# rc-webhooks

A skill for handling RevenueCat webhooks server-side: the event schema, deduplication by event.id, and the difference between cancellation, expiration and renewal.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 650 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-webhooks/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/rc-webhooks

## What it does

RevenueCat posts one normalized JSON payload for every store. The skill walks through receiving that POST, verifying the `X-RevenueCat-Signature` header, and dispatching by event type. Products are already mapped to entitlements on RevenueCat's side, so your backend branches on `event.type` and reads `event.entitlement_ids` instead of keeping its own product-to-entitlement table.

The trap is `CANCELLATION`. That is not an access change — the user turned off auto renew, and access runs until `expiration_at_ms`, so revoking right away cuts off a paying customer. `EXPIRATION` is where you revoke. A resubscribe after expiration arrives as `RENEWAL`, so that branch has to grant access again, not just extend it. `BILLING_ISSUE` is not revocation either: the user may still be inside Google Play's grace period.

Deduplication uses `event.id` as the idempotency key with an atomic insert, because RevenueCat can redeliver the same event. Do the downstream writes in the same transaction as the ID insert, or a crash mid-handler leaves you with a marked event that was never applied. Acknowledge with 2xx as soon as the event is persisted; a slow handler triggers retries. You need an HTTPS endpoint, the webhook secret from the dashboard, and durable storage for processed event IDs and entitlement state.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- receive a RevenueCat webhook and verify its signature
- dispatch events by type without mixing up CANCELLATION and EXPIRATION
- make the handler idempotent on `event.id`
- restore access when a user resubscribes after expiration
- avoid revoking access on BILLING_ISSUE during a grace period

## Example prompts
- Set up RevenueCat webhook handling: signature check, dedup on `event.id`, dispatch by type
- Add a CANCELLATION branch that schedules revocation at `expiration_at_ms` instead of revoking now
- Make the RENEWAL branch grant entitlements again when they were already revoked

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: rc-webhooks
description: Use this skill when consuming RevenueCat webhooks on your backend. Covers the normalized event schema, the full event type list, idempotency via the event id field, and the correct handling for CANCELLATION versus EXPIRATION versus RENEWAL.
license: Apache-2.0; see LICENSE
metadata:
  author: RevenueCat
  source: revenuecat-handbook chapter 10
  keywords:
  - android
  - revenuecat
  - webhooks
  - event-types
  - idempotency
  - cancellation
  - expiration
---

# RevenueCat Webhooks

You configure one endpoint. RevenueCat posts one normalized JSON event schema for every store. Your job on the server side is to verify the signature, deduplicate by `event.id`, and dispatch per event type.

## Phase 1: Discover

Confirm what you are wiring up before touching code.

- You own a server side HTTPS endpoint that accepts POST with a JSON body.
- You have the webhook secret from the RevenueCat dashboard under Integrations then Webhooks.
- You have durable storage to record processed event IDs and entitlement state per `app_user_id`.
- You understand that RevenueCat has already mapped products to entitlements, so you branch on `event.type` and read `event.entitlement_ids`. You do not maintain a product to entitlement table on your backend.

Every event has this outer shape:

```json
{
  "api_version": "1.0",
  "event": {
    "id": "evt_01HABCXYZ0000000000000001",
    "type": "INITIAL_PURCHASE",
    "app_user_id": "user_12345",
    "product_id": "premium_monthly",
    "period_type": "NORMAL",
    "purchased_at_ms": 1700000000000,
    "expiration_at_ms": 1702592000000,
    "store": "PLAY_STORE",
    "environment": "PRODUCTION",
    "entitlement_ids": ["pro_access"],
    "transaction_id": "GPA.1234-5678-9012-34567"
  }
}
```

## Phase 2: Plan

Pick the right action for each event type before you write the handler.

| Event type | Meaning | Handler action |
|---|---|---|
| `INITIAL_PURCHASE` | First paid transaction for this user and product. | Grant entitlements in `entitlement_ids`. |
| `RENEWAL` | Subscription renewed, including resubscription after an `EXPIRATION`. | Grant or extend entitlements in `entitlement_ids`. |
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