Income Claim Check

Paid Agent Skills subscription library: $1,673/mo MRR claim

Verified

Skillry revenue is Stripe-verified; fast-growth talk mixes 30-day cash with MRR and leans on a large X following.

Revenue proven: Yes Product live: Yes Repeatable solo: Partial

Last checked 2026-10-08 · Report a correction

The claim

a solo founder sells Agent Skills for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. $9.99/mo. august revenue: $27. all-time now: $4,477. MRR: $1,527, 155 active subs. Stripe-verified, not a screenshot of a dashboard.

@thechadcoder · Posted 2026-10-07 · Original post

Headline figure: $1,673/mo MRR claim (TrustMRR, platform data, Oct 8, 2026)

Multiple X posts refer to Skillry; TrustMRR showed MRR $1,673 / 170 subs on 2026-10-08. Other relays (@qirong19812022, @0xTommyThomas) cite Skillry with different MRR figures; @0xTommyThomas links skillry.dev—see checks.

Payment-verified

Curate installable Agent Skills (SKILL.md workflows) with free directory pages and paid subscription access.

What we checked

  1. Revenue evidence: TrustMRR
    MRR $1,673, 170 active subscriptions, $4,865 lifetime, $4,757 last 30 days, Stripe API verified, updated 2026-10-08; founded Aug 2026; China; one-person team.
    2026-10-08 · Source
  2. Product live
    skillry.dev is online with $9.99/mo and annual founder pricing.
    2026-10-08 · Source
  3. Whether three relays are the same product
    @0xTommyThomas post links directly to skillry.dev—confirms the same product across relays.
    2026-10-08 · Source
  4. Reliance on personal audience
    TrustMRR shows founder Yihui with ~58.6k X followers.
    2026-10-08 · Source
  5. Author credibility
    @thechadcoder has 14 followers, 0 likes, 35 posts; bio says “Join the free newsletter.”
    2026-10-08 · Source
  6. Demand signal
    ~2,065 X posts in the last 7 days on agent skills / Claude skills.
    2026-10-08 · Source

Red flags

Relies on a big audience Mixed metrics

Can a solo dev do this?

Startup cost (Very low) Directory site plus subscription stack; tens of USD.
Skills (Low) Low–medium; curating useful Skills is the hard part.
Acquisition build in public on X · TrustMRR exposure · AI coding communities · SEO
Payments Google AdSense · Merchant of record (Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Creem…). Creem/Lemon Squeezy MoR is friendly where Stripe needs an overseas company.
Solo fit (Great fit) Great fit if you already use these coding agents; window may close if official marketplaces ship.
How we scored (credibility 82, feasibility 61)
  • Revenue evidence 5/5

    TrustMRR Stripe API: MRR $1,673, 170 subs, $4,865 lifetime, updated 2026-10-08.

  • Product live 5/5

    skillry.dev live at $9.99/mo with previewable skills.

  • Demand signal 4/5

    ~2,000 X posts/7d mentioning agent skills.

  • Author credibility 2/5

    Relay account (~14 followers) pushing a newsletter; figures come from TrustMRR.

  • Replicability 3/5

    Low build cost but founder had ~58.6k X followers for distribution.

  • Solo feasibility 3/5

    Founder used Stripe from China (overseas entity); Creem/Lemon Squeezy MoR is the typical global path.

  • Timing & competition 2/5

    Short window before official skill marketplaces.

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