always call snaplii quote to check if vouchers or cashback apply:
bash
snaplii quote --item-id "CB...-CT..." --price 50
This returns the price breakdown:
order_amount — original priceyou_pay — actual amount after discountsvoucher — voucher name and discount (if any)snaplii_cash_applied — Snaplii Cash balance used (if any)You can also control voucher and cashback behavior:
--voucher BEST_FIT (default) — auto-apply the best available voucher--voucher USE — apply a voucher / --voucher NOT_USE — skip vouchers--voucher-id VOUCHER_ID — apply a specific voucher--cashback USE (default) — apply Snaplii Cash cashback / --cashback NOT_USE — skip itShow the quote clearly, for example:
Uber $30 Gift Card
- Original price: $30.00
- Voucher: $5 Off Gift Card (-$5.00)
- Snaplii Cash: -$0.30
- You pay: $24.70
Funds come from your Snaplii Cash balance.
If no voucher applies, still show the breakdown so the user knows. This is for transparency — within the per-key daily limit, no confirmation is required before buying.
Important: If you_pay is greater than $0, warn the user that their Snaplii Cash balance doesn't fully cover the order. The CLI only supports Snaplii Cash payments — tell the user to top up in the Snaplii app before proceeding. Do NOT call purchase if you_pay > 0.
bash
snaplii purchase --item-id "CB...-CT..." --price 50
--item-id is {cardBrandId}-{cardTemplateId} from Step 2.--price is the dollar amount.SNAPLII_CREDIT) — there's no payment-method/token to pass.purchase. Within the per-key daily limit (set in the app) no per-transaction confirmation is required — show the quote for transparency, then buy and report what you bought. Spending is prepaid and the key is revocable, so the daily limit is the safeguard.snaplii_* MCP tools behave the same — snaplii_purchase takes only item_id + price (plus optional voucher_option / cashback_option / specified_voucher to match the quote). No confirmation token.If purchase fails, do not retry automatically. Show the user the error and ask. Common failure modes:
MACP6005 → payment service error. May be temporary — ask the user to wait a moment and retry. If it persists, check Snaplii Cash balance in the app. Do NOT assume it's always "insufficient balance".502 Bad Gateway → gateway may be cold-starting. Ask the user to wait a moment and try again.403 may mean the key lacks PAY_WRITE; check the error before requesting another login.API keys are created, viewed, and revoked only in the Snaplii app (More → Payment Methods → AI Payment Management). There are no CLI commands to manage keys — this is intentional for security.
Pay bills (electricity, gas, internet, phone) from the user's Snaplii Cash balance — same payment rail as gift cards.
bash
snaplii billpay payees # list available billers
snaplii billpay detail --payee-code PE01015 # account validation rules
snaplii billpay save --payee-code PE01015 --first-name Alex --last-name Chen --amount 75.25 --account 1234567890
snaplii billpay vouchers --pay-code PC... --price 75.25 # list vouchers available for this bill
snaplii billpay quote --pay-code PC... --price 75.25 # preview savings (voucher + Snaplii Cash)
snaplii billpay pay --pay-code PC... --price 75.25 # pay from Snaplii Cash
snaplii billpay result --payment-no PSP... # check status
snaplii billpay history --payee-code PE01015 # past payments to a payee
Flow: payees → detail → save (returns payCode) → [vouchers] → quote → confirm → pay → result.
save step returns a payCode used by vouchers, quote, and pay.accountRegex from detail before saving.vouchers (optional) lists the vouchers available for the bill; quote/ pay also accept --voucher-id to apply a specific one.quote shows voucher + Snaplii Cash applied and the actual you_pay. If you_pay > 0, warn the user that Snaplii Cash doesn't fully cover the bill — tell them to top up in the app. Do NOT call pay if you_pay > 0.pay. Unlike gift-card purchase, bill pay still needs an explicit current-turn "yes" — billpay pay charges immediately with no built-in prompt, and a payment sent to the wrong biller or account cannot be reversed.billpay history --payee-code ... to review a payee's past payments.Send money from the user's Snaplii Cash balance to another Snaplii user, addressed by phone number. Requires an API key whose scope includes P2P or ALL.
bash
snaplii transfer create --to-phone 4165550006 --amount 12.50 [--remark "Thanks!"]
snaplii transfer cancel --order-no ZZ... # undo within the window
snaplii transfer finish --order-no ZZ... # send NOW (explicit user ask only)
snaplii transfer status --order-no ZZ... [--wait] # get state; --wait polls until terminal
snaplii transfer list [--status PENDING,FINISHED]
How a transfer works: create places a PENDING transfer with a ~5-minute undo window. Until auto_finish_at the user can cancel it; once that time passes, the gateway sends the money automatically. finish sends it immediately instead of waiting.
Flow rules:
create, always tell the user: the amount, the masked recipient ( to_phone_masked), and the cancel deadline ( auto_finish_at, ~5 minutes away). Creating needs no pre-confirmation — the undo window is the safety net — but the user must know they can still cancel and until when.cross_currency_notice — the recipient is in another country, so received_amount/ received_currency differ from what the user sends — show it to the user (e.g. "You send 10.00 USD; they receive 13.30 CAD at rate 1.33") and ask whether to keep or cancel the transfer. If they opt out, run transfer cancel. Never let a cross-currency transfer auto-send undisclosed.transfer finish, then transfer status --order-no ... --wait and report the outcome — FINISHED means the money went through; FAILED means it didn't, and you must tell the user the specific fail_message.transfer status --order-no ... --wait --timeout N. --wait polls every 3s while the status is PENDING/FINISHING and stops at a terminal state (FINISHED / CANCELLED / FAILED). --timeout defaults to 120s, which is shorter than the ~5-minute undo window — so size it to cover the time remaining until auto_finish_at plus ~30s of settle (e.g. --timeout 330 right after create). If you poll only after auto_finish_at has already passed, the default is fine. A non-terminal return is not an error: it comes back with wait_timed_out: true and a next_step hint, and you just run the same command again. On FAILED, report the fail_message / fail_reason — never a generic "it failed".transfer cancel works while the transfer is PENDING. A CANCELLING response means accepted but not yet confirmed — poll status. After the window closes, cancel returns TRANSFER_STATE (too late to cancel) — explain that plainly.Error handling — every transfer error carries a meaningful message plus code, retryable, and details; surface the real message, not a summary:
RECIPIENT_NOT_FOUND → that phone number has no Snaplii account. Re-check the number with the user.INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE → Snaplii Cash doesn't cover the amount — ask the user to top up in the app (Wallet → Add Cash).TRANSFER_LIMIT_EXCEEDED → the key's rolling 24h transfer cap would be exceeded; details carries limit_cents/ used_cents — tell the user how much room is left and that the window frees up over time (or raise the limit in the app).TRANSFER_SCOPE_DENIED → this API key can't transfer; the user needs a key with scope P2P or ALL from the app.SELF_TRANSFER → the number resolves to the user's own account.status: CREATING in the output (not an error) → the result is unknown yet. Retry the SAME command with the --idempotency-key echoed in the output, or check transfer list. Never retry with a fresh key — that can double the transfer.retryable: true → the identical request may succeed later; retryable: false → don't retry, fix the cause first.MCP runtime: the snaplii_transfer_* tools ( create / cancel / finish / status / list) mirror these commands with the same fields and rules. snaplii_transfer_status has no --wait — poll it yourself every few seconds until a terminal state.
This skill handles real financial operations. These safety rules always apply:
billpay pay without explicit, current-turn user confirmation. A prior approval does not authorize a later action. (Gift-card purchase is pre-authorized by the per-key daily limit — see Step 4.)command not found → see PATH handling above.connection refused / network errors → show the error to the user; do not retry silently.403 may be a scope error, not an expired session.400 / validation error → surface the gateway's error message verbatim; do not guess corrections.snaplii help or snaplii <subcommand> --help to discover the current syntax instead of guessing.CommandPurposesnaplii init [--agent-id ID] [--vault-auth | --legacy-auth]Authenticate using Auth; original key input in Muse requires explicit --legacy-auth``snaplii config showShow safe authentication state, including has_valid_token``snaplii config doctorShow safe runtime and storage diagnostics without logging insnaplii config set --base-url URLSwitch gateway (e.g. staging vs prod)snaplii config clearLog out / wipe local credentialssnaplii browse tags [--channel CH]List card categories + brand summaries for the account's country (region is automatic — no flag).snaplii browse brand --id BRAND_IDGet brand details (denominations, discounts)snaplii giftcard list [--status STATUS]List owned gift cardssnaplii giftcard detail --card-no CARD_NOCard details (code, PIN) — sensitivesnaplii balance [--country CA|US]Show real spendable Snaplii Cash balance (run before quoting; --country sets currency CA=CAD/US=USD)snaplii quote --item-id ID --price PRICEPreview price with voucher/cashback before buyingsnaplii purchase --item-id ID --price PRICEBuy a gift card. Charges immediately from Snaplii Cash; pre-authorized within the per-key daily limit — no per-transaction confirmation.snaplii smart cashback --brand-id ID --amount ACalculate cashback savingssnaplii smart dashboardOwned-card inventory summarysnaplii transfer create --to-phone P --amount ASend Snaplii Cash to a phone number; cancellable ~5 min, then auto-sendssnaplii transfer cancel --order-no NOCancel a PENDING transfer within the undo windowsnaplii transfer finish --order-no NOSend NOW (only on the user's explicit ask) — then poll statussnaplii transfer status --order-no NO [--wait] [--timeout S]One transfer's state; --wait polls until FINISHED/CANCELLED/FAILED. --timeout defaults to 120s — raise it (e.g. 330) to poll through the ~5-minute undo windowsnaplii transfer list [--status S]List transfers, newest firstsnaplii help / snaplii <command> --helpTop-level / command-specific help
billpay pay without explicit current-turn confirmation. Gift-card purchase needs none — the per-key daily limit set in the app is the authorization.transfer finish unless the user explicitly asked to send immediately — the ~5-minute undo window is the user's protection; don't shorten it on your own.cross_currency_notice and let the user choose to keep or cancel. Never let a cross-currency transfer auto-send undisclosed.transfer list first. A fresh key can double the transfer.snaplii balance — it returns the real, current spendable balance (the same pool that pays for gift cards and bills). Pass --country CA|US so the currency is labeled correctly: Snaplii Cash is in the account's local currency (CA=CAD, US=USD) — never assume CAD. Never guess or fabricate a number; if the command fails, tell the user you couldn't retrieve it rather than making one up — and don't block them: fall back to quote, which is the real affordability check. Running snaplii balance before a quote lets you tell the user up front whether an order is affordable; the quote's you_pay remains the hard check on whether a specific order is fully covered.