billing-automation

Overview

What is billing-automation?

The billing-automation skill enables you to automate key financial workflows such as recurring payments, invoice generation, subscription lifecycle management, and dunning (failed payment recovery). It is designed for teams building SaaS platforms, subscription services, or any system that requires automated billing and invoicing processes.

Who should use this skill?

• SaaS product teams needing automated subscription billing
• Developers automating invoice delivery and payment recovery
• Businesses managing recurring payments or usage-based billing
• Anyone handling proration, tax calculation, or subscription state changes

Problems solved

• Reduces manual billing errors and time spent on invoicing
• Automates dunning workflows to recover failed payments
• Handles complex billing cycles, proration, and tax scenarios
• Streamlines subscription upgrades, downgrades, and renewals

How to Use

Installation Steps

1. Add the skill to your agent or workflow with:

   npx skills add https://github.com/wshobson/agents --skill billing-automation
   

2. Review the main documentation in SKILL.md for a conceptual overview and usage patterns.
3. Explore supporting files such as README.md, AGENTS.md, and metadata.json for integration details and configuration options.
4. Adapt the provided workflows to fit your own repository, billing logic, and operational requirements.

Key Concepts and Features

• Billing Cycles: Supports monthly, annual, quarterly, weekly, and custom intervals, including usage-based and per-seat billing.
• Subscription States: Manages transitions such as trial, active, past_due, canceled, paused, and resumed.
• Dunning Management: Automates failed payment recovery with retry schedules, customer notifications, grace periods, and account restrictions.
• Proration: Calculates adjustments for mid-cycle plan changes, seat modifications, and billing frequency updates.
• Tax Handling: Assists with sales tax, VAT, and GST calculations.

Getting Started Example

Check SKILL.md for code snippets and workflow examples to quickly set up automated billing in your environment.

FAQ

When should I use billing-automation?

Use this skill when you need to automate recurring billing, invoicing, subscription management, or failed payment recovery in your product or service.

What files should I review first?

Start with SKILL.md for a high-level overview and practical examples. Then check README.md, AGENTS.md, and metadata.json for deeper integration details.

Does billing-automation handle proration and tax?

Yes, the skill provides guidance and workflow support for proration scenarios and tax calculations, including VAT and GST.

Can I customize billing cycles and subscription states?

Absolutely. The skill supports a range of billing intervals and subscription state transitions to match your business model.

Where can I find more examples or scripts?

Browse the repository's file tree for additional references, helper scripts, and workflow templates to extend or adapt the automation to your needs.