# clerk-billing

A skill for Clerk Billing: pricing tables, checkout, plan-based feature gating and subscription webhooks.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 16900 installs · ★ 89
- Author: clerk
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/clerk/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/clerk-billing/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/clerk-billing

## What it does

The skill walks through wiring Clerk Billing into an app: rendering `<PricingTable />`, adding a checkout button, gating features with `has({ feature })` and `has({ plan })`, and handling subscription lifecycle events through webhooks.

Billing has to be enabled before any of that works — via Dashboard → Billing → Settings or `clerk enable billing`. Skip it and dev throws `cannot_render_billing_disabled`, while production renders an empty pricing table. Plans live in Clerk, not Stripe, and sit in two tabs: User Plans for `<PricingTable />` and Organization Plans for `<PricingTable for="organization" />`. Picking the wrong tab is the most common cause of an empty table, and a plan cannot be moved after creation.

You need `NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY`, `CLERK_SECRET_KEY` and `CLERK_WEBHOOK_SIGNING_SECRET`. Dev instances can use the shared Clerk gateway; production needs a Stripe account for payment processing. Plans and features can also be managed programmatically through PLAPI: `clerk config pull --keys billing`, then `clerk config patch --file billing.json`. The project must be linked to the Clerk app first. Note that the Billing APIs are experimental, so pin your `@clerk/nextjs` and `clerk-js` versions.

## Requirements
- Works with: Stripe

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/clerk/skills --path skills/clerk-billing
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add clerk/skills --skill clerk-billing -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/clerk/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/clerk-billing/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- render a pricing table and checkout button
- gate a feature behind an active plan
- set up seat-limit plans for B2B teams
- handle subscription events with webhooks
- replicate billing config across instances

## Example prompts
- Set up Clerk Billing and add a pricing table to the pricing page
- Hide the analytics section from users without the feature
- Add a webhook handler for subscription status changes

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: clerk-billing
description: Clerk Billing for subscription management - render Clerk's PricingTable
  and in-app checkout drawer, configure subscription plans, seat-limit plans for
  B2B, feature entitlements with has(), and billing webhooks. Use for SaaS
  monetization, plan gating, checkout flows, trials, invoicing, and subscription
  lifecycle management.
allowed-tools: WebFetch
license: MIT
compatibility: Requires NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY, CLERK_SECRET_KEY, and CLERK_WEBHOOK_SIGNING_SECRET. Billing must be enabled in Clerk Dashboard → Billing. Development instances can use the shared Clerk development gateway; production instances require a Stripe account for payment processing.
metadata:
  author: clerk
  version: 1.1.0
---

# Billing

> **STOP, prerequisite.** Billing must be enabled before any `<PricingTable />`, `<CheckoutButton />`, `has({ plan })`, or `has({ feature })` usage works. Two paths: (1) [Dashboard → Billing → Settings](https://dashboard.clerk.com/last-active?path=billing/settings), or (2) `clerk enable billing` (see "Agent-first: Programmatic billing config" below). Enabling auto-creates default `free_user` / `free_org` plans. Dev instances can use the shared Clerk development gateway (no Stripe account needed); production requires a Stripe account for payment processing only.
>
> **Note**: Billing APIs are still experimental. Pin your `@clerk/nextjs` and `clerk-js` package versions. See `clerk` skill for the supported version table.

## Quick Start

1. **Enable Billing**, via [Dashboard → Billing → Settings](https://dashboard.clerk.com/last-active?path=billing/settings) or `clerk enable billing` (see Agent-first section). Skipping this throws `cannot_render_billing_disabled` in dev and renders empty in prod.
2. **Create plans in the matching tab**, [Dashboard → Billing → Plans](https://dashboard.clerk.com/last-active?path=billing/plans). Two tabs, slugs scoped per tab, not movable after creation:
   - **User Plans** → `<PricingTable />` (default `for="user"`)
   - **Organization Plans** → `<PricingTable for="organization" />`

   Wrong-tab is the #1 cause of an empty `<PricingTable />`. Plans live in Clerk; not synced to Stripe.
3. **Add features inside a plan**, open the plan in Dashboard → Billing → Plans, use its Features section. Features are scoped per plan, not global. The same slug can attach to multiple plans; `has({ feature: 'export' })` matches if the active plan contains that slug.
4. **Render `<PricingTable />`** (pass `for="organization"` for B2B).
5. **Gate access** with `has({ plan })` or `has({ feature })` from `auth()`.
6. **Handle billing webhooks** for subscription lifecycle.
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