# revenuecat-purchase-flow

A skill that writes the RevenueCat purchase and restore logic for your app. Useful when a custom paywall needs a working purchase call and a Restore button.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 978 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-purchase-flow/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/revenuecat-purchase-flow

## What it does

The skill covers the buying side of RevenueCat: fetch offerings, pick a `Package` from the current offering, call `purchase(package)`. On success the returned `customerInfo` already reflects the purchase, so access is checked through `customerInfo.entitlements.active["<id>"]`. Paywall rendering and feature gating live in separate skills.

Platform detection comes first. The agent looks at project files: `package.json` with `react-native-purchases`, `pubspec.yaml`, `build.gradle.kts` with multiplatform source sets, native Android or iOS. Then it reads the matching platform file, which holds a complete purchase function and a restore function. A user cancellation is not an app error — iOS throws `purchaseCancelledError`, Android and Flutter surface `PurchaseCancelledError`, React Native sets `e.userCancelled === true`. Return silently, no alert.

Do not unlock content inside the purchase callback. Refresh customer info and let your entitlements listener flip the gated UI, otherwise the purchase path and the restore path drift apart. Disable the buy buttons while a purchase is in flight to avoid double charges. `restorePurchases()` is a user action, not an automatic step, and on iOS a visible restore button is a store requirement.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- call `purchase` for the chosen package and handle the result
- tell a user cancellation apart from a real purchase error
- show an alert only for declined payments or network failures
- add a Restore purchases button to the paywall and settings
- block double charges when the buy button is tapped twice

## Example prompts
- add a RevenueCat subscription purchase to this project
- handle purchase cancellation without showing an alert
- add a Restore purchases button to the paywall screen

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: revenuecat-purchase-flow
description: Implement the RevenueCat purchase and restore flow. Use when the user asks to buy a package, purchase a subscription, fetch offerings, build the purchase logic behind a custom (hand-coded) paywall, handle purchase errors, detect user cancelled, or restore previous purchases on iOS, Android, Kotlin Multiplatform, Flutter, or React Native.
---

# revenuecat-purchase-flow: buy a package and restore purchases

Use this skill when the user wants to complete the purchase side of RevenueCat: fetch offerings, call `purchase`, deal with cancellation and errors, and expose a "Restore" action. It does not cover rendering a paywall UI (that lives in `revenuecat-paywall`) or gating features (that lives in `revenuecat-entitlements-gate`).

If the app has no paywall yet and the user has not asked for a custom one, settle how the paywall is built first (`integrate-revenuecat`, Section 5c). The default is a RevenueCat Paywall, which handles the purchase itself.

## 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)
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