What do I need to use Safe Online Shopping?

The store / listing; The signals; Payment options; Have you paid; Any pressure.

Is Safe Online Shopping 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.

Safe Online Shopping

Q: How do I know the Safe Online Shopping output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Flags too-good-to-be-true pricing as a warning; Checks concrete trust signals (contact, policies, domain, off-site reviews); Warns on manufactured urgency and DM/transfer-only sellers; Steers to recoverable payment methods over irreversible ones.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-05 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-digital-safety

Check whether an online store or seller is legit before you pay — and pay in a way you can get your money back if it isn't. Use when asked is this website legit, is this online store a scam, should I buy from this site, or how to shop safely online. Produces a trust assessment from the store's signals (too-good pricing, contact/policy gaps, domain and review red flags), safe-payment guidance that preserves buyer protection, what to check before checkout, and what to do if you've already paid a scam site.

▶ Run it free — no key needed 📝 Grade your existing draft View SKILL.md ↗

🗣 Say this to your agent

“Is this website legit? The prices seem too good.”“I found a store through an Instagram ad — is it a scam?”“Should I buy from this site? They only take bank transfer.”“How do I check an online seller before I pay?”“I paid a site that now looks fake — can I get my money back?”

What to give it

▸The store / listing — the URL or seller, and what you're buying

▸The signals — price vs. normal, contact info, reviews, how you found it (ad, search, DM)

▸Payment options — what methods they accept / you're planning to use

▸Have you paid — deciding whether to buy, or already bought

▸Any pressure — countdown timers, "only 1 left," DM-only sellers

✅ 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.

✓Flags too-good-to-be-true pricing as a warning

✓Checks concrete trust signals (contact, policies, domain, off-site reviews)

✓Warns on manufactured urgency and DM/transfer-only sellers

✓Steers to recoverable payment methods over irreversible ones

✓Gives a clear verdict with reasons

✓Includes recovery steps for those who already paid

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**Trusting a slick-looking site** at face value.

**Ignoring the unrealistic price.**

**Paying by bank transfer/gift card/crypto** to an unknown store.

**Relying only on on-site reviews** (which the scammer controls).

**No recovery path** for someone who already paid.

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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🔌 Embed this skill

Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:

<div data-pm-skill="safe-online-shopping"></div>
<script src="https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/embed.js" async></script>

💬 Discussion

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