subscription-architecture

subscription-architecture is a cursor rule for Cursor from duckduckgo/apple-browsers. It costs 0 tokens per session (2,114 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

Guidelines for implementing paid features and subscriptions across apps and purchase platforms. It describes shared subscription logic and platform-specific purchasing, including Apple App Store purchases.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when adding subscription checks, premium feature access, purchases, or cross-platform subscription activation.
Why use it?
It helps keep subscription status and purchase handling consistent across platforms. This avoids duplicating core billing logic in individual app targets.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Install

Getting it into your agent

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agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/duckduckgo/apple-browsers/subscription-architecture
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/duckduckgo/apple-browsers

Made for: Cursor.

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Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.01057
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Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00211

Measured 3d ago against content hash 1a89d766d083, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

subscription-architecture scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.cursor/rules/subscription-architecture.mdc · 372 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 372 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Subscription Architecture & Implementation

Overview

DuckDuckGo's subscription system provides access to premium features including VPN (Network Protection), Personal Information Removal (PIR), Identity Theft Restoration (ITR), and AI Chat. The system supports multiple purchase platforms and cross-platform activation.

Core Architecture

Shared Foundation: BrowserServicesKit

All subscription logic is centralized in BrowserServicesKit/Sources/Subscription/:

// ✅ CORRECT - Use BrowserServicesKit for core subscription logic
import BrowserServicesKit

final class SubscriptionViewModel: ObservableObject {
    private let subscriptionManager: SubscriptionManager
    
    init(subscriptionManager: SubscriptionManager = SubscriptionManager.shared) {
        self.subscriptionManager = subscriptionManager
    }
}

// ❌ INCORRECT - Don't duplicate subscription logic in platform code
final class SubscriptionViewModel: ObservableObject {
    func checkSubscriptionStatus() {
        // Don't reimplement subscription logic
    }
}

Platform-Specific Purchase Methods

iOS
  • Purchase Method: App Store only (StoreKit)
  • Geographic Coverage: Global
  • Cross-Platform: Can activate Stripe subscriptions from other platforms
macOS App Store Build
  • Purchase Method: App Store only (StoreKit)
  • Geographic Coverage: Global
  • Cross-Platform: Can activate Stripe subscriptions
macOS Direct Download Build
  • US Users: Stripe web purchases
  • Non-US Users: Redirected to iOS App Store
  • Cross-Platform: Primary platform for Stripe purchases

Version Management

ALWAYS use V2 implementations for new code:

// ✅ CORRECT - Use V2 implementations
let subscriptionManager = SubscriptionManagerV2()
let purchaseManager = StorePurchaseManagerV2()
let purchaseFlow = AppStorePurchaseFlowV2()

// ❌ INCORRECT - Don't use V1 implementations
let subscriptionManager = SubscriptionManager() // Legacy
let purchaseFlow = AppStorePurchaseFlow() // Legacy

Read the full file on GitHub · 372 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 3d ago First seen · 372 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 1a89d766d083

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subscription-architecture is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository duckduckgo/apple-browsers (251 stars, last pushed today), licensed Apache-2.0. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 2,114 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-01.