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Plaid ACTION

Create Access Token

Exchange a Link public_token for an API access_token. See the documentation.
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Plaid account once, then configure and run Create Access Token from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "plaid-create-access-token",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    plaid: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    publicToken: "Public Token",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create Access Token inputs
Property Type Description
publicToken Public Token string
Your public_token, obtained from the Link onSuccess callback or Create Sandbox Public Token action component.
Required

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
plaid-create-access-token
Version
0.0.2
App
Plaid
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes