What problem does it solve?
This Skill automates the complex processes of recurring billing, invoice generation, subscription lifecycle management, and failed payment recovery, reducing manual effort and improving cash flow.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Automated Invoicing: Generates and sends invoices based on subscription plans and billing cycles.
- Subscription Management: Handles trial periods, active subscriptions, past-due states, and cancellations.
- Dunning Management: Implements automated retry schedules and customer notifications for failed payments.
- Proration: Calculates charges for mid-cycle plan changes or seat adjustments.
- Tax Calculation: Determines and applies sales tax, VAT, or GST based on customer location.
- Use Case: Implement a SaaS subscription model where new users automatically enter a trial, are billed monthly, and the system automatically retries failed payments with email notifications before canceling the subscription.
Quick Start
Use the billing-automation skill to create a new monthly subscription for customer 'cus_123' on plan 'plan_pro_monthly' starting today.