payments

name	payments
description	Payment and subscription patterns for The Boring JavaScript Stack — sails-pay hook with Lemon Squeezy, checkout flows, subscription management, webhooks, and customer portal. Use this skill when implementing billing, subscriptions, or payment processing in a Sails.js application.
metadata	{"author":"sailscastshq","version":"1.0.0","tags":"payments, billing, subscriptions, lemon-squeezy, sails-pay, checkout, webhooks, boring-stack"}

Payments

The Boring JavaScript Stack uses sails-pay with Lemon Squeezy as the payment provider. The Ascent templates include a complete billing system with plan-based subscriptions, checkout flows, webhook handling, and customer portal integration.

When to Use

Use this skill when:

• Configuring sails-pay in config/pay.js (provider, plans, variants)
• Implementing checkout flows with sails.pay.checkout()
• Managing subscriptions (Subscription model, status lifecycle)
• Handling Lemon Squeezy webhooks (signature verification, event processing)
• Building billing settings pages with plan information
• Checking subscription status with the checkPlan helper
• Integrating Lemon Squeezy's hosted customer portal

Rules

Read individual rule files for detailed explanations and code examples:

• rules/getting-started.md - sails-pay hook, config/pay.js, Lemon Squeezy setup, Subscription model
• rules/checkout.md - Checkout flow, sails.pay.checkout(), variant selection, custom data
• rules/subscriptions.md - Subscription model, status management, checkPlan helper, billing page
• rules/webhooks.md - Webhook controller, signature verification, event handling, idempotency
• rules/customer-portal.md - Lemon Squeezy hosted portal, subscription management URLs