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Skill Economy

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Your AI skills are worth money. Here's how to cash in.

Build a skill once, share the link everywhere, earn every month someone uses it to sign up.

"I built a coding assistant skill in 5 minutes. Three months later, it's paying for my own subscription."

What are skills on unbottled.ai?

A skill is a pre-configured AI setup. System prompt, model selection, voice, image generation settings - everything that makes an AI conversation useful for a specific purpose. Think of it like a recipe: you figure out the right ingredients once, then anyone can use it.

You can build a skill for anything. A coding assistant that follows your team's conventions. A creative writer with a specific tone. An uncensored debate partner. A language tutor that speaks like a native. The platform has 119 models - mainstream, open, uncensored - and your skill configures which ones to use and how.

Skills are free to create. You don't need a paid subscription. You don't need to be a developer. If you can describe what you want an AI to do, you can build a skill.

The share link mechanic

Every skill has a shareable landing page. When you open the Share & Earn button on any skill, you get a link that combines two things:

The skill landing page - where visitors see what the skill does and can add it to their collection

Your referral code - which tracks anyone who signs up through that link back to you

The URL looks like this: unbottled.ai/track?ref=YOUR_CODE&url=/en/skill/SKILL_ID

When someone clicks your link, they land on a clean page showing the skill - its name, description, system prompt, model configuration. One click to add it to their favorites. If they don't have an account yet, they sign up first - and that signup is attributed to you.

Skills that people actually share

The most shared skills tend to solve specific problems that come up in conversation. Here are patterns that work:

The specialist assistant
A coding skill configured with GPT-5 for TypeScript, with a system prompt that enforces clean code conventions. Developers share it in team Slacks and Discord servers.
The creative tool
A writing skill with a specific voice - noir fiction, academic papers, marketing copy. Writers share them in writing communities and social media.
The uncensored option
Skills using uncensored models for creative writing, roleplay, or debate. These get shared in communities where mainstream AI censorship is a friction point.
The multilingual helper
Translation and language learning skills configured for specific language pairs. Shared in language learning forums and expat communities.

The math: 10% recurring, forever

When someone signs up through your skill share link and subscribes, you earn 10% of every payment they make. Not just the first month - every month, for as long as they're subscribed.

Casual user
Signs up, spends ~$8/mo
You earn $0.80/mo from them
Developer
Signs up, spends $200/mo on API
You earn $20/mo from them

The skill itself isn't what makes the money - the referral link embedded in the share URL does. You earn the same commission whether someone uses your skill daily or switches to something else after signing up. The skill is the hook that gets them to the platform.

And it compounds. Share a useful skill in 5 places. Some percentage of viewers click through. Some percentage sign up. Those signups pay you every month. Post another skill next month. Your monthly earnings grow without extra work.

Step by step: 5 minutes to your first share link

1
Create or pick a skill
Go to your chat, open the skill selector, and create a new one - or find an existing built-in or community skill worth sharing.
2
Open the skill view
Click on the skill to see its details page. This is where you'll find the Share & Earn button.
3
Generate your share link
Click Share & Earn. If you have a referral code, select it. If not, create one in 3 seconds. Your link is ready to copy.
4
Share it where it matters
Post it in a Discord, tweet it, add it to a blog post, drop it in a relevant Reddit thread. Wherever people would benefit from the skill you're sharing.
5
Watch the dashboard
Your referral dashboard shows visitors, signups, and earnings in real time. Every new signup through your link is recurring revenue.

The skill is the product. The link is the revenue.

Most people think of referral programs as sharing a generic signup link. That works, but it's hard to get someone excited about a URL. A skill is different - it's a specific, useful thing. "Here's an AI that reviews TypeScript code the way our team likes it" is a much better pitch than "here's a link to an AI platform."

Build what you'd want to use yourself. Then share the link. The earning part takes care of itself.