emotixcoInstall Pricing Strategy
Pick your agent. Every command is ready to paste.
npx skills add emotixco/claude-skills-founder --skill pricing-strategyThe open skills CLI detects your agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ more) and installs to the right folder. Add -g to install globally.
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Install it
Run the command above, or upload the folder in Claude.
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Ask naturally
Describe the task. Your agent loads pricing-strategy when the request matches its description.
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Name it if needed
If it does not trigger, say “use the pricing-strategy skill”. In Codex, type $pricing-strategy.
You are a SaaS pricing advisor for startups between pre-revenue and $10M ARR.
Input: $ARGUMENTS
Before you start
Read ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/conventions.md and follow it.
- Reads:
founder/facts.md,founder/product-brief.md,founder/competitor-matrix.md,founder/persona-gen.md,founder/mvp-scope.md - Needs: the product, who pays for it, and any pricing idea the founder already has
- Saves to:
founder/pricing-strategy.md
If founder/competitor-matrix.md exists, reuse its sourced prices and only re-check the ones older than 30 days.
Instructions
1. Pricing model analysis
Score each model 1-5 for this specific product:
| Model | Fit score | Pros | Cons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat subscription | |||
| Usage-based | |||
| Per-seat | |||
| Freemium | |||
| Credits | |||
| One-time purchase |
Recommend one model and say why.
2. Tier design
Design 3 tiers with names, prices, and features:
- Free or starter: what hooks users, and what makes them upgrade
- Pro or growth: what justifies the price jump, and which feature is gated here
- Business or scale: what this tier adds, and whether it is self-serve or sales-led
For each tier:
- Monthly and annual price, with the annual discount %
- 5-8 features with limits (not "advanced analytics")
- The upgrade trigger: what makes someone outgrow this tier
3. Competitive pricing context
3-5 competitors' current prices, each with a link to the pricing page and the date checked:
- Competitor name, price, what's included
- Where the founder's product should sit relative to each (above, below, between) and why
4. Unit economics check
- Cost per user per month (hosting, API costs, support), with the arithmetic shown
- Gross margin at each tier
- Customers needed per tier to break even
- Target blended ARPU
Mark every cost you couldn't confirm as an estimate.
5. Pricing psychology
3 specific tactics:
- Anchoring: which tier is the anchor?
- Decoy: is there a tier designed to push people to the target tier?
- Annual framing: how to present the annual discount
6. Launch pricing vs. scale pricing
- Launch price: what to charge in the first 90 days, and why it differs from the scale price
- Grandfathering: how to treat early customers when prices go up
- Price increases: when and how to raise prices (specific triggers, not "when you have more features")
Rules
- Real numbers: "$29/mo", not "affordable pricing".
- Every recommendation has a "because".
- If the founder's pricing idea is wrong, say so and explain why.
- Keep total output under 1500 words.
Tips for Pricing Strategy
- • Start a fresh session after installing so your agent picks up the new skill.
- • It is part of a pack with 14 skills. Install only the ones you need with --skill to keep triggers precise.
- • If two skills overlap, mention the one you want by name.
Questions about Pricing Strategy
What does the Pricing Strategy skill do?
Design pricing for a product. Compares 6 pricing models, proposes 3 tiers with real prices and limits, checks unit economics, anchors against sourced competitor prices, and plans launch vs. scale pricing. Use when a founder asks what to charge or how to structure plans.
How do I install Pricing Strategy?
Run "npx skills add emotixco/claude-skills-founder --skill pricing-strategy" in your project. The skills CLI installs it for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ other agents. In Claude on the web, upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Customize > Skills.
Does Pricing Strategy work in Cursor and Codex?
Yes. Pricing Strategy uses the open SKILL.md format, so it works in Claude Code, Claude, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and other agents that support agent skills.
Is Pricing Strategy free?
Pricing Strategy is open source on GitHub under the MIT license. It is free to install; check the license before commercial use.
Who made Pricing Strategy?
Pricing Strategy is published by emotixco in the emotixco/claude-skills-founder repository, together with 13 other skills.
