subscription-recovery

Name: subscription-recovery
Author: JasonColapietro

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How to install subscription-recovery?

jasoncolapietro/suede-creator-skills/subscription-recovery

$npx -y skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill subscription-recovery

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Use when the user wants to find, audit, cancel, or dispute recurring charges billed outside Amazon, including App Store, Google Play, PayPal, direct-bill streaming, gyms, news, and SaaS. Discover charges from evidence the user directly provides or authenticated service pages, rep

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SKILL.md

1	# Subscription Recovery
2
3	## Why this exists
4
5	The [amazon-returns-recovery](../amazon-returns-recovery/SKILL.md) skill proved the
6	underlying idea on Amazon: money doesn't announce itself when it's still being
7	charged, only when someone goes and checks. Restocking fees and Amazon-billed
8	subscriptions (Prime Video Channels routes Britbox, Starz, AMC+, and friends through
9	one Amazon bill) are one slice of that. Most people's actual subscription sprawl is
10	bigger and more scattered — a streaming service billed directly by its own app, a gym
11	membership, a SaaS tool from a free trial that converted, a magazine, an App
12	Store subscription bought once and forgotten. None of that goes through Amazon at
13	all. This skill is the same negotiation discipline — build the case from real facts,
14	confirm before acting, hold the line under a counteroffer, get the outcome confirmed
15	in writing — pointed at anything recurring, not just an Amazon account.
16
17	Treat this as a metal detector, not an autopilot: it surfaces what's being charged
18	and drafts the case, but every cancellation and every dispute goes through the
19	account owner before anything gets sent or clicked.
20
21	Scope split with amazon-returns-recovery: if a subscription is billed through
22	Amazon (Prime Video Channels, Audible, Kindle Unlimited, Prime itself), hand off to
23	that skill instead of duplicating its Phase 1b — it already documents the Amazon-
24	specific pages and chat flow. This skill covers everything billed outside Amazon.
25
26	## Prerequisites
27
28	- Claude in Chrome browser extension connected, for any service checked or acted on
29	in-browser. If `mcp__claude-in-chrome__*` tools aren't loaded yet, fetch them via
30	ToolSearch first.
31	- Unlike amazon-returns-recovery, there is no single account to sweep — discovery
32	depends on what the user can provide (a bank/card statement, app access, or just
33	naming what they remember paying for) and what platform-level subscription hubs
34	are available (App Store, Google Play, PayPal).
35	- Unvalidated click-paths. Only the App Store, Google Play, and PayPal hub pages
36	in Phase 1a are close to a fixed, checkable URL. Every individual service's own
37	billing/cancellation page (Netflix, Spotify, a gym's member portal, etc.) has to be
38	discovered live and should be recorded in
39	[references/service-playbook.md](references/service-playbook.md) once confirmed,
40	so the next run doesn't rediscover it from scratch.
41
42	## Phase 1a — Platform subscription hubs (read-only, no side effects)
43
44	These three cover a large share of subscriptions in one page each, because the
45	platform (not the individual service) is the merchant of record:
46
47	1. Apple App Store (iOS/iPadOS/Mac subscriptions bought through Apple's
48	in-app-purchase flow — many streaming apps route here instead of billing
49	directly): `https://apps.apple.com/account/subscriptions` (requires Apple ID
50	sign-in) or on-device: Settings → [Apple ID] → Subscriptions.
51	2. Google Play: `https://play.google.com/store/account/subscriptions` — same
52	idea for Android-purchased subscriptions.
53	3. PayPal recurring payments: `https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/autopay/` —
54	lists every merchant with standing authorization to charge the account, including
55	ones that don't show up anywhere else (a common blind spot: an old free trial that
56	converted, billed via PayPal, with no reminder email ever opened).
57
58	Each of these lists service name, price, billing cadence, and next charge date, and
59	each has a direct cancel button on the same page — no negotiation needed for a
60	straight cancellation found here.
61
62	## Phase 1b — Bank/card statement scan (read-only, no side effects)
63
64	If the user can share a recent statement (PDF, CSV export, or even a screenshot of
65	the transaction list), scan for recurring merchant names and amounts — the same
66	charge appearing monthly/annually from the same merchant is the signal. This catches
67	services that bill directly (Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, a gym, a SaaS tool)
68	and aren't visible through the Phase 1a hubs. Ask for the statement rather than
69	guessing; don't assume access to financial accounts.
70
71	## Phase 1c — Ask directly
72
73	Ask the user what else they know they're paying for that Phase 1a/1b didn't surface
74	— people usually remember 60-70% of their subscriptions when prompted but forget the
75	re

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How to install subscription-recovery?

jasoncolapietro/suede-creator-skills/subscription-recovery

$npx -y skills add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills --skill subscription-recovery

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Files · 1

View on GitHub

SKILL.md

1	# Subscription Recovery
2
3	## Why this exists
4
5	The [amazon-returns-recovery](../amazon-returns-recovery/SKILL.md) skill proved the
6	underlying idea on Amazon: money doesn't announce itself when it's still being
7	charged, only when someone goes and checks. Restocking fees and Amazon-billed
8	subscriptions (Prime Video Channels routes Britbox, Starz, AMC+, and friends through
9	one Amazon bill) are one slice of that. Most people's actual subscription sprawl is
10	bigger and more scattered — a streaming service billed directly by its own app, a gym
11	membership, a SaaS tool from a free trial that converted, a magazine, an App
12	Store subscription bought once and forgotten. None of that goes through Amazon at
13	all. This skill is the same negotiation discipline — build the case from real facts,
14	confirm before acting, hold the line under a counteroffer, get the outcome confirmed
15	in writing — pointed at anything recurring, not just an Amazon account.
16
17	Treat this as a metal detector, not an autopilot: it surfaces what's being charged
18	and drafts the case, but every cancellation and every dispute goes through the
19	account owner before anything gets sent or clicked.
20
21	Scope split with amazon-returns-recovery: if a subscription is billed through
22	Amazon (Prime Video Channels, Audible, Kindle Unlimited, Prime itself), hand off to
23	that skill instead of duplicating its Phase 1b — it already documents the Amazon-
24	specific pages and chat flow. This skill covers everything billed outside Amazon.
25
26	## Prerequisites
27
28	- Claude in Chrome browser extension connected, for any service checked or acted on
29	in-browser. If `mcp__claude-in-chrome__*` tools aren't loaded yet, fetch them via
30	ToolSearch first.
31	- Unlike amazon-returns-recovery, there is no single account to sweep — discovery
32	depends on what the user can provide (a bank/card statement, app access, or just
33	naming what they remember paying for) and what platform-level subscription hubs
34	are available (App Store, Google Play, PayPal).
35	- Unvalidated click-paths. Only the App Store, Google Play, and PayPal hub pages
36	in Phase 1a are close to a fixed, checkable URL. Every individual service's own
37	billing/cancellation page (Netflix, Spotify, a gym's member portal, etc.) has to be
38	discovered live and should be recorded in
39	[references/service-playbook.md](references/service-playbook.md) once confirmed,
40	so the next run doesn't rediscover it from scratch.
41
42	## Phase 1a — Platform subscription hubs (read-only, no side effects)
43
44	These three cover a large share of subscriptions in one page each, because the
45	platform (not the individual service) is the merchant of record:
46
47	1. Apple App Store (iOS/iPadOS/Mac subscriptions bought through Apple's
48	in-app-purchase flow — many streaming apps route here instead of billing
49	directly): `https://apps.apple.com/account/subscriptions` (requires Apple ID
50	sign-in) or on-device: Settings → [Apple ID] → Subscriptions.
51	2. Google Play: `https://play.google.com/store/account/subscriptions` — same
52	idea for Android-purchased subscriptions.
53	3. PayPal recurring payments: `https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/autopay/` —
54	lists every merchant with standing authorization to charge the account, including
55	ones that don't show up anywhere else (a common blind spot: an old free trial that
56	converted, billed via PayPal, with no reminder email ever opened).
57
58	Each of these lists service name, price, billing cadence, and next charge date, and
59	each has a direct cancel button on the same page — no negotiation needed for a
60	straight cancellation found here.
61
62	## Phase 1b — Bank/card statement scan (read-only, no side effects)
63
64	If the user can share a recent statement (PDF, CSV export, or even a screenshot of
65	the transaction list), scan for recurring merchant names and amounts — the same
66	charge appearing monthly/annually from the same merchant is the signal. This catches
67	services that bill directly (Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, a gym, a SaaS tool)
68	and aren't visible through the Phase 1a hubs. Ask for the statement rather than
69	guessing; don't assume access to financial accounts.
70
71	## Phase 1c — Ask directly
72
73	Ask the user what else they know they're paying for that Phase 1a/1b didn't surface
74	— people usually remember 60-70% of their subscriptions when prompted but forget the
75	re

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