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.
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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