billing-automation
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npx mdskill add wshobson/agents/billing-automationAutomate recurring payments, invoicing, and subscription lifecycle management.
- Handles failed payment recovery, proration, and tax calculations.
- Integrates with Stripe, PayPal, and other payment processors.
- Decides actions based on subscription states and payment history.
- Delivers invoices, sends notifications, and updates account status.
SKILL.md
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---
name: billing-automation
description: Build automated billing systems for recurring payments, invoicing, subscription lifecycle, and dunning management. Use when implementing subscription billing, automating invoicing, or managing recurring payment systems.
---
# Billing Automation
Master automated billing systems including recurring billing, invoice generation, dunning management, proration, and tax calculation.
## When to Use This Skill
- Implementing SaaS subscription billing
- Automating invoice generation and delivery
- Managing failed payment recovery (dunning)
- Calculating prorated charges for plan changes
- Handling sales tax, VAT, and GST
- Processing usage-based billing
- Managing billing cycles and renewals
## Core Concepts
### 1. Billing Cycles
**Common Intervals:**
- Monthly (most common for SaaS)
- Annual (discounted long-term)
- Quarterly
- Weekly
- Custom (usage-based, per-seat)
### 2. Subscription States
```
trial → active → past_due → canceled
→ paused → resumed
```
### 3. Dunning Management
Automated process to recover failed payments through:
- Retry schedules
- Customer notifications
- Grace periods
- Account restrictions
### 4. Proration
Adjusting charges when:
- Upgrading/downgrading mid-cycle
- Adding/removing seats
- Changing billing frequency
## Quick Start
```python
from billing import BillingEngine, Subscription
# Initialize billing engine
billing = BillingEngine()
# Create subscription
subscription = billing.create_subscription(
customer_id="cus_123",
plan_id="plan_pro_monthly",
billing_cycle_anchor=datetime.now(),
trial_days=14
)
# Process billing cycle
billing.process_billing_cycle(subscription.id)
```
## Detailed patterns and worked examples
Detailed pattern documentation lives in `references/details.md`. Read that file when the navigation tier above is insufficient.
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