We compared four ways to distribute and monetize AI agent skills — SkillSafe, skills.sh, plain GitHub, and generic digital marketplaces — on distribution, security, payments, and who can actually use what you ship.
The full funnel from a SKILL.md on your laptop to recurring revenue: save it on SkillSafe, pass the security scan, ship it as a hosted app, set a margin or subscription, and cash out.
Usage-metered credits, owner markup, subscriptions, in-app purchases, and user accounts — how to monetize an AI mini-app with zero payment integration, and when a classic Stripe stack is still the right call.
An honest comparison of four ways to ship an AI mini-app in 2026 — by hosting, audience reach, end-user billing, and trust review — with a verdict per use case rather than a single winner.
Your skill's audience is capped at developers with an AI coding tool. Turn it into a hosted app at yourapp.skillsafe.ai — with user accounts, credit billing, storage, and AI models built in.