sailscastshq/payments
skills/payments/SKILL.md
Payment and subscription patterns for The Boring JavaScript Stack — sails-pay hook with Lemon Squeezy, checkout flows, subscription management, webhooks, and customer portal. Use this skill when implementing billing, subscriptions, or payment processing in a Sails.js application.
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SKILL.md
- name:
- payments
- description:
- >
- author:
- sailscastshq
- version:
- 1.0.0
- tags:
- payments, billing, subscriptions, lemon-squeezy, sails-pay, checkout, webhooks, boring-stack
Payments
The Boring JavaScript Stack uses sails-pay with Lemon Squeezy as the payment provider. The Ascent templates include a complete billing system with plan-based subscriptions, checkout flows, webhook handling, and customer portal integration.
When to Use
Use this skill when:
- Configuring
sails-payinconfig/pay.js(provider, plans, variants) - Implementing checkout flows with
sails.pay.checkout() - Managing subscriptions (Subscription model, status lifecycle)
- Handling Lemon Squeezy webhooks (signature verification, event processing)
- Building billing settings pages with plan information
- Checking subscription status with the
checkPlanhelper - Integrating Lemon Squeezy's hosted customer portal
Rules
Read individual rule files for detailed explanations and code examples:
- rules/getting-started.md - sails-pay hook, config/pay.js, Lemon Squeezy setup, Subscription model
- rules/checkout.md - Checkout flow, sails.pay.checkout(), variant selection, custom data
- rules/subscriptions.md - Subscription model, status management, checkPlan helper, billing page
- rules/webhooks.md - Webhook controller, signature verification, event handling, idempotency
- rules/customer-portal.md - Lemon Squeezy hosted portal, subscription management URLs
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