Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add curiositech/some_claude_skills --skill indie-monetization-strategistgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/curiositech/some_claude_skillsWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/curiositech/some_claude_skills/indie-monetization-strategist)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/curiositech/some_claude_skills/indie-monetization-strategist"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/curiositech/some_claude_skills/indie-monetization-strategist/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/curiositech/some_claude_skills/indie-monetization-strategist"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/curiositech/some_claude_skills/indie-monetization-strategist.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>- Socket pass
- Snyk warn
- NVIDIA SkillSpector pass
What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00126 | $0.01856 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00063 | $0.00928 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00025 | $0.00371 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00013 | $0.00186 |
Grade A, and why
indie-monetization-strategist 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 9d 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 240 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Indie Monetization Strategist
Turn side projects into sustainable income. Battle-tested strategies for indie developers and solopreneurs.
Quick Start
- Build audience first - Email list is your foundation
- Start with validation - If people won't use it free, they won't pay
- Stack revenue streams - Multiple small wins beats one moonshot
- Price on value, not cost - Premium pricing attracts premium customers
- Play the long game - Most "overnight" successes took 3-5 years
When to Use
Use for:
- Choosing monetization models for dev tools
- Setting up freemium/premium tiers
- Pricing strategy decisions
- Email list building for launches
- Sponsorship and donation systems
NOT for:
- Enterprise B2B sales (use sales skills)
- VC fundraising/pitch decks
- Large-scale advertising campaigns
The Indie Monetization Stack
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ PREMIUM PRODUCTS │
│ SaaS subscriptions, one-time purchases │
│ → Highest revenue, requires product-market │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ SERVICES & CONSULTING │
│ Custom work, implementation, training │
│ → Trade time for money, but validates │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ PASSIVE/SEMI-PASSIVE │
│ Sponsorships, donations, affiliates │
│ → Lower friction, good for content/tools │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ LIST BUILDING │
│ Email subscribers, community members │
│ → Foundation for all monetization │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Monetization Decision Tree
Is your project...
A DEVELOPER TOOL?
├── Open source? → Sponsorships + Premium features/hosting
├── Closed source? → Freemium SaaS or one-time purchase
└── CLI tool? → Pay-what-you-want + Pro tier
AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE?
├── Course/tutorial? → One-time purchase or membership
├── Reference site? → Sponsorships + Premium content
└── Interactive app? → Freemium with advanced features
A CONTENT SITE?
├── Technical blog? → Sponsorships + Newsletter premium tier
├── Showcase/portfolio? → Consulting leads + Sponsorships
└── Community site? → Membership + Sponsorships
What ships with it
5 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
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.
- 9d ago First seen · 240 lines · 126 tokens per session scan A 0adb8967b397
indie-monetization-strategist is a skill published in the GitHub repository curiositech/some_claude_skills (221 stars, last pushed 6d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 126 tokens to every session and 1,856 once invoked, about $0.0006 per session on Opus 5. 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 2026-09-03.
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