Agent Skills

Overview

Agent Skills are reusable capabilities that enhance what AI coding assistants can do when working with Dodo Payments. They provide procedural knowledge and best practices that help agents accomplish specific tasks more effectively - from integrating checkout flows to setting up usage-based billing.

Think of skills as plugins for your AI assistant. They teach your agent how to implement Dodo Payments features correctly, following our recommended patterns and best practices.

Skills work with any MCP-compatible AI agent, including:

Claude Code - Anthropic’s CLI coding assistant
OpenCode - Open source AI coding agent
Cursor - AI-first code editor
Other MCP clients - Any agent supporting the skills protocol

Available Skills

Skill	Description
dodo-best-practices	Comprehensive guide to integrating Dodo Payments with best practices
webhook-integration	Setting up and handling webhooks for payment events
subscription-integration	Implementing subscription billing flows
checkout-integration	Creating checkout sessions and payment flows
usage-based-billing	Implementing metered billing with events and meters
billing-sdk	Using BillingSDK React components
license-keys	Managing license keys for digital products
credit-based-billing	Implementing credit entitlements, balances, and metered credit deduction

Installation

Choose your preferred installation method based on your AI coding assistant.

Agent Plugin (recommended)
Skills CLI
Claude Code
OpenCode

If you’re using Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, or OpenCode, the Dodo Agent Plugin installs all eight skills plus both MCP servers in one step. Skills load automatically when your agent detects a relevant task.See the AI Coding Agents guide for per-agent install commands.

Install skills using the universal skills CLI that works with any MCP-compatible agent:

# Install all Dodo Payments skills
npx skills add dodopayments/skills

Or install individual skills as needed:

# Best practices guide
npx skills add dodopayments/skills/dodo-payments/best-practices

# Webhook integration
npx skills add dodopayments/skills/dodo-payments/webhook-integration

# Subscription billing
npx skills add dodopayments/skills/dodo-payments/subscription-integration

# Checkout flows
npx skills add dodopayments/skills/dodo-payments/checkout-integration

# Usage-based billing
npx skills add dodopayments/skills/dodo-payments/usage-based-billing

# BillingSDK components
npx skills add dodopayments/skills/dodo-payments/billing-sdk

# License key management
npx skills add dodopayments/skills/dodo-payments/license-keys

# Credit-based billing
npx skills add dodopayments/skills/dodo-payments/credit-based-billing

Install only the skills you need to keep your agent focused and reduce context overhead.

Add the Dodo Payments skills marketplace to Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add dodopayments/skills

Then install individual plugins:

# Install best practices
/plugin install dodo-best-practices

# Install webhook integration
/plugin install webhook-integration

# Install subscription integration
/plugin install subscription-integration

# Install checkout integration
/plugin install checkout-integration

# Install usage-based billing
/plugin install usage-based-billing

# Install BillingSDK
/plugin install billing-sdk

# Install license keys
/plugin install license-keys

# Install credit-based billing
/plugin install credit-based-billing

Skills are automatically available when configured in your OpenCode settings. Add the Dodo Payments skills repository to your configuration:

{
  "skills": {
    "repositories": [
      "dodopayments/skills"
    ]
  }
}

Using Skills

Once installed, your AI assistant can leverage these skills when you ask it to implement Dodo Payments features. Here are some example prompts:

Best Practices

Help me integrate Dodo Payments into my Next.js app following best practices

Webhooks

Set up webhook handlers for payment and subscription events

Subscriptions

Implement a subscription flow with free trial and multiple pricing tiers

Checkout

Create a checkout session for my SaaS product

Usage-Based Billing

Add usage-based billing to track API calls for my AI product

BillingSDK

Add a pricing page using BillingSDK components

License Keys

Implement license key validation for my desktop app

Credit-Based Billing

Set up credit entitlements and metered credit deduction for my AI product

How Skills Work

Skills provide your AI assistant with:

Procedural Knowledge - Step-by-step instructions for implementing features
Code Templates - Production-ready code patterns and snippets
Best Practices - Recommended approaches for security, error handling, and UX
Context Awareness - Understanding of how different Dodo Payments features work together

When you ask your AI assistant to implement a feature, it uses the relevant skill to:

Understand the correct implementation approach
Generate accurate, working code
Follow Dodo Payments conventions
Handle edge cases and errors properly

Skills complement the MCP Server and Sentra. Use MCP for API operations, Sentra for guided integration, and Skills for enhanced AI assistant capabilities.

Comparison with Other Tools

Tool	Purpose	Best For
Agent Skills	Enhance AI assistant knowledge	AI-assisted development with any MCP client
MCP Server	Execute API operations	Direct API access from AI assistants
Sentra	Guided integration assistant	Interactive billing integration in IDE

Resources

Skills Repository

Browse the source code and contribute to Dodo Payments skills

MCP Server

Enable AI assistants to execute Dodo Payments API operations

Sentra

AI-powered billing assistant for your IDE

Discord Community

Get help and share feedback with the community

Getting Started

Features

Integrate

Merchant of Record

Miscellaneous

Overview

Available Skills

Installation

Using Skills

Best Practices

Webhooks

Subscriptions

Checkout

Usage-Based Billing

BillingSDK

License Keys

Credit-Based Billing

How Skills Work

Comparison with Other Tools

Resources

Skills Repository

MCP Server

Sentra

Discord Community

​Overview

​Available Skills

​Installation

​Using Skills

​Best Practices

​Webhooks

​Subscriptions

​Checkout

​Usage-Based Billing

​BillingSDK

​License Keys

​Credit-Based Billing

​How Skills Work

​Comparison with Other Tools

​Resources

Skills Repository

MCP Server

Sentra

Discord Community

Overview

Available Skills

Installation

Using Skills

Best Practices

Webhooks

Subscriptions

Checkout

Usage-Based Billing

BillingSDK

License Keys

Credit-Based Billing

How Skills Work

Comparison with Other Tools

Resources