# revenuecat-entitlements-gate

The skill checks a RevenueCat user's active entitlements and decides whether to show a paid feature. Useful when you need to hide something behind a subscription.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 831 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-entitlements-gate/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
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## What it does

The skill answers one question: does this user have access to a paid feature right now. It reads `customerInfo.entitlements.active`, a map keyed by entitlement identifier. Present in `active` means access. Absent means no access, no matter what was purchased before.

Gating on purchase history backfires. Expired subscriptions stay in `customerInfo.entitlements.all` but drop out of `active`, so the skill uses `active` only. It covers two paths: the one-shot check and a listener that fires after a purchase, restore, renewal or expiration. No polling needed.

The SDK has to be configured first with `Purchases.configure(…)`, otherwise the entitlement call fails — the `integrate-revenuecat` skill handles that step. Purchasing and auth live in `revenuecat-purchase-flow` and `revenuecat-identify-user`. One more thing: the entitlement identifier in your code must match the one configured in the RevenueCat dashboard. A typo there silently locks everyone out.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- show or hide a premium feature based on subscription status
- check whether a user holds an active entitlement
- refresh the UI after a purchase or an expiration without a restart
- tell an active subscription apart from an expired one
- debug why a paid feature stays locked after payment

## Example prompts
- check if the user has an active premium entitlement and hide the export button if not
- gate the pro feature on Flutter through RevenueCat
- subscribe to entitlement changes and update the settings screen

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: revenuecat-entitlements-gate
description: "Check whether a RevenueCat user currently has access to a paid feature via entitlements. Use when the user asks to gate a feature behind premium, check if the user has a pro subscription, read customerInfo active entitlements, show or hide a feature based on subscription status, react to entitlement changes, or 'is the user subscribed' on iOS, Android, Kotlin Multiplatform, Flutter, or React Native."
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# revenuecat-entitlements-gate: check a RevenueCat entitlement

Use this skill when the user wants to decide whether to show or hide a feature based on an active RevenueCat entitlement. The skill covers the one shot check and the reactive listener; it does not cover purchasing (see `revenuecat-purchase-flow`) or auth (`revenuecat-identify-user`).

## 1. Detect the platform

Inspect the working directory and pick the **first** match, from top to bottom:

1. **React Native**: `package.json` has a `react-native-purchases` entry, or `react-native` as a dependency → read `platforms/react-native.md`. If `expo` is also a dependency, note it as an Expo project.
2. **Flutter**: `pubspec.yaml` exists at the project root → read `platforms/flutter.md`.
3. **Kotlin Multiplatform**: `build.gradle.kts` contains a `kotlin { … }` multiplatform source sets block, or depends on `com.revenuecat.purchases:purchases-kmp*` → read `platforms/kmp.md`.
4. **Android (native)**: `build.gradle(.kts)` applies `com.android.application` (and is not KMP) → read `platforms/android.md`.
5. **iOS (native)**: `Package.swift`, `*.xcodeproj`, `*.xcworkspace`, or `Podfile` at the project root → read `platforms/ios.md`.

If several match (e.g. an `ios/` folder inside a Flutter project), pick the **outermost** project, the one that owns the build. If still ambiguous, ask the user which platform they want to configure.

## 2. Shared concepts (all platforms)

- **Check the entitlement identifier, not the product ID.** The identifier (for example `"premium"`) is configured in the RevenueCat dashboard and mapped to one or more products. Using the entitlement lets you change products, prices, and stores without touching app code.
- **`customerInfo.entitlements.active` is the source of truth.** It is a `Map<String, EntitlementInfo>` keyed by entitlement identifier. Presence in `active` means the user currently has access. Absence means they do not, regardless of past purchases.
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