# rc-setup

Walks you through the RevenueCat dashboard and the Google Play connection: app, service account, entitlements, offerings, and the public API key.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 638 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-setup/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/rc-setup

## What it does

The skill covers the dashboard side of a RevenueCat project for Android, up to the point where the setup is done and the API key is in hand. It runs in four phases: confirm the prerequisites, pick the route that matches your current state, execute the dashboard steps, then verify that everything is wired together.

Several things have to exist before you touch the dashboard. A Play Console app, the exact package name, products or subscriptions with base plans, a Google Cloud service account JSON key, and the Financial data viewer permission for that account. If the products are not there yet, the skill pauses — creating them is a Play Console job. The package name must match Play Console exactly, or the connection step fails.

From there it walks through creating the project and the Android app, setting up the service account with the Google Play Android Developer API enabled, inviting it in Play Console, uploading the JSON into the Android app settings, creating entitlements, importing products and attaching them, building an offering and marking it Current, and finally copying the Android public SDK key. SDK initialization is a separate job, handled by the `rc-configuring-the-sdk` skill.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- create an Android app in the RevenueCat dashboard by package name
- connect a Google Play service account to RevenueCat
- define entitlements for your app's access tiers
- import Play products and attach them to entitlements
- build an offering and mark it current for the paywall

## Example prompts
- set up RevenueCat for Android: create the app and connect Google Play
- upload the service account JSON to RevenueCat and check the connection
- create a pro_access entitlement and attach the Play products to it

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# RevenueCat Android Setup

Configure a RevenueCat project so the Android SDK can fetch offerings, validate purchases, and grant entitlements. This skill covers the dashboard side of setup and the service account connection to Google Play.

The scope stops at "dashboard ready, API key in hand." SDK initialization code belongs to the [rc-configuring-the-sdk](../rc-configuring-the-sdk/) skill.

## Phase 1: Discovery

Confirm these items before you touch the RevenueCat dashboard. Missing any of them will block the connection step.

| Prerequisite | Where it lives | Why RevenueCat needs it |
|---|---|---|
| Google Play Console app | Play Console | Dashboard connects by package name |
| Package name | Play Console app listing | Must match your Android app exactly |
| In-app products or subscriptions | Play Console monetization | RevenueCat imports the catalog |
| Base plans for subscriptions | Play Console subscription | Billing Library 6+ requires them |
| Google Cloud service account JSON | Google Cloud Console | RevenueCat authenticates to the Play Developer API |
| Financial data viewer permission | Play Console users and permissions | Service account reads subscription state |

Ask the user:

- Is the app already published on Play (even as internal testing)?
- Are products live in Play Console, or still drafts?
- Do you have the service account JSON, or do you need the creation steps?

If products do not exist yet, pause. Product creation is a Play Console task outside this skill.

## Phase 2: Plan

Pick the route that matches the user's state.

| State | Route |
|---|---|
| No RevenueCat account | Start at Step 1, create account and project |
| Account exists, no Android app in project | Start at Step 2, add Android app |
| App exists, Play not connected | Jump to Step 3, upload service account |
| Play connected, no entitlements or offerings | Jump to Step 4 |
| Everything configured, need the API key | Jump to Phase 4 verification |

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