Pricing Strategy
OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills
Optimize pricing pages, pricing models, and pricing strategy.
Design pricing models that developers understand, accept, and can predict.
Install Usage Based Pricing
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill usage-based-pricing -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills usage-based-pricing --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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/usage-based-pricing .claude/skills/usage-based-pricing && 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 "usage-based-pricing" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/usage-based-pricing into .claude/skills/usage-based-pricing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "usage-based-pricing", 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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/usage-based-pricingType 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill usage-based-pricing -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills usage-based-pricing --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/usage-based-pricing .agents/skills/usage-based-pricing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "usage-based-pricing" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/usage-based-pricing into .agents/skills/usage-based-pricing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "usage-based-pricing", 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill usage-based-pricing -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills usage-based-pricing --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/usage-based-pricing .cursor/skills/usage-based-pricing && 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 "usage-based-pricing" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/usage-based-pricing into .cursor/skills/usage-based-pricing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "usage-based-pricing", 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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git --path skills/usage-based-pricing--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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill usage-based-pricing -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills usage-based-pricing --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/usage-based-pricing .gemini/skills/usage-based-pricing && 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 "usage-based-pricing" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/usage-based-pricing into .gemini/skills/usage-based-pricing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "usage-based-pricing", 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills usage-based-pricingInstalls 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill usage-based-pricing -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/usage-based-pricing .github/skills/usage-based-pricing && 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 "usage-based-pricing" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/usage-based-pricing into .github/skills/usage-based-pricing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "usage-based-pricing", 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill usage-based-pricing -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills usage-based-pricing --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/usage-based-pricing .opencode/skills/usage-based-pricing && 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 "usage-based-pricing" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/usage-based-pricing into .opencode/skills/usage-based-pricing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "usage-based-pricing", 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
usage-based-pricing- GitHub stars
- 47k
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~1.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 449 words
- Files
- 3 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 1,394
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Design pricing models that developers understand, accept, and can predict.
- Phrases: usage-based pricing
- SKILL.md covers Detailed Guide, When to Use, Usage Metrics Developers Accept and Examples: Pricing That Works, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Metered billing
What it does
Usage Based Pricing is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Design pricing models that developers understand, accept, and can predict. Trigger phrases: usage-based pricing, API pricing, metered billing, developer pricing, pricing page, cost calculator, pay as you go, pricing transparency, competitive pricing, developer billing
Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `README.md` and `references/detailed-guide.md`).
It sits in Sales & Support, covering Pricing strategy and Landing pages. It works with Vercel. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Phrases: usage-based pricing
- Metered billing
- Developer pricing
- Cost calculator
Example prompts
- “/usage-based-pricing”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1e53ce2. 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
Usage Based Pricing loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 449 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit 1e53ce2, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 449 words, ~1,215 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/usage-based-pricing/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- usage-based-pricing
- description
- Design pricing models that developers understand, accept, and can predict. Trigger phrases: usage-based pricing, API pricing, metered billing, developer pricing, pricing page, cost calculator, pay as you go, pricing transparency, competitive pricing, developer billing
- risk
- critical
- source
- https://github.com/jonathimer/devmarketing-skills/tree/main/skills/usage-based-pricing
- source_repo
- jonathimer/devmarketing-skills
- source_type
- community
- date_added
- 2026-07-01
- license
- MIT
- license_source
- https://github.com/jonathimer/devmarketing-skills/blob/main/LICENSE
Usage-Based Pricing
Detailed Guide
Read the detailed guide before executing this skill. It retains the complete procedure and reference material. Treat its safety, prerequisites, and validation requirements as mandatory. For focused work, load the relevant sections; for end-to-end work, read the guide completely.
When to Use
Use this skill when you need design pricing models that developers understand, accept, and can predict. Trigger phrases: usage-based pricing, API pricing, metered billing, developer pricing, pricing page, cost calculator, pay as you go, pricing transparency, competitive pricing, developer billing.
Design pricing models that developers understand, accept, and can predict—without surprise bills or confusing metrics.
Usage Metrics Developers Accept
Good Metrics: Direct Value Correlation
API calls/requests
- Developers understand what triggers a call
- Easy to monitor and predict
- Scales with actual usage
- Example: Stripe charges per transaction, Twilio per message
Compute time
- Clear relationship to server costs
- Predictable for consistent workloads
- Fair for variable workloads
- Example: AWS Lambda per GB-second, Vercel build minutes
Storage
- Simple to understand
- Easy to predict growth
- Clear cost driver
- Example: S3 per GB stored, databases per GB
Bandwidth/data transfer
- Makes sense for CDN and hosting
- Can be surprising if not monitored
- Example: Cloudflare per GB, Vercel bandwidth
Active users (MAU)
- Works for auth and user-facing tools
- Aligns with customer's growth
- Example: Auth0, Firebase Auth
Problematic Metrics
"Compute units" or proprietary measures
Bad: "1 CU = 0.25 CPU seconds at 1.5GHz equivalent with 256MB memory allocation"
Developers can't estimate usage.Compound metrics
Bad: "Charged per operation, where operation = read OR write OR delete,
multiplied by document size factor"
Too complex to predict.Metrics that punish success
Bad: Per-user pricing that penalizes viral growth
Developer's successful launch becomes a cost crisis.Metrics with hidden multipliers
Bad: "Per request, but each retry counts, and warming requests count,
and health checks count"
Actual usage is unpredictable.Metric Selection Framework
| Metric | When It Works | When It Fails |
|---|---|---|
| API calls | Discrete operations | Streaming, persistent connections |
| Compute time | Variable workloads | Idle resources still cost |
| Storage | Data products | Temporary/cache data |
| Bandwidth | CDN, media | Retry-heavy protocols |
| MAU | User-facing apps | Machine-to-machine |
| Seats | Collaboration tools | Individual developers |
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Examples: Pricing That Works
Stripe
- Per-transaction percentage (2.9% + 30¢)
- Aligns with customer revenue
- Predictable and simple
- Volume discounts for scale
Twilio
- Per-message/per-minute pricing
- Clear unit costs
- Usage dashboard and alerts
- Prepaid credits for discount
Vercel
- Clear tier structure
- Generous free tier
- Usage-based for bandwidth/builds
- Team pricing separate
DigitalOcean
- Predictable monthly pricing
- Clear size/price relationship
- Hourly billing option
- Bandwidth included in pricing
Examples: Pricing Problems
Confusing Unit Pricing
Some cloud providers:
- Per "compute unit" (undefined)
- Multiple meters per service
- Different rates for different operations
- Bill requires expert interpretation
Enterprise Tax
Some companies:
- SSO requires enterprise tier
- SSO tier is 10x team tier
- No intermediate option
- Punishes security-conscious teams
Punishing Success
Some user-based pricing:
- Free tier: 100 users
- Paid tier: $0.10/user
- Viral success = immediate $$$
- Discourages growth
Limitations
- Use this skill only when the task clearly matches its upstream source and local project context.
- Verify commands, generated code, dependencies, credentials, and external service behavior before applying changes.
- Do not treat examples as a substitute for environment-specific tests, security review, or user approval for destructive or costly actions.
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Files
SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/usage-based-pricing of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.
- SKILL.md
- README.md
- references/detailed-guide.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1e53ce2
Used in 1 other repository
We found 5 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usage Based Pricing this skillsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Pricing StrategyOpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills | 708 | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Competitor Price TrackerOneWave-AI/claude-skills | 322 | 3 repos | ~372 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Suede PricingJasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills | 127 | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Pricing Strategyborghei/Claude-Skills | 874 | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| PricingInfrasity-Labs/dev-gtm-claude-skills | 139 | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Usage Based Pricing
What does Usage Based Pricing do?
Design pricing models that developers understand, accept, and can predict. Usage Based Pricing is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Design pricing models that developers understand, accept, and can predict.
When should I use Usage Based Pricing?
Usage Based Pricing fits situations like: phrases: usage-based pricing; metered billing; developer pricing; cost calculator.
How do I install Usage Based Pricing in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill usage-based-pricing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/usage-based-pricing in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/usage-based-pricing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Usage Based Pricing in Codex?
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill usage-based-pricing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/usage-based-pricing in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/usage-based-pricing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Usage Based Pricing 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill usage-based-pricing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/usage-based-pricing, .gemini/skills/usage-based-pricing, .github/skills/usage-based-pricing and .opencode/skills/usage-based-pricing in your project.
What does Usage Based Pricing need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Usage Based Pricing is instructions for the agent only.
Does Usage Based Pricing 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 Usage Based Pricing 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 Usage Based Pricing use?
Usage Based Pricing is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Usage Based Pricing use?
About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Usage Based Pricing?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Usage Based Pricing: Pricing Strategy (OpenClaudia/openclaudia-skills, 708 stars), Competitor Price Tracker (OneWave-AI/claude-skills, 322 stars), Suede Pricing (JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills, 127 stars) and Pricing Strategy (borghei/Claude-Skills, 874 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Usage Based Pricing?
sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,304 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,394 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.
Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.