free-tier-strategy SKILL.md skillA
free-tier-strategy 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/free-tier-strategy@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jonathimer/devmarketing-skills
- Path
skills/free-tier-strategy/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Mar 3, 2026
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- 13,048 bytes
- Repository stars
- 87
- License
- MIT
Design free tiers that convert to paid without creating resentment or abuse. Trigger phrases: free tier design, freemium model, free trial strategy, free tier limits, developer free plan, open source commercial, feature gating, upgrade triggers, free tier conversion.
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
# Free Tier Strategy Design free tiers that let developers build real things, demonstrate value, and convert naturally—without feeling like a trap or creating resentment. ## Overview Developer tools need free tiers. Developers expect to try before they buy, and they expect the trial to be meaningful—not a 14-day timer or a feature-locked demo. But free tiers also need to sustain your business. Get this wrong in either direction: too restrictive kills adoption, too generous kills revenue. The best free tiers feel generous to individual developers while naturally scaling into paid tiers as projects grow. ## Before You Start Review the `/devmarketing-skills/skills/developer-audience-context` skill. Free tier design varies significantly based on whether you're targeting hobbyists, startups, or enterprises. Also understand your unit economics—what does each free user actually cost you? ## Free Tier vs Free Trial vs Freemium ### Definitions **Free trial:** Time-limited full access (14 or 30 days) - Best for: High-touch enterprise sales - Worst for: Developer tools with self-serve motion **Free tier:** Permanently free with usage/feature limits …
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How to install
mdr add jonathimer/devmarketing-skills/free-tier-strategy@sha256:c3108fe4fd80077fThe 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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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Mar 3, 2026.
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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_fnfxjhmrel5rzkbj GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jonathimer/devmarketing-skills/free-tier-strategy GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c3108fe4fd80077f5177a888fc0578fd0543f266f6e3e080acf204149cc58a1f
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.