# revenuecat-cli

A skill that teaches your agent to drive RevenueCat with the official rc CLI: projects, products, paywalls, image and font uploads. Useful when MCP lacks the operation.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 403 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/skills/revenuecat-cli/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/revenuecat-cli

## What it does

The skill documents running RevenueCat from a shell through the official `rc` command line interface. It covers most of what the RevenueCat MCP server does: projects, apps, products, entitlements, offerings, paywalls, charts, store state. The CLI adds paywall generate and edit, plus uploads of paywall images to the Media Gallery (`rc media-assets upload`) and custom fonts (`rc fonts upload`). MCP has no upload tools for those.

Before the first command the skill has you check the install (`rc --version`) and the login (`rc auth status --json`). The CLI keeps its own credential, separate from the MCP server, so the user runs `rc auth login` themselves — it opens a browser for OAuth. In CI you set `RC_API_KEY` or pass `--api-key` instead. Installing via `brew` or `npm install -g` changes the user's machine, so ask first; `npx @revenuecat/cli` needs no install.

The CLI authenticates with a RevenueCat secret key (`sk_...`), which is correct for a server-side tool. Public SDK keys (`appl_`/`goog_`/`amzn_`) belong in client app code, and a secret key never goes into an app or into a chat message. Don't guess flags — ask the binary. `rc commands --schemas --json` returns every command's flags, args and examples in one call. Images run up to 2 MiB, fonts up to 5 MiB, and the file has to exist on disk first.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install RevenueCat/ai-toolkit revenuecat-cli
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- upload a paywall image to the Media Gallery without the dashboard
- push a custom paywall font from the terminal
- check product and entitlement state in CI
- generate or edit a paywall with `rc paywalls`
- find the exact flags for a command without reading docs

## Example prompts
- Check whether `rc` is installed and print the version
- Upload `paywall-hero.png` to the Media Gallery with `rc media-assets upload`
- List the project's products as JSON

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: revenuecat-cli
description: Drive RevenueCat from the terminal with the `rc` CLI, an alternative to the RevenueCat MCP server for humans, CI, and agents. Covers install, authentication, command discovery, and output conventions. Use for uploading paywall images to the Media Gallery (`rc media-assets upload`) or custom paywall fonts (`rc fonts upload`) — MCP has no upload tools for these. Referenced by the other RevenueCat skills whenever they offer a CLI path.
---

# revenuecat-cli: driving RevenueCat from the terminal

`rc` is the official RevenueCat command line interface. It covers most of the same project, app, product, entitlement, offering, paywall, chart, and store-state operations as the RevenueCat MCP server (the CLI adds paywall generate/edit and paywall image/font upload; the MCP server has some SDK feature-gate and experiment tools the CLI does not). Use whichever surface is available; this skill is the reference for the CLI path.

## Before the first command

The CLI needs a shell. Without one (for example in a chat app with only the MCP server), use MCP, or tell the user which `rc` command to run or which dashboard page to use.

1. **Check it is installed:** `rc --version`. If that fails, pick one:
   - Run without installing: `npx @revenuecat/cli <command>` everywhere `rc` appears below. Needs Node. Best for CI and agent sandboxes.
   - Install on macOS/Linux: `brew install RevenueCat/tap/rc`.
   - Install with npm: `npm install -g @revenuecat/cli`.

   Installing changes the user's machine, so ask before running `brew` or `npm install -g`. `npx` needs no permission beyond running the command.
2. **Check it is logged in:** `rc auth status --json`. The CLI does not share the MCP server's login. If no credential is active, ask the user to run `rc auth login` themselves: it opens a browser for OAuth. In CI, set `RC_API_KEY` or pass `--api-key`.
3. **Check the project:** pass `--project-id <id>`, or have the user set a default with `rc projects use`.

The CLI authenticates with a RevenueCat **secret** key (`sk_...`); that is correct because the CLI is a server-side tool. This is not the same as the **public** SDK keys (`appl_`/`goog_`/`amzn_`) you fetch for client app code. Never put a secret key in an app, and never ask the user to paste one into the chat.

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