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usage-based-pricing from jonathimer/devmarketing-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jonathimer/devmarketing-skills/usage-based-pricing@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jonathimer/devmarketing-skills
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skills/usage-based-pricing/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
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- v1.0.0, committed Mar 3, 2026
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- MIT
Design pricing models that developers understand, accept, and can predict. Trigger phrases: usage-based pricing, API pricing, metered billing, developer pricing, pricing page, cost calculator, pay as you go, pricing transparency, competitive pricing, developer billing.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Usage-Based Pricing Design pricing models that developers understand, accept, and can predict—without surprise bills or confusing metrics. ## Overview Developers are uniquely sensitive to pricing. They'll calculate unit economics, compare alternatives, and write blog posts about surprise bills. Usage-based pricing works well for developer tools because it aligns cost with value, but it can also create anxiety about unpredictable costs. The best developer pricing is predictable, transparent, and obviously fair. Developers should be able to estimate their bill before they commit. ## Before You Start Review the `/devmarketing-skills/skills/free-tier-strategy` skill to understand how free tiers connect to paid pricing. Your pricing model should feel like a natural extension of the free tier, not a completely different experience. ## Usage Metrics Developers Accept ### Good Metrics: Direct Value Correlation **API calls/requests** - Developers understand what triggers a call - Easy to monitor and predict - Scales with actual usage - Example: Stripe charges per transaction, Twilio per message **Compute time** - Clear relationship to server costs …
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How to install
mdr add jonathimer/devmarketing-skills/usage-based-pricing@sha256:0c5db3bea5c9834cThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Source
jonathimer/devmarketing-skills · 87 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-03-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_f4iruzvym74hlksi GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jonathimer/devmarketing-skills/usage-based-pricing GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0c5db3bea5c9834c8e9e5713f2978d5028d66cc18cee9422d989eeb417a9194e
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.