Agent skill

Gift Card Recovery

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Reclaim value stuck in gift cards, store credit, and forgotten balances — check what's left, use it before it's lost, and know your rights on expiry and cash-back.

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Install Gift Card Recovery

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill gift-card-recovery -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills gift-card-recovery --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/gift-card-recovery .claude/skills/gift-card-recovery && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
gift-card-recovery
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
544 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Reclaim value stuck in gift cards, store credit, and forgotten balances — check what's left, use it before it's lost, and know your rights on expiry and cash-back.

  • Works in 5 steps: Locate and check. Round up physical and… → Know expiry and fees. Many regions limit… → Use it well. Spend on something you'd… → …
  • Asked to use up a gift card
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: Find It, Know The… and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Gift Card Recovery is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Reclaim value stuck in gift cards, store credit, and forgotten balances — check what's left, use it before it's lost, and know your rights on expiry and cash-back. Use when asked to use up a gift card, I have store credit I forgot about, do gift cards expire, or get cash for a gift card. Produces a way to find and check balances, the rules on expiry and dormancy for your region, options to use/convert/sell partial balances, guidance on cashing out small remainders where allowed, and how to avoid the common…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to use up a gift card
  • I have store credit I forgot about
  • Do gift cards expire
  • Get cash for a gift card

Example prompts

  • “s left, use it before it”
  • “/gift-card-recovery”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Locate and check. Round up physical and digital cards and check each balance (retailer site/app/number) — you can't use what you've…
  2. Know expiry and fees. Many regions limit how fast gift cards can expire and cap dormancy fees; some require cashing out small balances…
  3. Use it well. Spend on something you'd buy anyway, stack partial balances, or apply store credit to a needed purchase — avoid buying junk…
  4. Convert unwanted cards. Reputable gift-card exchanges buy/sell at a discount; know the haircut and stick to trustworthy platforms.
  5. Avoid the scams. Never pay a "bill," "fine," or "fee" with gift cards (a hallmark scam), and beware balance-draining fraud on cards bought…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Gift Card Recovery loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 137 tokens; SKILL.md has 544 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~137
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 544 words, ~1,052 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/gift-card-recovery/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
gift-card-recovery
description
Reclaim value stuck in gift cards, store credit, and forgotten balances — check what's left, use it before it's lost, and know your rights on expiry and cash-back. Use when asked to use up a gift card, I have store credit I forgot about, do gift cards expire, or get cash for a gift card. Produces a way to find and check balances, the rules on expiry and dormancy for your region, options to use/convert/sell partial balances, guidance on cashing out small remainders where allowed, and how to avoid the common gift-card scams.

Gift-Card Recovery

Billions sit unspent in gift cards and store credit — forgotten in drawers and apps, slowly draining to fees or expiry. This helps you find what you're owed, understand the expiry and fee rules where you live, and actually use, convert, or (where allowed) cash out those balances before they vanish.

What This Skill Produces

  • A find-and-check plan — where to look for cards/credit and how to check each balance
  • The rules for your region — expiry limits, dormancy fees, and any right to cash out small balances
  • Use-it options — best ways to spend it, combine partials, or convert to something you'll actually use
  • Resale/convert routes — reputable ways to trade unwanted cards for cash or other cards, with the discount to expect
  • Scam avoidance — the gift-card scams to steer clear of (both losing value and being used as a scam payment)

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

  • What you have — the retailers/brands, rough balances, physical or digital
  • Card type — store-specific or open-loop (Visa/Mastercard prepaid)
  • Region — determines expiry/fee/cash-out rules
  • Your goal — use it up, convert to cash, or just check it's still valid
  • Any problem — lost card, drained balance, or a card someone pressured you to buy

Framework: Find It, Know The Rules, Use Or Convert

  1. Locate and check. Round up physical and digital cards and check each balance (retailer site/app/number) — you can't use what you've forgotten.
  2. Know expiry and fees. Many regions limit how fast gift cards can expire and cap dormancy fees; some require cashing out small balances. Know your rights before assuming it's dead.
  3. Use it well. Spend on something you'd buy anyway, stack partial balances, or apply store credit to a needed purchase — avoid buying junk just to "use it up."
  4. Convert unwanted cards. Reputable gift-card exchanges buy/sell at a discount; know the haircut and stick to trustworthy platforms.
  5. Avoid the scams. Never pay a "bill," "fine," or "fee" with gift cards (a hallmark scam), and beware balance-draining fraud on cards bought from open racks.
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Output Format

Gift-card recovery: [brands/balances] · [region] · goal: [x]

Find & check: [where to look + how to check each balance]. Your rights: [expiry limits · dormancy-fee caps · small-balance cash-out rule for your region]. Best use: [spend on needed items · stack partials · convert store credit]. Convert to cash (if unwanted): [reputable exchange route + expected discount]. Scam guard: never pay fees/fines with gift cards · [balance-drain caution].

Quality Checks

  • Gives a concrete way to find and check balances
  • States region-appropriate expiry/fee/cash-out rules
  • Offers sensible use options (not buying junk to burn it)
  • Includes reputable resale/convert routes with the expected discount
  • Warns about gift-card payment scams and balance draining

Anti-Patterns

  • Assuming a card is worthless/expired without checking the rules.
  • Buying random junk just to use up a balance.
  • Using a sketchy exchange that never pays.
  • Ignoring dormancy fees quietly eating the balance.
  • Missing the scam angle — gift cards as fake "payment."

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "I've got a stack of old gift cards — how do I check and use them?"
  • "Do gift cards expire, and can I get cash for the balance?"
  • "I have $12 left on a store card — can I cash it out?"
  • "Where can I sell gift cards I won't use?"
  • "Someone told me to pay a fee with gift cards — is that a scam?"

© mohitagw15856, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/gift-card-recovery of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Gift Card Recovery

What does Gift Card Recovery do?

Reclaim value stuck in gift cards, store credit, and forgotten balances — check what's left, use it before it's lost, and know your rights on expiry and cash-back. Gift Card Recovery is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Reclaim value stuck in gift cards, store credit, and forgotten balances — check what's left, use it before it's lost, and know your rights on expiry and cash-back.

When should I use Gift Card Recovery?

Gift Card Recovery fits situations like: asked to use up a gift card; I have store credit I forgot about; do gift cards expire; get cash for a gift card.

How do I install Gift Card Recovery in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill gift-card-recovery -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/gift-card-recovery in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/gift-card-recovery in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Gift Card Recovery in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill gift-card-recovery -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/gift-card-recovery in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/gift-card-recovery in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Gift Card Recovery in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill gift-card-recovery -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/gift-card-recovery, .gemini/skills/gift-card-recovery, .github/skills/gift-card-recovery and .opencode/skills/gift-card-recovery in your project.

What does Gift Card Recovery need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Gift Card Recovery is instructions for the agent only.

Does Gift Card Recovery access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Gift Card Recovery safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Gift Card Recovery use?

Gift Card Recovery is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Gift Card Recovery use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Gift Card Recovery?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.