external-purchases
US web checkout via the StoreKit External Purchase Link entitlement — currently 0% Apple commission (litigation ongoing), how to ship it safely, and how to architect for a commission flip so a future ruling is a config change, not a rewrite. Use when adding external purchase links, weighing web checkout vs IAP, or planning US-storefront pricing strategy.
npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill external-purchases --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# External Purchases (US Web Checkout) On the **US storefront**, apps may link out to a web checkout for digital goods using the StoreKit External Purchase Link entitlement — and as of mid-2026, court orders have Apple's commission on those purchases at **0%**, with the fee case still moving through district court. This is the largest indie revenue unlock of the era, and it is *reversible by a ruling* — so the engineering rule is: **ship it now, architect it so a commission can be flipped on later.** > Verify current state before relying on this: the entitlement terms, the commission rate, and > the litigation status have each changed more than once. Treat every number here as > "true as of 2026-07, re-check." ## When This Skill Activates - "Add a web checkout / Stripe / external purchase link" for digital goods - Deciding IAP vs web checkout for a US-heavy revenue base - The store-growth audit flags P8.4 - Reviewing an app whose external links might be non-compliant (wrong storefront, no entitlement) ## The rules of the road - **US storefront only** — elsewhere Guideline 3.1.1 still applies (EU/JP/KR have separate entitlements/terms; don't extrapolate from the US). - **Entitlement
- When This Skill Activates
- The rules of the road
- Architecture: the commission flip
- Decision sketch
- Output Format
- References
What does the external-purchases skill do?
US web checkout via the StoreKit External Purchase Link entitlement — currently 0% Apple commission (litigation ongoing), how to ship it safely, and how to architect for a commission flip so a future ruling is a config change, not a rewrite. Use when adding external purchase links, weighing web checkout vs IAP, or planning US-storefront pricing strategy.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills --skill external-purchases --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From rshankras/claude-code-apple-skills, a repository with 589 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.