# rc-cancellations-pauses-winback

Surfaces cancellation, pause and winback state in Android apps on RevenueCat. Saves you from guessing what happened to a subscriber's access.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 612 installs · ★ 76
- Author: RevenueCat
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/RevenueCat/ai-toolkit/tree/HEAD/revenuecat-play-billing/skills/rc-cancellations-pauses-winback/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/rc-cancellations-pauses-winback

## What it does

The skill walks through the subscription states RevenueCat puts in `CustomerInfo`. A cancellation with access left shows up as `unsubscribeDetectedAt` plus `isActive == true`, a payment problem as `billingIssuesDetectedAt`, and a pause as `isActive == false` while the product is still owned. From there the agent suggests what to render in the UI.

It runs in four phases: scope the state you need, confirm you already have fetched `CustomerInfo`, write the Kotlin, then verify. The management button gets its own section — `managementURL` is already typed `Uri?`, so pass it straight into the Intent; wrapping it in `Uri.parse(url.toString())` is redundant and easy to get wrong. The pause resume date is not in the SDK at all. You pull it from `/v1/subscribers/{app_user_id}` as `paused_expiration_time_ms`, and that call belongs on your backend because it needs `RC_SECRET_API_KEY`.

A few things trip people up. Don't compute access by hand from `expirationDate`; read `isActive` and `willRenew` instead. Resubscribing before expiry clears `unsubscribeDetectedAt` on its own, but a resubscribe after expiry arrives as a `RENEWAL` webhook rather than `INITIAL_PURCHASE`, so your backend handler has to grant access on both. RevenueCat sends no dedicated pause webhook either — the state lands in `CustomerInfo` once the Google Play RTDN is processed.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RevenueCat/ai-toolkit --skill rc-cancellations-pauses-winback -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RevenueCat/ai-toolkit --skill rc-cancellations-pauses-winback -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RevenueCat/ai-toolkit --skill rc-cancellations-pauses-winback -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install RevenueCat/ai-toolkit rc-cancellations-pauses-winback
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/rc-cancellations-pauses-winback/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RevenueCat/ai-toolkit --skill rc-cancellations-pauses-winback -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/RevenueCat/ai-toolkit --path revenuecat-play-billing/skills/rc-cancellations-pauses-winback
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RevenueCat/ai-toolkit --skill rc-cancellations-pauses-winback -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/RevenueCat/ai-toolkit/tree/HEAD/revenuecat-play-billing/skills/rc-cancellations-pauses-winback/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- show an "ends on this date" banner after a cancellation
- open the Google Play subscription screen from a tap
- tell a paused subscription apart from one that expired
- fetch the pause resume date over the REST API
- grant access when someone resubscribes after expiry

## Example prompts
- Add a cancellation banner to the subscription screen when `unsubscribeDetectedAt` is set and `isActive` is true
- Build a "Manage subscription" button that opens `managementURL`
- Write a backend call to `/v1/subscribers/{app_user_id}` and return `paused_expiration_time_ms` to the client

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: rc-cancellations-pauses-winback
description: Use this skill when surfacing cancellation, pause, and winback state on Android with RevenueCat. Covers reading unsubscribeDetectedAt, billingIssuesDetectedAt, pause state via periodType, managementURL for deep link, and pause resume date lookup via the REST API.
license: Apache-2.0; see LICENSE
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  author: RevenueCat
  source: revenuecat-handbook chapter 13
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  - revenuecat
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# Cancellations, Pauses, and Winback

Detect cancellation, pause, and winback states on Android by reading `CustomerInfo`. Most of these events are passive: your app observes them rather than initiates them. Open Google Play's manage screen with `managementURL`. Look up the pause resume date from the REST API.

## Phase 1: Scope

Decide what state you need to surface to the user.

| State | Signal in CustomerInfo | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Canceled, still has access | `entitlement.unsubscribeDetectedAt != null` and `isActive == true` | Show "ends on [expirationDate]" |
| Billing issue (grace or hold) | `entitlement.billingIssuesDetectedAt != null` | Payment failed, recovery in progress |
| Paused | `entitlement.isActive == false` while product is still owned | Resume date requires REST API |
| Active and renewing | `entitlement.willRenew == true` | Normal state |

Backend win back campaign segmentation uses the `CANCELLATION` webhook `cancel_reason` field (`UNSUBSCRIBE`, `BILLING_ERROR`, `DEVELOPER_INITIATED`, `PRICE_INCREASE`).

## Phase 2: Prepare

Confirm you already have a fetched `CustomerInfo` from `Purchases.sharedInstance.getCustomerInfo(...)` or a listener. You do not need to call `BillingClient.queryPurchasesAsync` with `setIncludeSuspendedSubscriptions(true)`. RevenueCat resolves pause state from the server side subscription state.

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