Is Credit From Scratch free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Credit From Scratch

Q: How do I know the Credit From Scratch output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: The "credit doesn't transfer" reset is explained so the user stops chasing; mainstream products; The first move is a product confirmed to *report* to the local bureaus; Score-building behaviors lead with on-time payment and low utilization.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-10 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-newcomer

Build a credit history from zero in a new country — understand that credit doesn't transfer across borders, get the first products that report, avoid the newcomer traps, and reach a usable score in months not years. Use when someone says 'I have no credit history in [country]', 'build credit as a newcomer/immigrant', 'why was I rejected with a great score back home', or 'how do I get a credit card/loan as a new arrival'. Produces a credit-building plan, the starter products that report, a timeline, and the traps to avoid. Educational, not financial advice; routes to official credit sources.

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✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓The "credit doesn't transfer" reset is explained so the user stops chasing

✓mainstream products

✓The first move is a product confirmed to *report* to the local bureaus

✓Score-building behaviors lead with on-time payment and low utilization

✓The newcomer traps (rejection-stacking, maxing, closing the builder) are named

✓A realistic timeline and official-bureau monitoring are included, with the

✓not-advice line

⚠️ What it refuses to do

Do not give specific financial/product advice or recommend a particular lender —

explain categories and route to official sources

Do not assert scoring rules or numbers as fact — they're country- and bureau-

specific; route to the bureaus

Do not suggest applying widely to "see what sticks" — rejection-stacking is the

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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