Cashfree CLI

Prove a Cashfree integration works end to end — from your terminal, or from your AI agent.

Built by Mothi Venkatesh — Product Marketing at Cashfree Payments. An agent-native CLI for the developer (and the coding agent) who would rather never open the dashboard.

Most payment CLIs fetch objects. This one proves the loop: create an order, pay it, catch the webhook, verify the signature, and cross-check the API before it says "done." Sandbox by default. Runs fully offline with --mock — no keys, no setup.

git clone https://github.com/mothivenkatesh/cashfree-cli
cd cashfree-cli && npm install && npm run build
node dist/index.js verify --mock

Verifying upi success (mock)
  ✓ order created  order_d5f8…ae97 (ACTIVE)
  ✓ payment initiated  MOCK_pay_db0f…01a0
  ✓ webhook received  signature valid
  ✓ api cross-check  order_status=PAID (expected PAID)
  ✓ artifact  .cashfree/verify-….json

Zero runtime dependencies · Node 20+ · one binary that is also an MCP server.

What it does

• Closes the integration loop in five commands — init → simulate → listen → verify → doctor. The slow part of a payment integration is testing webhooks and proving it works; this is built for exactly that.

• One binary, two consumers — a human at a terminal, and an AI agent over MCP. Same commands, same safety, both ways.

• Runs offline — --mock boots a built-in sandbox simulator that signs and delivers real webhooks, so the whole loop runs with no credentials.

• Agent-native by default — --json output (auto-on when piped), semantic exit codes, and structured errors with suggested_fix so an agent self-corrects.

• A webhook is a signal, not the truth — verify always cross-checks the authoritative API before declaring success. Never the webhook payload alone.

• Grounded in the real API — x-api-version: 2025-01-01, real endpoints, HMAC-SHA256 webhook verification. No invented shapes.

Related MCP server: Cashfree MCP Server

What works today

• ✅ verify — the full loop, validated against the live Cashfree sandbox: real order → pay → simulate → webhook → signature match → API cross-check → typed artifact.

• ✅ Payment Gateway, live-validated: orders create/get, payments list, links create/get, order pay, simulate, refunds create, settlements get + settlements today, disputes order/get.

• ✅ Signed webhook delivery confirmed live — the sandbox delivers signed webhooks; this CLI's signature verification matches Cashfree's exactly.

• ✅ listen — forward webhooks to localhost and verify signatures locally, no ngrok (mock + cross-process proven).

• ✅ init — scaffolds .env.example, a webhook handler with real signature verification, and an AGENTS.md so coding agents stop guessing the API.

• ✅ doctor — preflight: credentials, API version, connectivity, mode.

• ✅ mcp serve — exposes the surface as 8 MCP tools over stdio JSON-RPC.

• ✅ 10/10 tests, clean TypeScript build, zero runtime dependencies.

Roadmap — not done yet

• ⏳ Secure ID (PAN, bank account, UPI verification) — client built; needs signature auth + IP allowlisting handled for a CLI context; live validation pending.

• ⏳ Payouts (transfers, beneficiaries) — client built; needs IP allowlisting + V2 body finalized; live validation pending.

• ⏳ Subscriptions (UPI Autopay, plans, mandates) — commands built and grounded in the docs; pending sandbox product enablement; live validation pending.

• ⏳ Real-mode listen auto-tunnel — so live webhooks reach localhost without a manual tunnel (delivery + signature already proven).

• ⏳ Distribution — publish to npm for npx cashfree-cli, add a Homebrew tap.

• ⏳ Codegen — generate the API client from the OpenAPI spec so it never drifts.

• ⏳ More init languages — Python and PHP scaffolds.

The commands

# the loop
cashfree init                                  # scaffold a working integration + AGENTS.md
cashfree simulate payment --payment-id <id> --status SUCCESS
cashfree listen --forward-to http://localhost:3000/webhook
cashfree verify --outcome success              # prove it works, emit an artifact
cashfree doctor                                # why you are not live yet

# resources (Payment Gateway)
cashfree orders create --amount 100            # orders get <id>
cashfree payments list <order_id>
cashfree refunds create --order <id> --amount 50
cashfree links create --amount 100             # links get <id>
cashfree settlements get <order_id>            # settlements today
cashfree disputes order <order_id>             # disputes get <id>

# roadmap surfaces (built, validation pending)
cashfree payouts transfer --amount 500 --vpa name@bank   # payouts balance
cashfree secureid pan --pan ABCDE1234F --name "Name"
cashfree subscriptions create-plan --amount 499 --interval-type MONTH

# auth + agents
cashfree login --client-id <id> --client-secret <secret>
cashfree mcp serve

Add --mock to run any of it offline. Add --json for machine output.

For AI agents

• --json on every command, auto-on when stdout is piped (TTY detection).

• Semantic exit codes: 0 ok · 2 auth · 3 validation · 4 confirmation-required · 6 not-found · 7 rate-limited · 8 network. Branch on them; don't scrape text.

• Structured errors with suggested_fix and retry_after.

• cashfree mcp serve — the same surface as MCP tools, same gates.

• cashfree init writes AGENTS.md with the pinned API version, base URLs, and the "webhook is not the truth" rule.

Safety

• Sandbox by default. --live is required for production.

• Live money movement (payouts, refunds) also needs --confirm, so a script or agent never moves real money by accident.

• Credentials live in a 0600 file (OS keychain hardening on the roadmap), never in argv, never logged.

How it's built

• TypeScript, compiled with tsc, zero runtime dependencies — even the MCP server is a hand-rolled JSON-RPC stdio loop. Fast, reliable npm install.

• The real HTTP client and an offline mock sandbox implement one CashfreeClient interface, so the CLI and the MCP server share logic and the whole thing is testable without a network.

• API shapes are grounded in Cashfree's public SDKs and OpenAPI specs.

Status: community project, not an official Cashfree product (yet). Payment Gateway is validated against the live sandbox; the rest is on the roadmap above. Issues and PRs welcome.

MIT © Mothi Venkatesh