# rc-security

Walks an agent through a RevenueCat security review on Android: signature verification mode, API key hygiene, user identity and server-side entitlement checks.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 649 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-security/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/rc-security

## What it does

The skill runs in four phases. The agent states what it will review, gathers facts about your project, writes a plan, and only then touches code. During discovery it asks whether `EntitlementVerificationMode` is set, whether the public `goog_` key or the secret REST key ended up in the client, whether real users go through `Purchases.logIn`, and whether your premium endpoints check entitlement themselves.

Then it lays out the verification modes. `DISABLED` signs nothing, `INFORMATIONAL` logs a failure but still grants access, and `ENFORCED` flips `EntitlementInfo.isActive` to `false` when the signature check fails. The advice is to start with `INFORMATIONAL` and move to `ENFORCED` once telemetry shows `VerificationResult.FAILED` is rare on real traffic. It also settles where authority lives: the client is not the authority even under `ENFORCED`, so each paid endpoint either calls the REST API or reads a flag that RevenueCat webhooks keep current.

A pre-release checklist closes the loop. The Android source tree should contain only the public `goog_...` key, with the secret REST key living on your server, in a secret manager or an env var. The anonymous `$RCAnonymousID:...` is a device-scoped identifier, not a credential, and it is shared by everyone on the same device, so production apps call `Purchases.logIn("your_user_id")`. This is built for Android projects on RevenueCat; other platforms and billing stacks are out of scope.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RevenueCat/ai-toolkit --skill rc-security -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-security/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn on CustomerInfo signature verification without locking out real users
- find a leaked secret REST key in the Android source before release
- move the app off anonymous ids onto your own authenticated user ids
- gate premium content on the server instead of trusting a client flag
- choose between INFORMATIONAL and ENFORCED using telemetry

## Example prompts
- Review my RevenueCat security posture on Android: verification mode, API keys, user identity and server-side access decisions.
- My app still runs on anonymous users — show me how to switch to Purchases.logIn with my own user id.
- Run the pre-release checklist: is the secret REST key still in the source, and is EntitlementVerificationMode set?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: rc-security
description: Use this skill when hardening a RevenueCat integration on Android. Covers Trusted Entitlements response verification (INFORMATIONAL vs ENFORCED), why the server is always the authority, API key hygiene (public SDK key vs secret REST key), anonymous user identity, and purchase token protections RevenueCat provides automatically.
license: Apache-2.0; see LICENSE
metadata:
  author: RevenueCat
  source: revenuecat-handbook chapter 15
  keywords:
  - android
  - revenuecat
  - security
  - trusted-entitlements
  - entitlement-verification-mode
  - api-key
  - anonymous-user
---

## Phase 0: Intent

Tell the user: "I will review your RevenueCat security posture on Android: verification mode, API keys, user identity, and server side access decisions."

## Phase 1: Discovery

Confirm what RevenueCat already covers so you can focus on the real gaps.

| Concern | Who handles it | How |
|---|---|---|
| Receipt validation against Google Play | RevenueCat backend | Runs before `awaitPurchase()` returns |
| Purchase token reuse | RevenueCat backend | Tokens are deduplicated server side |
| Fabricated purchase tokens | RevenueCat backend | Fails Google Play verification, no entitlement granted |
| HTTPS transport to RevenueCat | SDK | Always on |
| Retry of token post on network failure | SDK | Retries on next app launch |

Ask the project these questions:

- Is `EntitlementVerificationMode` set? If not, `CustomerInfo` responses are trusted without signature checking.
- Is the SDK configured with the public Android key (starts with `goog_`) or has someone accidentally pasted the secret key into the client?
- Are real users identified with `Purchases.logIn(yourUserId)`, or is the app still relying on anonymous `$RCAnonymousID:...`?
- Do server endpoints that serve premium content verify entitlement server side, or do they trust a client sent flag?

## Phase 2: Plan

Decide each of the following before changing code.

### Decision A: Entitlement verification mode
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