# billing-sdk

Guides the integration of Dodo Payments billing UI, pricing tables, and subscription management in React and Next.js apps.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 810 installs · ★ 13
- Author: dodopayments
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/dodopayments/skills/tree/HEAD/dodo-payments/billing-sdk/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
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## What it does

BillingSDK provides billing interface components following the shadcn/ui distribution model. Instead of relying on a runtime npm dependency, components copy directly into your repository under `components/billingsdk/`. Available blocks include eight pricing table variations, credit balance meters, invoice history lists, and plan upgrade dialogs.

All Dodo Payments API requests must stay inside backend route handlers. UI components handle only presentation and event triggers, preventing `DODO_PAYMENTS_API_KEY` from reaching browser bundles. Leaking that key to client code exposes your payment operations.

Project setup begins with `npx @billingsdk/cli init`, which sets up `lib/dodopayments.ts`, billing hooks, and necessary environment variables.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dodopayments/skills --skill billing-sdk -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/billing-sdk/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/billing-sdk/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dodopayments/skills --skill billing-sdk -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/billing-sdk/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dodopayments/skills --skill billing-sdk -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/billing-sdk/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install dodopayments/skills billing-sdk
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/billing-sdk/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dodopayments/skills --skill billing-sdk -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/dodopayments/skills --path dodo-payments/billing-sdk
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/billing-sdk/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dodopayments/skills --skill billing-sdk -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/dodopayments/skills/tree/HEAD/dodo-payments/billing-sdk/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- scaffold billing routes and configuration with @billingsdk/cli init
- add pricing table components to a Next.js frontend
- implement customer billing portal sessions on the server
- render credit balance and usage meters in user accounts

## Example prompts
- Add the pricing-table-one component and configure plan selection callbacks
- Create an API route for customer portal sessions and wire the redirect button
- Render usage-meter-linear to display active token consumption

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: billing-sdk
description: BillingSDK, the open-source React and shadcn component library for Dodo Payments billing UI. Use when building pricing tables, pricing pages, account billing pages, usage meters, credit balances, invoice history, or cancel and upgrade UI in React or Next.js, or running @billingsdk/cli init; keep Dodo API calls server-side.
---

# BillingSDK

BillingSDK is an open-source React component library for billing interfaces, maintained by Dodo Payments
at `github.com/dodopayments/billingsdk`. Components are copied into your repository as source files
(shadcn/ui model) rather than imported from a runtime npm package.

Use this skill when building the front end. All Dodo Payments API calls belong in server-side route
handlers; the components are presentation only.

## When to use this skill

- Building a pricing page that starts a Dodo checkout.
- Building an account/billing page with subscription details and a "Manage billing" button.
- Rendering usage meters, credit balances, invoice history, or upcoming charges.
- Adding cancel / upgrade / downgrade UI to an existing React or Next.js app.
- Deciding whether to scaffold with `@billingsdk/cli init` or add individual components.

## Core concepts

**Source-installed, not a dependency.** The repository root package `billingsdk` is private. There is no
verified general-purpose runtime npm component package. You install components through the CLI or the
shadcn registry, and the `.tsx` files land in your project under `components/billingsdk/`.

**The installed file is the prop contract.** Because components are vendored into your repo, the exported
props type in `components/billingsdk/<component>.tsx` is authoritative for your version. Read it before
wiring callbacks. Do not assume prop names from another project.

**The registry is the installability source of truth.** Use
[`registry.json`](https://github.com/dodopayments/billingsdk/blob/main/registry.json). The docs navigation
has drifted from it — for example `payment-success-dialog` appears in navigation but not in the current
registry. If `add` fails, the block is not in the registry.

**Components never call Dodo.** They receive data and fire callbacks. Every Dodo Payments call runs on your
server with `DODO_PAYMENTS_API_KEY`. That key is `dodo_test_...` or `dodo_live_...` and must never reach
the browser.

## Installation

Scaffold a new integration (framework config, API routes, `useBilling` hooks, `lib/dodopayments.ts`,
dependencies, and env vars `DODO_PAYMENTS_API_KEY`, `DODO_PAYMENTS_ENVIRONMENT`,
`DODO_PAYMENTS_WEBHOOK_KEY`):

```bash
npx @billingsdk/cli init
```

Add a single component to an existing project:

```bash
npx @billingsdk/cli add pricing-table-one
```

Or install through the shadcn registry using the `@billingsdk/` namespace:

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add @billingsdk/pricing-table-one
```

The published CLI package is `@billingsdk/cli`, most recently seen at version 0.9.0.

## Component inventory

From the current official registry, grouped by purpose:

| Group | Blocks |
|---|---|
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