# Paid Agent

> Builds and deploys a production-ready paid Lucid Agent from user requirements. Scaffolds with CLI, implements entrypoints, reviews code, tests, publishes to GitHub, and deploys to Railway. Use when: "create a paid agent for X", "build and deploy an agent", "make a monetized agent". Not for: automated topic discovery (agent-factory) or platform-hosted JS handlers (lucid-agent-creator).

- Skill: `daydreamsai/paid-agent` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add daydreamsai/paid-agent`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/daydreamsai/paid-agent/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Product & Planning
- Author: daydreamsai (https://skillmd.com/u/daydreamsai)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/daydreamsai/paid-agent

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# Paid Agent Pipeline

## Step 1: Gather Requirements

Ask the user for:
- **What the agent does**
- **Agent name** (kebab-case)
- **Endpoints** — which are free vs paid, and pricing
- **Deploy now?**

## Step 2: Scaffold

```bash
bunx @lucid-agents/cli {agent-name} --adapter=hono --non-interactive
cd {agent-name}
bun install
```

## Step 3: Implement Entrypoints

Edit `src/index.ts` to add entrypoints. Use `lucid-agents-sdk` skill for API patterns.

At least 1 free + N paid endpoints. All must return real data.

## Step 4: Test

```bash
bun test
bun run dev
curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/entrypoints/{key}/invoke \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"input": { ... }}'
```

## Step 5: Code Review

```bash
Skill("feature-dev:code-reviewer")
```

Fix issues, re-run tests.

## Step 6: Push to GitHub

```bash
git init
git add src/ package.json tsconfig.json .gitignore README.md
Skill("commit")
gh repo create {agent-name} --public --source=. --remote=origin --push --description "{description}"
```

## Step 7: Deploy (Optional)

```bash
Skill("railway-deploy")
```

## Step 8: Summary

Report to user: GitHub URL, Railway URL (if deployed), endpoint table with prices, `curl` examples.