# revenuecat-migrate

A skill that walks an app through adopting RevenueCat or bumping the SDK to a new major version. It detects the platform first, then follows the steps.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 700 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-migrate/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/revenuecat-migrate

## What it does

Two paths live in this skill. Path A: the app already sells in app purchases through raw StoreKit or Google Play Billing and RevenueCat is being layered on top. Path B: RevenueCat is already in place and the user wants the next major version. The risks differ, so the skill asks you to pick a path before it touches code.

Detection works off the project files, first match wins: `package.json` with `react-native-purchases`, a `pubspec.yaml`, a `kotlin { … }` block in `build.gradle.kts`, `com.android.application`, or `Package.swift` plus `Podfile`. Each platform gets its own file under `platforms/` — iOS, Android, KMP, Flutter, React Native. When several match, the outermost project that owns the build wins.

Observer mode is the lever for Path A. The SDK watches transactions your existing code processes and sends them to RevenueCat for validation, but never finishes them itself. The `purchasesAreCompletedBy` flag is set at configure time, and this is where people break things: drop the `myApp` value while leaving old transaction finishing in place and transactions get acknowledged twice, which makes subscriber state look wrong. Exactly one side owns finishing. Call `Purchases.logIn(existingAppUserID)` too, or prior purchases land on an anonymous RevenueCat user and can't be matched to your records later. For version bumps the skill keeps no diff of its own — it points you at the CHANGELOG and `*MIGRATION*.md` files in the SDK repo.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- adopt RevenueCat without rewriting existing purchase code
- bump the RevenueCat SDK to a new major version and fix broken calls
- turn on observer mode without double-finishing transactions
- attach existing purchase history to the app's real user IDs
- verify the migration with a sandbox purchase and subscriber state

## Example prompts
- Help me migrate to RevenueCat, our purchases are on raw StoreKit
- We're going from RevenueCat v4 to v5, find the breaking changes
- Set up observer mode for our Android app on Google Play Billing

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: revenuecat-migrate
description: Migrate to RevenueCat from raw StoreKit or Google Play Billing, or upgrade the RevenueCat SDK across a major version. Use when the user says migrate to RevenueCat, switch from StoreKit to RC, upgrade RevenueCat SDK, from v4 to v5, observer mode, RevenueCat major version upgrade, or already have in app purchases and want to add RevenueCat on iOS, Android, Kotlin Multiplatform, Flutter, or React Native.
---

# revenuecat-migrate: migrate to RevenueCat or upgrade the SDK

Use this skill when the user wants to either adopt RevenueCat in an app that already ships in app purchases, or upgrade the RevenueCat SDK across a major version.

These two paths share some concepts but have different risks. Identify which one applies before touching code.

## 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. Identify the migration path

Ask the user (or infer from the codebase):

- **Path A: adoption.** The app already has working in app purchases implemented directly against StoreKit or Google Play Billing. RevenueCat is being added on top.
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