Stripe CLI Cheat Sheet/Attach metadata when creating resources

Store key-value metadata on supported objects.

Section: Core CLI Usage Patterns

Attach metadata when creating resources

bash
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stripe customers create --name "Ada Lovelace" --metadata team=backend --metadata source=cli

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