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Paystack

Syncs every African payment and subscription event into your backend, automates customer onboarding, and manages vendor payouts via subaccounts.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native Paystack integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right Paystack calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Paystack data, across all 112 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke Paystack access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in Paystack, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when Paystack is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach Paystack.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every Paystack action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on Paystack, and when to use it.

Create charge
Use this to initiate a payment via bank account, mobile money, or USSD for a specific customer.
Create customer
Add a new customer record with email and phone number to the Paystack integration.
Create refund
Issue a full or partial refund for a completed transaction when a customer requests their money back.
Create subaccount
Set up a new subaccount with bank details to enable payment splitting for vendors or partners.
Create plan
Define a recurring payment schedule including amount and interval for subscription billing.
Create payment request
Issue a formal invoice to a customer to request payment for goods or services.
Create split configuration
Set up how transaction revenue is divided between multiple subaccounts for marketplace models.
Fetch balance
Pull the current available balance across all supported currencies in the account.
Fetch customer
Retrieve full profile details for a customer using their unique customer code.
Check pending charge
Verify the current status of a transaction that is currently marked as pending.
Export transactions
Generate a download link for transaction data within a specific date range for reporting.
Create transfer recipient
Register a new bank account as a recipient before initiating a programmatic transfer.
Add Products to Page
Tool to add products to a Paystack payment page. Use when you need to add products to an existing page that was created with 'product' type. This action adds the specified products to the page, allowing customers to select from multiple pro
Add Products to Storefront
Tool to add previously created products to a Storefront. Use when you need to associate existing products with a specific storefront.
Add Split Code to Virtual Terminal
Tool to add a split code to a virtual terminal. Use when you need to assign payment splitting configuration to a virtual terminal.
Add Subaccount to Split
Tool to add a subaccount to a split configuration, or update the share of an existing subaccount. Use this when you need to modify the payment distribution by adding new partners/customers to a split or adjusting their allocation. The split
Archive Payment Request
Tool to archive a payment request to clean up records. Use when you need to remove a payment request from active listings. An archived payment request cannot be verified and will not appear when listing payment requests.
Assign Destination to Virtual Terminal
Tool to assign WhatsApp destinations to a Virtual Terminal for payment notifications. Use when you need to add recipients who will receive notifications for payments made through a specific Virtual Terminal.
Check Slug Availability
Tool to check if a custom slug is available for use when creating a payment page. Use when you need to verify a slug is not already taken before creating a new payment page.
Bulk Create Transfer Recipients
Create multiple transfer recipients in batches. Use when you need to add multiple recipients at once for transfers. Duplicate account numbers automatically return existing recipient records instead of creating duplicates.
Create Payment Page
Tool to create a payment page on your Paystack integration. Use when you need to create a payment page that customers can visit to make payments.
Create Storefront
Create a digital storefront on Paystack to manage and display products. Use this when you need to set up a new online shop for selling digital or physical products.
Create Virtual Terminal
Create a Virtual Terminal on your Paystack integration to accept payments. Use this when you need to set up a new payment terminal for in person or remote transactions with custom notification settings.
Deactivate Authorization
Tool to deactivate an authorization when a card or payment method needs to be forgotten. Use when customers want to remove saved payment methods from their account.
Deactivate Virtual Terminal
Tool to deactivate a Virtual Terminal on your integration. Use when you need to disable a terminal and prevent it from accepting further payments.
Delete Product
Delete a previously created product from Paystack by its ID. Use this when you need to remove a product from your catalog. The deletion is permanent and cannot be undone.
Delete Storefront
Delete a previously created storefront from Paystack by its ID. Use this when you need to remove a storefront. The deletion is permanent and cannot be undone.
Delete Transfer Recipient
Tool to delete a transfer recipient by setting it to inactive status. Use when you need to remove a recipient from the active transfer list.
Disable OTP for Transfers
Tool to disable OTP requirement for programmatic transfers. Use when you want to complete transfers without OTP verification. Returns an OTP needed to finalize the request.
Disable Subscription
Tool to disable a subscription on your Paystack integration. Use when you need to stop recurring charges for a customer subscription. Requires the subscription code and email verification token sent to the customer.

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven automates the entire subaccount lifecycle. When a new vendor joins your platform, the agent calls the create subaccount tool to register their bank details. It then uses the create split configuration tool to define exactly what percentage of every sale goes to that vendor and what stays with you. This removes the need for manual payouts at the end of the month. The agent monitors every successful charge and verifies that the split was applied correctly, flagging any discrepancies in your internal dashboard immediately so you can resolve them before the vendor notices a missing payment.
Yes. Ceven uses the create plan tool to establish your pricing tiers and intervals. Once a plan is active, the agent can enroll customers into subscriptions and track their status. If a payment fails, Ceven can be configured to trigger a series of reminder emails or temporarily revoke access to your service. You can use the agent to modify plans or disable subscriptions entirely when a customer cancels. This turns Paystack into a full subscription management system that syncs with your user database in real time.
Paystack transactions sometimes enter a pending state during bank processing. Ceven handles this by using the check pending charge tool. You can set up a workflow that waits a specific amount of time and then polls the API to see if the status has changed to success or failed. If the charge remains pending beyond your defined threshold, the agent can alert your support team or send a nudge to the customer to verify their payment method, ensuring that no order falls through the cracks due to banking delays.
Paystack enforces rate limits on their API to ensure stability. Ceven manages this by implementing an intelligent queuing system. If the agent receives a rate limit error from Paystack, it automatically pauses the workflow and uses an exponential backoff strategy to retry the request. This means your bulk operations, such as creating hundreds of transfer recipients, will not crash your integration. The agent handles the timing and sequencing in the background, so your business logic continues to run without you needing to manually manage API throttling or request pacing.
Absolutely. Ceven uses the bulk create transfer recipients tool to onboard multiple payees in a single operation. Once the recipients are registered, the agent can trigger transfers based on a schedule or a specific event, such as a completed order. Because Paystack requires recipients to be created before a transfer can happen, Ceven manages this two step process automatically. It checks if a recipient already exists by account number to avoid duplicates and then executes the transfer, logging every transaction ID for your accounting records.
Yes. Ceven can use the create payment page and add products to page tools to build custom checkout experiences on the fly. For example, if a customer requests a custom quote, the agent can calculate the total, create a unique Paystack payment page with the correct products, and email the link to the customer. Once the payment is completed on that page, Paystack sends a webhook that Ceven intercepts to trigger the final delivery of the product or service, creating a completely hands off sales funnel.
Ceven follows strict security protocols to ensure your financial data remains safe. We never store raw card details because Paystack handles all PCI compliance through their own secure vaults. Ceven only interacts with Paystack using encrypted secret keys stored in a secure vault. All communication between Ceven and Paystack occurs over HTTPS. You can rotate your secret keys in the Paystack dashboard at any time and update them in Ceven to maintain a high security posture. We only request the minimum permissions necessary to run your specific workflows.
Ceven simplifies reporting by using the export transactions and fetch balance ledger tools. Instead of logging into the dashboard and downloading CSV files, you can ask the agent to pull transaction data for a specific timeframe. The agent can then process this data to calculate your monthly recurring revenue, churn rate, or total vendor payouts. It can push these summarized reports directly into a Slack channel or a Google Sheet, giving your finance team a real time view of your African operations without manual data entry.

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