Pricing Strategy
freekmurze/dotfiles
When the user wants help with pricing decisions, packaging, or monetization strategy.
US web checkout via the StoreKit External Purchase Link entitlement — currently 0% Apple commission (litigation ongoing), how to ship it safely, and how to architect for a commission flip so a…
Install External Purchases
$ npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill external-purchases -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills external-purchases --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/monetization/external-purchases .claude/skills/external-purchases && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "external-purchases" agent skill from https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills/tree/main/skills/monetization/external-purchases into .claude/skills/external-purchases/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "external-purchases", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills/tree/main/skills/monetization/external-purchasesType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill external-purchases -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills external-purchases --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/monetization/external-purchases .agents/skills/external-purchases && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "external-purchases" agent skill from https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills/tree/main/skills/monetization/external-purchases into .agents/skills/external-purchases/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "external-purchases", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill external-purchases -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills external-purchases --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/monetization/external-purchases .cursor/skills/external-purchases && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "external-purchases" agent skill from https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills/tree/main/skills/monetization/external-purchases into .cursor/skills/external-purchases/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "external-purchases", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills.git --path skills/monetization/external-purchases--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill external-purchases -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills external-purchases --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/monetization/external-purchases .gemini/skills/external-purchases && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "external-purchases" agent skill from https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills/tree/main/skills/monetization/external-purchases into .gemini/skills/external-purchases/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "external-purchases", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills external-purchasesInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill external-purchases -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/monetization/external-purchases .github/skills/external-purchases && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "external-purchases" agent skill from https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills/tree/main/skills/monetization/external-purchases into .github/skills/external-purchases/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "external-purchases", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill external-purchases -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills external-purchases --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/monetization/external-purchases .opencode/skills/external-purchases && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "external-purchases" agent skill from https://github.com/rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills/tree/main/skills/monetization/external-purchases into .opencode/skills/external-purchases/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "external-purchases", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
external-purchases- GitHub stars
- 785
- Token cost
- ~1.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 463 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 41
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
US web checkout via the StoreKit External Purchase Link entitlement — currently 0% Apple commission (litigation ongoing), how to ship it safely, and how to architect for a commission flip so a…
- Adding external purchase links
- SKILL.md covers When This Skill Activates, The rules of the road, Architecture: the commission… and Decision sketch, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Weighing web checkout vs IAP
What it does
External Purchases is an agent skill from rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills. US web checkout via the StoreKit External Purchase Link entitlement — currently 0% Apple commission (litigation ongoing), how to ship it safely, and how to architect for a commission flip so a future ruling is a config change, not a rewrite. Use when adding external purchase links, weighing web checkout vs IAP, or planning US-storefront pricing strategy.
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.
It sits in Sales & Support, covering Pricing strategy and Legal research. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code skills for Apple platform development (iOS, macOS, iPadOS) — product validation, code generation, App Store optimization, and more. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Adding external purchase links
- Weighing web checkout vs IAP
- Planning US-storefront pricing strategy
Example prompts
- “/external-purchases”
Requirements
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9ffb831. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
ReadWriteEditGlobGrep
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
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
developer.apple.com
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
External Purchases loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 94 tokens; SKILL.md has 463 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills at commit 9ffb831, republished under its MIT licence (© rshankras). 463 words, ~1,111 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/external-purchases/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- external-purchases
- description
- US web checkout via the StoreKit External Purchase Link entitlement — currently 0% Apple commission (litigation ongoing), how to ship it safely, and how to architect for a commission flip so a future ruling is a config change, not a rewrite. Use when adding external purchase links, weighing web checkout vs IAP, or planning US-storefront pricing strategy.
- allowed-tools
- Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep
- last_verified
- 2026-07-16
- review_by
- 2027-06-22
External Purchases (US Web Checkout)
On the US storefront, apps may link out to a web checkout for digital goods using the StoreKit External Purchase Link entitlement — and as of mid-2026, court orders have Apple's commission on those purchases at 0%, with the fee case still moving through district court. This is the largest indie revenue unlock of the era, and it is reversible by a ruling — so the engineering rule is: ship it now, architect it so a commission can be flipped on later.
Verify current state before relying on this: the entitlement terms, the commission rate, and the litigation status have each changed more than once. Treat every number here as "true as of 2026-07, re-check."
When This Skill Activates
- "Add a web checkout / Stripe / external purchase link" for digital goods
- Deciding IAP vs web checkout for a US-heavy revenue base
- The store-growth audit flags P8.4
- Reviewing an app whose external links might be non-compliant (wrong storefront, no entitlement)
The rules of the road
- US storefront only — elsewhere Guideline 3.1.1 still applies (EU/JP/KR have separate entitlements/terms; don't extrapolate from the US).
- Entitlement required:
com.apple.developer.storekit.external-purchase-link+ matchingInfo.plistdeclaration — a bareLink("Buy", …)without it is still a rejection (seeapp-store/rejection-handler§3.1.1). - Present the link per the entitlement's UI terms (StoreKit's
ExternalPurchaseLink/ disclosure sheet where required). Don't dark-pattern the IAP option away if you keep both. - Purchases made on the web are your customer relationship — payment processor, refunds, taxes; Apple's merchant-of-record role no longer applies.
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Architecture: the commission flip
Design so that a future "Apple takes N% of external purchases initiated in-app" ruling changes a config value, not your codebase:
- ✅ Route every in-app-initiated web checkout through one link-out service that stamps the
session (
source=app, timestamp, storefront) — web-organic checkouts stay unstamped. If a commission returns, it applies to a knowable, logged subset. - ✅ Keep a single
CommissionPolicy(remote-configurable):rate,applies_to,effective_date. Report/accrue against it from day one — at 0% it's just a counter. - ✅ Log day-one analytics: link taps → checkout starts → completions, vs the IAP funnel. The conversion drop through a web checkout (Apple's sheet, Safari hop, payment form) is real; whether 0% beats IAP's frictionless 85–70% is an empirical per-app question.
- ❌ Scattering
openURL("https://…/buy")calls through features — un-auditable, un-flippable. - ❌ Ripping out StoreKit. Keep IAP as a fallback path (non-US storefronts still need it, and some US users convert better in-sheet).
Decision sketch
| Situation | Lean |
|---|---|
| Subscriptions, US-heavy, ARPU high enough to absorb processor fees + your own support | Web checkout for new subs; keep IAP for the rest of world |
| Impulse-priced consumables/unlocks | IAP — checkout friction eats more than 15–30% commission |
| Existing subscriber base on IAP | Don't force-migrate; offer web at renewal decision points |
| B2B/prosumer, invoicing needs | Web checkout regardless of commission math |
Output Format
Status: entitlement present? · storefront scope correct (US-only gating)? ·
link-out service centralized? · CommissionPolicy flippable? · funnel analytics live?
Verdict + the one next step.References
- https://developer.apple.com/documentation/storekit/externalpurchaselink
- https://developer.apple.com/support/storekit-external-entitlement-us/
- https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#in-app-purchase
- Related skills:
app-store/rejection-handler(the non-entitled rejection pattern),generators/subscription-lifecycle,monetization(pricing),growth/store-growth-audit
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Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/monetization/external-purchases of rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9ffb831
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| Niche Opportunity Finderzanecole10/software-tailor-skills | 104 | — | ~4.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Pricing Strategyalirezarezvani/claude-skills | 28k | 1 repos | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Software Pricing Calculatorzanecole10/software-tailor-skills | 104 | — | ~3.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about External Purchases
What does External Purchases do?
US web checkout via the StoreKit External Purchase Link entitlement — currently 0% Apple commission (litigation ongoing), how to ship it safely, and how to architect for a commission flip so a…. External Purchases is an agent skill from rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills. US web checkout via the StoreKit External Purchase Link entitlement — currently 0% Apple commission (litigation ongoing), how to ship it safely, and how to architect for a commission flip so a future ruling is a config change, not a rewrite.
When should I use External Purchases?
External Purchases fits situations like: adding external purchase links; weighing web checkout vs IAP; planning US-storefront pricing strategy.
How do I install External Purchases in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill external-purchases -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/monetization/external-purchases in rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills) into .claude/skills/external-purchases in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install External Purchases in Codex?
Run `npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill external-purchases -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/monetization/external-purchases in rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills) into .agents/skills/external-purchases in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use External Purchases 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 rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill external-purchases -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/external-purchases, .gemini/skills/external-purchases, .github/skills/external-purchases and .opencode/skills/external-purchases in your project.
What does External Purchases need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: External Purchases is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep.
Does External Purchases access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: developer.apple.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is External Purchases 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 External Purchases use?
External Purchases 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 External Purchases use?
About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to External Purchases?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with External Purchases: Pricing Strategy (freekmurze/dotfiles, 1k stars), Profit Margin Calculator Amazon (nexscope-ai/eCommerce-Skills, 1.1k stars), Niche Opportunity Finder (zanecole10/software-tailor-skills, 104 stars) and Pricing Strategy (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains External Purchases?
rshankras (a GitHub user) maintains it in rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills, which has 785 GitHub stars. The repository holds 41 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 24, 2026.
Source: rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.