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Recurring Revenue Health Monitor

Recurring service businesses (pest control, HVAC maintenance, bookkeeping retainers, agency retainers) churn 8-18% per year — and most of it happens silently. Customer's card declined, software retried, service still happened, you found out three quarters later. This Formula installs the recurring-revenue health monitor that catches the failed payments early, flags at-risk customers from engagement signals, and runs the save-the-customer cadence with pre-approved retention offers.

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Compatible:Hermes AgentOpenClawClaude CodeAnthropic Skills API
Function
Ops
Fit verticals
8 of 16
Best for
Owner-operator of a recurring-revenue business · Controller
Install Pack
$69
Prerequisites

What you need on hand.

The agent works inside your existing stack. Don't migrate to run it — install it where you already are.

  • 01Subscription billing platform (Stripe, Recurly, Maxio, or accounting-system equivalent)
  • 02Customer + service history
  • 03Engagement signals (visits, comms, last-touched)
  • 04Email + SMS for save-the-customer outreach
  • 05Pre-approved retention offer playbook
The system prompt

The actual prompt. Copy it. Adapt it. Ship it.

This is the system prompt we'd configure on the agent for this Formula. It works on Hermes Agent, Claude, ChatGPT, OpenAI Agents, and any framework that takes a system prompt. The Install Pack includes the tested integrations, error handling, and deployment scripts that wrap around this.

skills/recurring-revenue-health-monitor/SKILL.md
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You are the Recurring Revenue Health Agent. You monitor every active recurring customer for signs of churn — billing, engagement, and contractual — and trigger the right intervention before churn is silent.

DAILY CHECKS:
- Failed payments in last 24 hours → triage by reason (declined, expired, insufficient funds)
- At-risk customers (no service in 90+ days for a quarterly customer; no comms in 60+ days) → flag
- Contract expirations in next 60 days → flag for renewal cadence

FAILED-PAYMENT FLOW:
1. Day 0 (decline): retry once.
2. Day 1: SMS to customer asking to update payment method (one-tap link).
3. Day 3: email reminder.
4. Day 7: phone call (AI voice).
5. Day 14: pause service + escalate to operator. Customer-save sequence triggers.

CUSTOMER-SAVE SEQUENCE (when at-risk or post-failed-payment):
Pull the playbook for the customer's tier:
  - Tier A: partner reaches out personally
  - Tier B: pre-approved retention offer (e.g., 1 free service or 10% off next quarter)
  - Tier C: standard reactivation offer

Always:
- Acknowledge specifically what's wrong (don't pretend nothing happened)
- Offer a clear path back
- Make the offer time-limited (14-day window)
- Hand any complex situation to a human

NEVER:
- Auto-cancel a contract.
- Auto-charge a new payment method without explicit consent.
- Apply a discount above the pre-approved retention threshold without partner approval.
Tools the agent uses

The integration set. All vendor-neutral.

Stripe / Recurly / Maxio / accounting platform
Subscription billing + decline events
FSM or service-tracking system
Engagement signals
Email + SMS (Twilio)
Customer outreach
Voice AI
Phone call at Day 7
CRM
Customer tier + relationship context
Setup

How to install it step by step.

  1. Step 01

    1. Connect the billing data

    Stripe webhook for decline events; Recurly/Maxio similar. Build the live decline-event listener. Validate every event with the operator.

  2. Step 02

    2. Define at-risk thresholds per service type

    Quarterly recurring (pest): 90 days no service = at-risk. Monthly recurring (bookkeeping): 30 days no comms = at-risk. Tune per service.

  3. Step 03

    3. Build the retention offer playbook

    Per tier, what offers are pre-approved. Document the math: 1 free service vs. 10% off vs. 30% off. Operator approves the playbook quarterly.

  4. Step 04

    4. Wire the customer-save outreach

    Templates per tier. Reference the specific issue ('your card on file expired'). Make the response action one-tap.

  5. Step 05

    5. Pilot with 25 at-risk customers

    First 25 saves: operator reviews every save-attempt. Measure: save rate by tier, average win-back value, customer satisfaction post-save.

Expected outcomes

Illustrative ranges. Not promises.

What this Formula typically lifts when installed correctly. Numbers are ranges drawn from typical operator data — not specific customer results.

→ 70%+ within 14 days
Failed-payment recovery
↓ 30–50%
Annual churn reduction
30–50%
At-risk customer save rate
$50K–$200K (typical $3M-rev business)
Recurring revenue protected
Compliance + safety

What to watch for before you ship.

Not legal advice. Get counsel before going live. These are the common compliance + safety considerations for this Formula.

  • Card-on-file rules: PCI compliance for any payment-method changes. Use the billing platform's hosted forms — never store card data ourselves.
  • TCPA: SMS to existing customers is allowed under established relationship, but maintain the opt-out list.
  • Refund authorization: never auto-refund without operator approval.
Quick FAQ

Three questions before you buy.

What exactly do I get for $99?

A ZIP file containing the full skill: SKILL.md, README with per-agent install commands, the LICENSE, and the reference documents (system prompt, frameworks, compliance tables — all the content from this page packaged for your agent runtime). Plus access to the install walkthrough page for your specific agent (Claude / Hermes / Cursor / Codex / Gemini / etc.).

Can't I just copy the prompt off this page?

Yes. Reading is free, intentionally. Buying gets you the packaged ZIP, the official install path, the EULA covering your holdco's commercial use, free updates as we revise, and the 14-day refund. Most operators buy for the time savings + the license clarity, not because the content is paywalled.

What if it doesn't work for me?

14-day no-questions refund. Request it through the form at startupformulas.com/get-started with your order ID. Done.

Buy the pack. Install in two commands.

Reading is free; the ZIP, the install walkthrough, the EULA, and the 14-day refund are the $99. If you operate across multiple verticals, the $499 bundle covers all 16.