Pirate Skills has three currencies. Gold pays for the Captain, emerald is your pass and a diamond is an hour with Ben. Here is how you get each one – and what 500 gold a month actually buys.
Pays for the Captain
Every answer from the Captain, the AI in the Lab, costs a little gold, and so does every tool call your own agent makes over MCP or the API. You get 500 gold a month just for being signed in, and earn more by taking part.
What gold buysYour pass
Not a balance you spend: the emerald is the Pirate Pass or the Forge Pass. It is how you give something back to the crew, and it raises your monthly gold to 3,000 gold or 10,000 gold.
See the passesAn hour with Ben
One diamond books one hour with Ben, one to one. A Captain on Deck session brings a diamond, and a friend you bring who joins the Forge earns you one. Diamonds never expire.
Captain on DeckA question, a lookup, an event registration – the tools the Captain uses on the way are included. Short answers cost less, long ones more.
Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor using Pirate Skills over MCP or the API. The call shows up in your wallet, so you can see what your agent did.
| Every month | Gold | Captain answers | Or agent tool calls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signed in | 500 | about 55 | 500 |
| Pirate Pass | 3,000 | about 330 | 3,000 |
| Forge Pass | 10,000 | about 1,100 | 10,000 |
Gold has no cash value: it cannot be bought or cashed out – the monthly refill and taking part are the only ways in.
Everyone signed in gets 500 gold on the 1st. The Pirate Pass raises it to 3,000 gold, the Forge Pass to 10,000 gold.
Register for an event and come – online or at the door.
Per event. Up to 250 gold a month.
Zoom join, paid after the event ends. Up to 1,000 gold a month.
QR check-in at the door. Up to 1,200 gold a month.
At the events, through the same QR code as the check-in.
Through the same QR. Up to 200 gold a month.
Share your link. You earn when a friend shows up or buys – never for a click or a signup.
Paid 14 days after their first event, never on signup. Up to 1,500 gold a month.
Paid 14 days after they buy (€20 or more before VAT), if not refunded. Up to 3,000 gold a month.
Paid 14 days after they join the Forge, if not refunded. Up to 1 diamonds a month.
Small thank-yous for joining in.
Once, on a confirmed subscribe.
Once, the first time you say what you are building.
A €90 ticket earns 900.
On the first of every month what is left of last month's allowance goes, and the full allowance lands again: 500 gold, 3,000 gold with the Pirate Pass, 10,000 gold with the Forge Pass. You always spend the monthly gold first.
Gold you earn by showing up, taking a quiz or bringing a friend stays in your wallet for twelve months, oldest first. Your wallet shows when some of it runs out next.