How-to · Business Operations · By Dean Peters (PM)

How to use SaaS Revenue & Growth Metrics in your AI agent

Install and use the SaaS Revenue & Growth Metrics skill in Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, and Windsurf — with sample prompts.

What you'll get

This skill helps founders, PMs, and operators understand and calculate the key metrics that show whether a SaaS business is healthy and growing. It covers revenue metrics like MRR and ARR, retention metrics like churn and net revenue retention (NRR), and expansion revenue. Use it to build dashboards, prepare board decks, or diagnose problems with growth momentum.

Step 1 — Get the skill source URL

The SaaS Revenue & Growth Metrics skill lives at:

Step 2 — Add it to your AI agent

Copy one of these prompts and paste it into your AI tool. The agent will fetch and install the skill for you.

Claude Code

Add the agent skill from https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/tree/main/skills/saas-revenue-growth-metrics to my project.

Cursor

Install this agent skill: https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/tree/main/skills/saas-revenue-growth-metrics

Codex

Add this skill to .codex/skills/: https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/tree/main/skills/saas-revenue-growth-metrics

Gemini CLI

Add the skill at https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/tree/main/skills/saas-revenue-growth-metrics to my .gemini/skills/ directory.

OpenCode

Install this agent skill from https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/tree/main/skills/saas-revenue-growth-metrics

Windsurf

Add this skill: https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/tree/main/skills/saas-revenue-growth-metrics

Step 3 — Try these prompts

Once the skill is installed, ask your AI things like:

  • Preparing a board deck and need to calculate and explain your key SaaS metrics
  • Understand if your churn rate or retention numbers are healthy
  • Evaluating whether your pricing or packaging changes are working
  • Diagnose growth problems or identify where revenue is coming from

What this skill does

  • Calculates core SaaS metrics including MRR, ARR, ARPU, ARPA, and ACV
  • Measures customer retention through churn rate and net revenue retention (NRR)
  • Tracks expansion revenue from upsells, cross-sells, and usage growth
  • Provides cohort analysis to show whether recent customers perform better than older ones
  • Explains what each metric means and what benchmarks to aim for
Made byDean Peters (PM)
CategoryBusiness Operations