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Paywalls skill

paywallscoreyhaines31/marketingskillsskills/paywalls/SKILL.md

When the user wants to create or optimize in-app paywalls, upgrade screens, upsell modals, or feature gates. Also use when the user mentions "paywall," "upgrade screen," "upgrade modal," "upsell," "feature gate," "convert free to paid," "freemium conversion," "trial expiration screen," "limit reached screen," "plan upgrade prompt," "in-app pricing," "free users won't upgrade," "trial to paid conversion," or "how do I get users to pay." Use this for any in-product moment where you're asking users to upgrade. Distinct from public pricing pages (see cro) — this focuses on in-product upgrade moments where the user has already experienced value. For pricing decisions, see pricing.

56kMIT

always on

155 tokname + description

once used

1,194 tokSKILL.md body

bundled files

212 KB

installs

69kskills.sh

Install the Paywalls skill

Skills CLI (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others)

npx skills add https://github.com/coreyhaines31/marketingskills --skill paywalls

Claude Code, by hand (all projects)

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/coreyhaines31/marketingskills.git /tmp/marketingskills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/marketingskills/skills/paywalls ~/.claude/skills/paywalls

For one project only, copy the folder into .claude/skills/ in that project instead. The agent picks it up when a task matches its description.

What it costs your context

Agent Skills load in three steps. Tokens counted with the o200k tokenizer; your model's count will differ a little.

WhenWhat loadsCost
Every sessionName and description155 tok
When the agent uses itThe SKILL.md instructions1,194 tok
Only if opened2 bundled files (12 KB)varies

Until it is used, paywalls costs about 8.8× less than the median MCP server we measured (1,362 tokens on every turn). Installing all 52 skills from coreyhaines31/marketingskills would load 9,336 tokens of descriptions. Skills vs MCP study

Checks

Our checks found nothing to flag: it follows the Agent Skills specification's naming and size guidelines and doesn't pipe downloads into a shell.

Checked 2026-10-22 · method

What's inside

The headings of its SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub.

  • Paywall and Upgrade Screen CRO
  • Initial Assessment
  • Core Principles
  • 1. Value Before Ask
  • 2. Show, Don't Just Tell
  • 3. Friction-Free Path
  • 4. Respect the No
  • Paywall Trigger Points
  • Feature Gates
  • Usage Limits
  • Trial Expiration
  • Time-Based Prompts
  • Paywall Screen Components
  • Specific Paywall Types
  • Feature Lock Paywall
  • Usage Limit Paywall
  • Trial Expiration Paywall
  • Timing and Frequency
  • When to Show
  • When NOT to Show
  • Frequency Rules
  • Upgrade Flow Optimization
  • From Paywall to Payment
  • Post-Upgrade

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