| name | spending-analysis |
| description | Analyze Pollinations revenue, pack purchases, and tier spending patterns. Query Polar for payment history and Tinybird for usage data. |
Requirements
Before using this skill, ensure you have:
- curl: For API requests
- jq:
brew install jq (for parsing JSON)
- sops:
brew install sops (for decrypting secrets)
Must run from the pollinations repo root with access to enter.pollinations.ai/.
Data Sources
Polar API
- Orders: Payment history for pack purchases
- Products: Tier subscriptions and pollen packs
- Customers: User payment info linked by
external_id
Tinybird
- generation_event: Usage data with
user_tier, total_price, user_id
- Tracks all API requests with pricing and tier info
Quick Commands
Get Polar Access Token
export POLAR_ACCESS_TOKEN=$(sops -d enter.pollinations.ai/secrets/prod.vars.json | jq -r '.POLAR_ACCESS_TOKEN')
export POLAR_ACCESS_TOKEN=$(grep POLAR_ACCESS_TOKEN enter.pollinations.ai/.testingtokens | cut -d= -f2)
Get Tinybird Token
export TINYBIRD_TOKEN=$(sops -d enter.pollinations.ai/secrets/prod.vars.json | jq -r '.TINYBIRD_ACCESS_TOKEN')
Polar API Queries
List Products (Tiers & Packs)
curl -sL "https://api.polar.sh/v1/products" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $POLAR_ACCESS_TOKEN" | jq '[.items[] | {name, id, recurring: .is_recurring}]'
Get Pack Purchases (Last 100)
PRODUCT_ID="bcdde7f7-129e-4ec1-abc3-d4e0c852fa68"
curl -sL "https://api.polar.sh/v1/orders?limit=100&product_id=$PRODUCT_ID" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $POLAR_ACCESS_TOKEN" | \
jq '[.items[] | {date: .created_at[0:10], amount: (.total_amount / 100), customer: .customer.email}]'
All Pack Product IDs
| Pack | Product ID |
|---|
| 5 pollen + 5 FREE | bcdde7f7-129e-4ec1-abc3-d4e0c852fa68 |
| 10 pollen + 10 FREE | cebeb680-4ac3-4f73-9ce7-6bc06a5f21e1 |
| 20 pollen + 20 FREE | 8164c20f-8429-437e-b1a2-616ae89f114e |
| 50 pollen + 50 FREE | 2cb5ca34-d505-450d-a1d4-94e3bb0c1f68 |
| 10 pollen (pack) | ca4cc8bc-694d-4710-8451-1dcb4979fbc7 |
| 20 pollen (pack) | 679a9fd3-be30-4552-8b2e-f825103c42b7 |
| 50 pollen (pack) | bf48ded2-19ca-4d28-bca9-a91fff2dd0a0 |
Weekly Revenue from All Packs
.claude/skills/spending-analysis/scripts/weekly-pack-revenue.sh
Tinybird Queries
User Count by Tier
curl -sL "https://api.europe-west2.gcp.tinybird.co/v0/sql" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TINYBIRD_TOKEN" \
--data-urlencode "q=SELECT argMax(user_tier, start_time) as tier, count() as users FROM generation_event WHERE start_time >= now() - INTERVAL 60 DAY AND environment = 'production' AND user_id != 'undefined' GROUP BY user_id FORMAT JSON" | \
jq '.data | group_by(.tier) | map({tier: .[0].tier, users: length})'
Weekly Spending by Tier
curl -sL "https://api.europe-west2.gcp.tinybird.co/v0/sql" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TINYBIRD_TOKEN" \
--data-urlencode "q=SELECT toStartOfWeek(start_time) as week, user_tier, sum(total_price) as total_spend, count() as requests FROM generation_event WHERE start_time >= now() - INTERVAL 60 DAY AND environment = 'production' GROUP BY week, user_tier ORDER BY week DESC FORMAT JSON" | jq '.data'
Analysis Scripts
Weekly Pack Revenue
.claude/skills/spending-analysis/scripts/weekly-pack-revenue.sh
Shows weekly breakdown of actual pack purchases (real revenue, not free tier usage).
Pack Purchases by Tier
.claude/skills/spending-analysis/scripts/pack-purchases-by-tier.sh
Cross-references Polar pack purchasers with Tinybird tier data to show which tiers buy most pollen proportionally.
Key Findings (Jan 2026 Analysis)
Pack Purchases by Tier (Weighted by User Count)
| Tier | Revenue | Purchasers | Total Users | % Who Buy | $/User |
|---|
| nectar | $146 | 10 | 23 | 43.5% | $6.37 |
| flower | $564 | 18 | 218 | 8.3% | $2.59 |
| seed | $1,173 | 38 | 575 | 6.6% | $2.04 |
| spore | $1,657 | 106 | 6,757 | 1.6% | $0.25 |
Key Insight: Higher tiers buy MORE pollen proportionally, not less.
Revenue Trend (9 Weeks)
| Week | Orders | Revenue |
|---|
| Jan 13-19 | 51 | $573 |
| Jan 6-12 | 83 | $928 |
| Dec 30-Jan 5 | 59 | $928 |
| Dec 23-29 | 21 | $432 |
| Dec 16-22 | 22 | $276 |
| Dec 9-15 | 16 | $141 |
| Dec 2-8 | 17 | $293 |
| Nov 25-Dec 1 | 10 | $293 |
| Nov 18-24 | 1 | $10 |
Notes
- Free tier spending in Tinybird includes daily pollen allocation - not real revenue
- Pack purchases in Polar are actual paid revenue
- Cross-reference by
external_id (Polar) = user_id (Tinybird)
- Polar API returns 307 redirects - use
curl -sL to follow
